Questions tagged [headers]

First part (at the top) of a web page

First part (at the top) of a web page.

For HTTP headers, use .

46 questions
12
votes
2 answers

Considerations of the HTTP Content-MD5 Header

We are debating whether to use the Content-MD5 header. Pros: The CMS allows us to easily include it with minimal overhead (cached responses in 80%+ of the cases). It would add another layer of protection against problems. Cons: The Content-Length…
Metalshark
  • 3,683
  • 2
  • 21
  • 39
6
votes
1 answer

Far Future Expire Headers

Do you use these? If so, what strategies do you have for managing changes to the files? http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2007/05/high_performanc_2.html
theotherreceive
  • 265
  • 3
  • 6
5
votes
4 answers

SEO and browser compatibility differences for headings

though

We all know the importance and significance of Headings for Professional Webmasters. These were known for professional developers as:

Heading 1

, and H2 through H6. As a daring web developer, lately I needed more short headings for complex…
Sam
  • 847
  • 2
  • 10
  • 19

4
votes
2 answers

Should tag be placed as high as possible in website?

I'm implementing the new dns-prefetch tag for my web application and I wonder where I should place it in the tag? Should I place it as the first tag in so that browser immediately starts prefetching DNS?
bodacydo
  • 173
  • 4
4
votes
2 answers

What's the minimum age for a Cache-Control header with Akamai?

We're planning an integration with a CDN (likely Akamai) and are trying to determine how low we could go for a max-age value. For a site that could get a few hundred thousand folks hitting the site after a tweet goes out, having content be cached…
4
votes
1 answer

HTTP Headers caching

I am not totally sure bout HTTP headers, but from what I read its good to have some level of caching on static pages also I am not sure if Transfer Encoding: chunked is a good thing. I was not finding a definite answer as to how best to run this…
kabuto178
  • 165
  • 4
4
votes
2 answers

How to Leverage Browser Caching for Fonts in WordPress

I am using WordPress along with Autoptimize and Cloudflare, and using Locally hosted fonts. I can't leverage browser caching on my site. I tried using Cloudflare Page rules to Leverage 1 year browser caching on all resources. It worked, and most of…
4
votes
0 answers

Responding other 'Content-Type' different from 'Accept' list

As all you know (else follow this question) the requesting Accept header allows client to specify the expected MIME types for response content. But my case is: client indicates an Accept of type image/* server process the request but encounters an…
lucasvc
  • 141
  • 2
3
votes
1 answer

How do I set expired headers in .htaccess to prevent getting an F from Yslow?

I have an F on Yslow, because of expired headers. I have tried all the solutions from similar question and only got partial success. Here's my .htaccess file: # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule…
user70581
  • 31
  • 2
3
votes
1 answer

Can I have HTML link element both in headers and sitemap?

For a multilingual site In my sitemap I am using: http://www.xxxx/en daily
Athanatos
  • 195
  • 1
  • 6
3
votes
1 answer

Link tags in iframe widget

I have a rating community-site and I´m offering little iframe widgets with the average rating and some little other info. Does it make sense (for visibility, SEO) to add link tags to the head like:
john Smith
  • 131
  • 3
3
votes
1 answer

Maximum file size for iFrame in IE7

I've got a "super secure" javascript downloader* that I wrote, and it usually works alright. But I noticed, while trying to download a 90 meg file with it on a client's machine that on IE7, it's getting hung up about 1/3rd of the way through. I've…
Peter Turner
  • 271
  • 1
  • 5
3
votes
1 answer

Is setting Priority Hint fetchpriority=low for favicon.svg and/or site.webmanifest a good idea for website speed / Core Web Vitals?

I've noticed in a chromium desktop browser web console that the default priority (fetchpriority) for favicon.svg and site.webmanifest as assigned by the browser is high. Would it be a good idea to set fetchpriority=low for these?
3
votes
1 answer

Adding Schema.org’s "WPHeader" with Microdata

I'd like to add Schema.org data, and am trying to follow instructions given to me about how to do so. The instructions indicate that I should change my
tag from:
to
cag8f
  • 133
  • 1
  • 4
1
2 3 4