Comments on: Serving Static Content from a Cookieless Domain http://www.ravelrumba.com/blog/static-cookieless-domain/ web design & web development Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Thompson http://www.ravelrumba.com/blog/static-cookieless-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Thompson Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:09:00 +0000 http://www.ravelrumba.com/?p=594#comment-694 Kyle, Cool. Smart people impress me ;) Is there anyway to do this step ("then on your server you set up a “ServerAlias” record in your Apache config"), if you're on shared hosting without access to Apache's config? (I'm able to keep sites on shared hosting surprisingly long given how much I optimize the code. And HawkHost's shared hosting is surprisingly fast too IMO. But I still like to get things set up well from the start when I can.) Kyle,

Cool. Smart people impress me ;)

Is there anyway to do this step (“then on your server you set up a “ServerAlias” record in your Apache config”), if you’re on shared hosting without access to Apache’s config?

(I’m able to keep sites on shared hosting surprisingly long given how much I optimize the code. And HawkHost’s shared hosting is surprisingly fast too IMO. But I still like to get things set up well from the start when I can.)

]]> By: Sandeep http://www.ravelrumba.com/blog/static-cookieless-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Sandeep Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:39:55 +0000 http://www.ravelrumba.com/?p=594#comment-691 Thanks for proving this useful information. I was checking for the exact information u elaborated here. my website needs to set some files as static... so i hope...i will be able to set now...if not then wil you please help me to set it... Thanks for proving this useful information. I was checking for the exact information u elaborated here. my website needs to set some files as static… so i hope…i will be able to set now…if not then wil you please help me to set it…

]]> By: Kyle Simpson http://www.ravelrumba.com/blog/static-cookieless-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Kyle Simpson Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:02:27 +0000 http://www.ravelrumba.com/?p=594#comment-683 Thompson- I wouldn't recommend, nor does 2static.it use, CNAME, as it will lead to an extra DNS lookup. However, if you set the DNS up with a separate record with the same IP address info as the primary domain (which is how 2static.it does it), and then on your server you set up a "ServerAlias" record in your Apache config, then no redirects happen and you have a true "alias" to your site. I've tested and this provides very good performance. Thompson-
I wouldn’t recommend, nor does 2static.it use, CNAME, as it will lead to an extra DNS lookup.

However, if you set the DNS up with a separate record with the same IP address info as the primary domain (which is how 2static.it does it), and then on your server you set up a “ServerAlias” record in your Apache config, then no redirects happen and you have a true “alias” to your site. I’ve tested and this provides very good performance.

]]> By: buzzknow http://www.ravelrumba.com/blog/static-cookieless-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-682 buzzknow Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:42:30 +0000 http://www.ravelrumba.com/?p=594#comment-682 Hi, nice article, but how to check if our domain cookieless or not? thanks Hi, nice article, but how to check if our domain cookieless or not?

thanks

]]> By: Thompson http://www.ravelrumba.com/blog/static-cookieless-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Thompson Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:49:18 +0000 http://www.ravelrumba.com/?p=594#comment-678 So I'm thinking, using a separate domain might actually be faster than using a subdomain b/c a CNAME is technically a type of [dns] redirect isn't it? I doubt is would be noticeable. But this might explain why the big guys use a separate domain instead of a subdomain. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/748584/are-cnames-slow This could be a good use for those .net domains I picked up to protect my .com brand. I've got a bunch of those. However, I haven't tried changing my WordPress media upload settings to an entirely different domain yet. So I don't know. And I don't know how Google images would treat it, if it would lead visitors to the .net instead of the .com. What do you think? So I’m thinking, using a separate domain might actually be faster than using a subdomain b/c a CNAME is technically a type of [dns] redirect isn’t it? I doubt is would be noticeable. But this might explain why the big guys use a separate domain instead of a subdomain. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/748584/are-cnames-slow

This could be a good use for those .net domains I picked up to protect my .com brand. I’ve got a bunch of those. However, I haven’t tried changing my WordPress media upload settings to an entirely different domain yet. So I don’t know.

And I don’t know how Google images would treat it, if it would lead visitors to the .net instead of the .com.

What do you think?

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