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Fooman Speedster
• Combines multiple Javascript and CSS files into a single Javascript file and single CSS file, to enable faster page load times
• Reduces the total size of files to be loaded as well as the number of HTTP requests, for empty and primed caches
• Fully automated once installed, with automatic versioning when Javascript/CSS files are updated
• Compresses files without requiring gzip support on your server
• Creates far future expire headers for the combined Javascript and CSS files
• Multi store capable
• Uses the Minify library by Steve Clay (released under a BSD license)
Try the Demo
http://speedster.demo.fooman.co.nz/
Important - Before you Install Fooman Speedster
• Please ensure you read and understand all installation and troubleshooting instructions
Ask your Magento developer to install the extension if you don't understand something in the instructions.
• Take care to follow all instructions and troubleshooting steps carefully
If you do not follow all steps in the installation and troubleshooting instructions, the installation of Fooman Speedster could fail and generate errors on your site.
• Always install Fooman Speedster first on your test site, before installing it on your live site
If any errors occur, it is far preferable to complete our troubleshooting instructions on your test site so your live site will remain unaffected.
• Always test for existing Javascript errors on your site before installing Fooman Speedster
If there are any existing Javascript errors, ensure these are completely fixed, or this will cause additional problems once Fooman Speedster is installed.
• Always test for any conflicting extensions you may be running on your store
You can do this using the instructions provided in The Ultimate Guide to Installing Magento Extensions.
• Ensure your site meets all system requirements (see below)
We provide Fooman Speedster as a free extension to the Magento community. Please be fair to us and do not post negative reviews for errors which can be avoided by following the installation and troubleshooting instructions (these are comprehensive and cover 95% of all issues reported to us since 2008). Reviews such as "It is not working", "CSS is not rendering" and "It broke my site" are not helpful to anyone, are unfair to us and to the rest of the Magento community. Please take care to follow all instructions correctly before posting a review.
We wish you a successful installation and hope that you are impressed by the results Fooman Speedster can deliver on your store.
System Requirements - Is Fooman Speedster right for my Store?
System Requirements
Fooman Speedster works out of the box using an Apache platform run on Linux. In addition:
• Mod_rewrite (a standard Apache module installed by default on most Linux servers) must be enabled
• .htaccess must be supported
• CSS images must be available under the same domain as the store
Note: Several developers have also successfully installed Fooman Speedster on different platforms by adapting the installation process. For further reading see the ISAPI2 and Nginx threads.
Higher Risk of Javascript Errors
Fooman Speedster has been tested with the default Magento themes and successfully installed on tens of thousands of Magento stores since 2008. However, there is always a risk that minifying and combining Javascript files can produce Javascript errors. We do not recommend using Fooman Speedster without thorough testing on a test site if:
• Your store already contains minified files
• Significant Javascript customisation work has been done on your store and the added non-default Javascript files do not follow best practice Javascript (you can test with http://jslint.com/)
• Your store uses Jquery (or has extensions installed which use Jquery) - although a workaround is provided in the instructions, almost 100% of reported errors are from stores which also use Jquery
Speedster Advanced
Fooman Speedster Advanced uses an advanced caching strategy which combines, compresses and caches JS and CSS files. Click here to see if this extension is right for your store.
Installation and Troubleshooting Instructions
Refer to both documents below for instructions on installing and troubleshooting Fooman Speedster:
• The Ultimate Guide to Installing Magento Extensions
• Fooman Speedster Instructions and Troubleshooting Guide
Support
Fooman Speedster is a free extension with hundreds of downloads each week. We do not provide individual support or troubleshooting advice via our support email address. For troubleshooting, please ensure that you have followed all instructions and troubleshooting advice provided. If an error still persists, please contact your regular Magento developer or uninstall Fooman Speedster.
Changelog
See our website (refer to the "Details" tab in the extension listing).- Release Notes
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
2010-12-13 12:09:48 You must choose from Magento Connect Version 1.5.1.0 or 2.0.
Learn moreMagento Connect 1.0 change
Fooman Speedster 2.0
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
Please read the installation instructions and latest changes here.
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
2010-12-12 09:34:04 You must choose from Magento Connect Version 1.5.1.0 or 2.0.
Learn moreMagento Connect 1.0 change
Fooman Speedster 2.0
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
Please read the installation instructions and latest changes here.
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
2012-01-24 09:06:45 You must choose from Magento Connect Version 1.5.1.0 or 2.0.
Learn moreMagento Connect 1.0 change
Fooman Speedster 2.0
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
Please read the installation instructions and latest changes here.
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
2012-02-05 12:05:35 You must choose from Magento Connect Version 1.5.1.0 or 2.0.
Learn moreMagento Connect 1.0 change
Fooman Speedster 2.0
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
Please read the installation instructions and latest changes here.
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
2012-01-24 09:06:45 You must choose from Magento Connect Version 1.5.1.0 or 2.0.
Learn moreMagento Connect 1.0 change
Fooman Speedster 2.0
Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS.
Please read the installation instructions and latest changes here.
