How to set an expiry date to use browser caching

[lzr0]

Hi,
Google's page speed insights recommends setting an expiry date or a maximum age for static resources (images, js) to load previously downloaded resources from browser cache.

I understand you need to control the server to do it. Is there any way to do in html if I don't have a server (i.e. just use shared web hosting)?

[not2easy]

If your shared hosting is hosted on a server running Apache, you can edit the .htaccess file to control file compression and caching. There are different ways to do this, so it sort of depends on your skill level and what you want to prevent and permit caching for - the file types.

If a type of file is not frequently changed, such as images or css files, you can set longer expiration terms. File types that can change frequently need short expiration terms so the browser will get the latest version.

You can read more about the different ways to cache content here: [httpd.apache.org...]

You can find some example code there for the different ways and more help in the Apache Forum here: [webmasterworld.com...] if you hit a wall.

[lzr0]

not2easy,

Thank you. I am going to dig in .htaccess usage.