Speed up your store by combining, compressing and caching JS and CSS. This extension reworks how Magento handles the loading of JavaScript and CSS. It utilises the Minify library (released under a BSD license http://code.google.com/p/minify/).

Benefits

• Javascript AND CSS are combined into one file each
• compression even without gzip support on your server
• Automatic Versioning - every time you update one of your JS/CSS files a new url gets created forcing the customer's browser to request the new version (be sure to update the Magento cache as well)
• Minify does its magic to ensure that CSS images are properly served no matter what package/interface/skin you are using.

Installation Service

Speedster currently requires mod_rewrite (a standard Apache module installed by default on most linux servers) to be present.

* Installation of CANONICAL URLs by Yoast breaks this extension. A work-around is installed during installation if necessary.

* Installation of MXPERTS JQUERY BASE breaks this extension. A work-around is installed during installation if necessary.

The service fee becomes non-refundable on non-default set ups and doesn't include a guarantee Speedster will work on your server.

Changelog

1.1.3 only replace the correct validation.js
1.1.0 fix canonical url output, updated bundled validation.js to newer build
1.0.4 Updated bundled validation.js to newer build, minor fixes
1.0.2 Updated to newer minify build
1.0.0 First Stable Release
0.9.4 RC1 (updated to minify 2.1.2, added support for minifying skin_js)
0.9.3 reversed adding subdirectory to paths
0.9.2 change in detection of subdirectory
0.9.1 correct timestamps for subdirectory installs
0.9.0 fixed bug in handling of subdirectories - .htaccess has been UPDATED!
0.8.2 removed check for Core dependency
0.8.1 automatically configure paths for multi stores
0.8.0 multi store functionality now supported - please read the documentation forum for details
0.7.16 updated to work with Magento 1.2 - form_key support, thanks jemoon
0.7.15 fixed multiple sites date stamp issue
0.7.14 reworked paths - should enhance cross-platform support
0.7.10 admin areas now supported, reworked folder handling - .htaccess HAS CHANGED!
0.7.9 set docroot for IIS - could solve image handling bug
0.7.8 fixed bug introduced with 0.7.7 - automatic handing of validiation-4min.js
0.7.7 updating to Minify 2.1.1 (support for symlinks)
0.7.6 load CSS before JS - this should allow the browser to render the page earlier
0.7.5 fixed bug introduced with 0.7.4 (load JS/CSS securely when needed)
0.7.4 non-webroot installations now handled properly (.htaccess needs to be changed accordingly)
0.7.3 handle js_css files
0.7.2 fixed bug with index.php
0.7.1 added .htaccess to /lib/minify folder to allow access
0.7.0 now with automatic versioning support, automatic configuration of used skin and proper Magento field validation

1. Add the following to your .htaccess

   ############################################
   ## Compress, Combine and Cache Javascript/CSS
   RewriteRule ^(index.php/)?minify/([^/]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ lib/minify/m.php?f=$3&d=$2
   

   Directly underneath the Rewrite Base Rule and the workaround for HTTP authorization rule.
2. In the same htaccess uncomment the RewriteBase rule and make sure it points to the folder where Magento's main index.php resides in.
3. Unpack the downloaded zip file in your Magento root folder. Please make sure that /lib/minify/m.php is executable (permissions like 755 on the file itself and the containing folder should work) and /var/minifycache is writeable.
4. Delete the contents of the /var/cache folder to force Magento to update its configuration (alternatively refresh the configuration cache in your Magento backend).
5. Minifying JS and CSS takes a while to compute. This only needs to be done once per JS/CSS combination and is then written to a cache. To make sure the cache gets filled up simply browse your store and your customers should have a faster experience than before.