WBL_Minify extension enables minification of magento css merged files and/or javascript merged files.
You can choose to use YUICompressor (included). In that case, be sure to have Java installed on your server and MAGE_ROOT_DIR/lib/YUICompressor.(-version-).jar executable.
Or you may prefer PHP Minifying classes (included).
PHP minifying libraries (Minify_Css_Compressor , JSMin) are taken from Stephen Clay's Minify project - http://code.google.com/p/minify/
| Total Size | frontend js | frontend css | backend js | backend css |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| no minification | 359.6 KB | 105.9 KB | 627.1 KB | 107.6 KB |
| YUICompressor | 205.7 KB | 85.9 KB | 340.9 KB | 80.4 KB |
| php classes | 255.1 KB | 86.3 KB | 413.5 KB | 81.2 KB |
This extension simply minifies css and javascript content before merged files are saved as in the normal magento behaviour.
No cache proxy server, or anything complicated : the simple genuine js and css magento browser cache behaviour, but with minified files ;)
Install with modgit:
$ cd /path/to/magento
$ modgit init
$ modgit -e README.md clone magento-minify git://github.com/azurams/Magento-Minify.git
or download package manually:
- Download latest version here
- Unzip in Magento root folder
- Clean cache
Log-out then Log-in in magento backend, go to System > Configuration > Developer > Minification Settings. Then flush media/js and media/css files... and that's it !