Uploading pages to server as one string.

rblampain · 02-11-2011, 08:32 AM

Years ago, authors recommended to upload pages of a site in a condensed form to the server to save in uploads and downloads by visitors. This involved removing all unwanted spaces and making one single string whenever possible.

Is this approach still encouraged?

Is there software that does that and respects the line-oriented scripts like Javascript embeded in HTML code?

Thank you for your help.

tenmei08 · 02-11-2011, 07:27 PM

I believe you will find that not to be the case today but it depends on your application. Build the pages, optimize as needed for your audience and you should be just fine. Here in Central America we must be overly conservative because the internet flows through molasses between machines! A couple of years ago 30 kbps was common here.

On the other hand, javascript libraries can be very large and that can be an issue. Take a look at the article and comments linked below.

Condensed Javascript