Compression and caching for MediaTemple Grid Shared Hosting

.htaccess

# Put in same folder as the html folder
# ex: /domains/example.com/.htaccess

# http://clicknathan.com/web-design/gzip-compression-on-mediatemple/

# BEGIN (mt) controlled settings
<IfModule !mod_fcgid.c>
  AddHandler php-stable .php
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
  AddHandler fcgid-script .php
  <Files *.php>
    Options +ExecCGI
  </Files>
</IfModule>
# END (mt) controlled settings

# BEGIN Compression
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml
</ifmodule>
# END Compression

# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
 
# Set default expire time
ExpiresDefault "access 2 week"
 
# Specify expire time by file type
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 month"
 
## END EXPIRE CACHING ##