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This extension was developed by and is supported by FOOMAN
Fooman Speedster 142 142Will either make your site or break it After reading all the comments i came to the conclusion that this extension is a 50/50 gamble which will either make you or break your site. I went ahead, took the gamble and installed it. My website crashed, css was messed up on the front end as well as admin, after an hour of searching i finally navigated back to the magentoconnect via admin and unistall this exention. May 20, 2013Failed with magento connect, working flawlessly with manual installation. I use my store in a subdirectory, installing from magento connect screwed both frontend and backend. All CSS, JS gone, then i uninstalled it and installed it again manually. Checked every file with their permissions as they should be. Now it's working flawlessly, speed improvement is obvious. May 8, 2013Crashed the site I have installed the extenstion and this crashed the entire site, after installation there were no css and js on the site, i took a developer help to revert it back x-( May 4, 2013recommendable extension I installed it on 1.7.0.2 CE and it has excellently speeded up the loading time of my webshop. http://www.deevan.de/shop A recommendable extension. Infact it has'nt come to contact the developer support. I have just installed and it is working well. May 1, 2013Borked Magento This plugin borked my CE installation and totally ruined the way that CSS was served, making the site unusable on the back and front end. I don't know if there is decent support or not, because I just uninstalled it and moved on with my life. May 1, 2013Very good extention I installed this plugin on all (three) of our webshops, and it really speeded up the stores! Our stores are on Magento 1.7.0.2 and 1.4.1.1 Support was great, they helped me out via email. April 25, 2013CSS can't render Site looked like CSS is broken after installing. Immediately removed and the site works. Not good. April 17, 2013Helpful Extension - Works on 1.7.0.2 The built-in Magento JavaScript combiner broke our site so we installed this extension instead. It is working well for us (crowdoutlet.com) and provides a noticeable speed improvement. We have a ton of CSS and JavaScript files, and this extension successfully combines and minifies them to reduce server requests and load times. We had trouble getting it working with APC. There was simply nothing we could do to get them to jive together. However, it works fine with eAccelerator and memcached, which honestly were faster for us than APC, anyway. Support was quick and helpful when we had questions. April 10, 2013Destroys site - no support provided. Use at own risk. With over 59,397 downloads of this extension...we had high hopes. Hopes were dashed though, after seeing this extension thrash the frontend AND the admin area on TWO separate sites. Documentation is sorely lacking. Support doesn't exist - not even if you offer to pay for it. So sad...this is a perfect example of where open-source defeats itself. There needs to be a paid edition. In fact, the first revision after the initial free offering should have had a price on it. If half of the total downloaders paid $30 - Fooman Speedster would have almost 900k in development dollars poured into it by now. Just think...of how much better it would be - and how much better off all of us users would be - and how much happier all of our clients would be... April 10, 2013Store Crashed... I installed this extension on my Magneto Community 1.7 and my store crashed.... April 9, 2013- Q&A
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Avatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_26886352I installed Fooman Speedster it changes my theme path of css thats why i cant see my css images, please give me the solution ,
PLS ASAPbykanchan_anand-1 month, 2 weeks agoAnswers
Avatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_7393Answer:Hi kanchan_anand
Fooman Speedster rewrites image locations based on Magento's fallback and/or your settings under
System > Configuration > Web
as appropriate. Please follow the installation instructions and troubleshooting instructions to determine where exactly things start not working as intended.
Cheers
Fooman SupportbyFOOMAN-1 month, 1 week agoAvatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_26399417i know there's other extensions like Lesti::fpc (http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/lesti-fpc-4534.html)
Should I install both or choose one?
I'm not a developer so I dont understand the differences between thembyRDalmagro-3 weeks, 6 days agoAnswers
Avatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_7393Answer:Speedster is intended to speed up the delivery and cacheability of your frontend assets (CSS and Javascript files).
Using another extension to speed up the creation of the whole page (usually called full page cache) like the linked to example makes sense.byFOOMAN-3 weeks, 6 days agoAvatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_7393byFOOMAN-2 months, 2 weeks agoAnswers
Avatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_7393Answer:Fooman Speedster works on all servers. Fooman Speedster Advanced supports a smarter caching strategy and improved speed performance, but requires specific server functionality to realise these gains.
Take the Speedster quiz to determine which version of Fooman Speedster is best suited to your needs:
1. Do you use Magento Version 1.4 or above?
2. Does your server send Far Future Expire Headers?
3. Does your server send gzip content?
4. Did you understand the last two questions?
If you answered 'NO' to any of the four questions, you should install the original Fooman Speedster extension.
If you answered 'YES' to all questions, you should install the Fooman Speedster Advanced extension.byFOOMAN-2 months, 2 weeks agoAvatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_7393byFOOMAN-2 months, 2 weeks agoAnswers
Avatar Image Url:: http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_7393Answer:The following extensions conflict with Fooman Speedster:
• CANONICAL URLs by Yoast
• MXPERTS JQUERY BASE
In both cases, a work-around can be installed during installation - refer to the Installation Instructions file for further information.byFOOMAN-2 months, 2 weeks ago1 of 11 of 1 - Get Help
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