apache / cache / expires

[ugr|dual]

I am searching for optimizations to reduce the traffic of our forums. Reading thru the apache expires directives I was wondering if they might be useful.

Has anyone experimented with them yet and found himself a good set that helped?

Please let me know.

[kmike]

Here're the ones we're using. They helped to reduce amount of 304 - Not Modified requests somewhat.


<FilesMatch "\.css$">
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType text/css "A604800"
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch "\.js$">
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "A604800"
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|bmp)">
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/gif "A5184000"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "A5184000"
ExpiresByType image/png "A5184000"
ExpiresByType image/bmp "A5184000"
</FilesMatch>