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I'm trying to serve zipped javascript files (with a .js.gz extension) through WAMP but they're not being unzipped. Do I need to change the configuration settings?

Thanks for newbie level advice.

there are two ways you can do this. the easiest way is to just create an .htaccess file instead of having to edit a config file:

.htaccess file:

<files *.js.gz>
AddType "text/javascript" .gz
AddEncoding gzip .gz
</files>

make sure you save that file as .htaccess and remember to include the dot ( . ) before the name htaccess.

if you do not want to use .htaccess file, then you can edit your httpd.conf file ( C:\wamp\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf )

find:
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3

change to:
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
AddType text/javascript .gz

find:
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz

remove the # at the beginning of the line to enable this setting:
AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz

now restart apache to make the new settings take effect.


CyberSpatium
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Wamp English Forum Admin

Thanks for the advice. I did it with your changes to the httpd.conf file.

This works fine with Firefox but IE 7 still doesn't recognise the filetype. Is there anything else I need to do?
Andrew

dunno... works for me with FF 2.0.0.0 for OpenSuse linux, and FF 2.0.0.2 and IE 7.0.5730.11 for windows. try checking your internet explorer settings.


CyberSpatium
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WAMP English Forum Admin

Cyberspatium - thanks for following up. I think it is something to do with local settings though haven't got to the bottom of it yet.