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 The settings on this page control different aspects of how the design (templates, images, CSS, JS, etc.) work.  Care should be taken when changing these, if something is done incorrectly it can result in a non-working website.  Be sure to read the explanations for each of the settings below and you understand those explanations before changing the settings. The settings on this page control different aspects of how the design (templates, images, CSS, JS, etc.) work.  Care should be taken when changing these, if something is done incorrectly it can result in a non-working website.  Be sure to read the explanations for each of the settings below and you understand those explanations before changing the settings.
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 +====== How these features can help ======
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 +These features can speed page load for your site by reducing the footprint of css/js code downloaded to operate you site.  Many page analyzers recommend applying such features as mentioned here.  The features here are designed to do the following:
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 +**Combine js/css files** - This simply moves the contents of multiple files into a single file, to reduce the raw number of HTTP requests a visitor has to make for each page load.
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 +**Minimize those js/css files** - This further improves things by making that one combined file as small as possible (without actually applying "compression"). This process mostly removes unessential whitespace and replaces variable names with shorter counterparts.
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 +**Compression of those files** - This is a mathematical, binary-level process used to make text files smaller for transmission. It's akin to "zipping" the files before sending them to the browser, which then "unzips" them on the fly.  That would be used to compress the js/css files further.
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 +Some or all of these may not work on certain servers. Where they work, they'll generally make things faster, so if you can use all of them, great; however, if any of the options don't work for your particular server configuration, the best answer is generally to not use the ones that don't work.
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 ====== Media Location Settings ====== ====== Media Location Settings ======
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