CDN
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a great way to speed up your site.
Think of it as a system of servers around the world that store a copy of your website. When a visitor views your site this network knows where the visitor is located and directs them to the physically closest server.
The closer your visitors to the servers the faster the pages load and the happier they are. Looking for more details? Read our Joomla CDN tutorial.
As we at Joomla Hosting Reviews continue to work with Different CDNs for clients we thought we would put our thoughts and experiences down to help others. Working with CDNs does become more technically advanced but the rewards are well worth it.
CDN Reviews
We have personally used and tested quite a few content delivery networks. Some are better than others in terms of performance and value. We reviewed for easy of use, speed of servers, reporting and value.
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Joomla CDN Extensions
There are many types of CDNs and ways to add them to your website, but which is the best?
The short answer is you want a Pull CDN with CDN for Joomla as you Joomla extension on the MaxCDN network. Learn more about CDN types and Joomla CDN Extensions.
Common CDN Issues and Fixes
After working with CDNs for several years we have run into several problems and found the fixes. Here is what we learned:
All CDN Guides
As you learn more about CDNs you will see that they are not all created equally. Two distint types are Push and Pull. Here are the differences and which one works best for you. Read more...
Joomla has several great plugins that add a CDN to your site with just a few clicks. Some work better than others and some are more expensive than other. We have them all here and see which one is the best. Read more...
If you have worked with websites and CDNs at all we know you have seen pages not display correctly. At least we have. Here are our personal troubleshooting tips when solving CDN issues. Read more...
Font Awesome is wonderfull except when it does not display. Which can happen when using a CDN. It is possible for your apache configuration to block it. Here is how to fix it. Read more...
MaxCDN is a very popular option. The service is great and the prices are right. After testing and learning what they had to offer we were impressed. Here is why. Read more...
Site5 is an excellent hosting company and now even better because the integrate with CloudFlare for free. Learn how it works. Read more...
CloudFlare is a free CDN service that will make your site faster and provide many other services included improved security and spam stopping services Read more...
Cachefly is another strong CDN option but it may require some extra configuration to set up a push CDN. Learn if the rewards are worth the effort. Read more...
Just Getting Started adding a CDN to your site? Start with our great tutorial that will explain CDN basics, different types, CDN Providers and everything else you need to know to get started. Read more...
