Cache The Root?

[dcolanduno]

Something keeps bugging me, I get a 'B' in the 'Cache static content' category and according to the results it is because I am not caching the 'root' of the entire website.

There used to be lots more stuff not cached, but after fiddling I went from a 'D' to my current 'B'. But, the only problem is that I am not caching the domain name itself, not any particular file.

Is there some form of addition I need to make in my .htaccess to get it to cache the 'root' of the site.

Like, can I, somehow, set something to cache just the 'http://www.skepticality.com/' root?

[doc_uk]

You cannot cache a domain name per se. It needs to be caching the page that the server directs to for the root, usually something like index.php, index.asp or index.htm

[dcolanduno]

That makes sense!

Ok, now to figure out which page that would be in Wordpress. Funny enough I have a good caching plugin, would have assumed it would have done that as part of its voodoo!

(04-05-2012 05:18 AM)doc_uk Wrote:  You cannot cache a domain name per se. It needs to be caching the page that the server directs to for the root, usually something like index.php, index.asp or index.htm

[pmeenan]

Depending on how dynamic your site is you might not want to cache the base page - it is getting flagged by WebPagetest because there aren't any headers that explicitly say NOT to cache it (pragma: no-cache for example or an expires in the past).

[dcolanduno]

Ah, so I should put in a header, manually, to explicitly tell browsers to cache it as well?

[pmeenan]

Only if you REALLY want the html root to be cached. Otherwise you should put in headers to tell the browser explicitly NOT to cache it.