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+==================
+Output Compression
+==================
+
+--------------------
+Module: mod_compress
+--------------------
+
+:Author: Jan Kneschke
+:Date: $Date: 2004/08/29 09:43:49 $
+:Revision: $Revision: 1.1 $
+
+:abstract:
+  a nice, short abstrace about the module
+  
+.. meta::
+  :keywords: lighttpd, compress
+  
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+
+Description
+===========
+
+Output compression reduces the network load and can improve the overall
+throughput of the webserver. 
+
+Only static content is supported up to now.
+
+The server negotiates automaticly which compression method is used.
+Supported are gzip, deflate, bzip.
+
+Options
+=======
+
+compress.cache-dir
+  name of the directory where compressed content will be cached
+
+  e.g.: ::
+  
+    compress.cache-dir = "/var/www/cache/"
+    
+    # even better with virt-hosting
+    $HTTP["host"] == "docs.example.org" {
+      compress.cache-dir = "/var/www/cache/docs.example.org/"
+    }
+    
+  Default: not set, compress the file for every request
+
+compress.filetype
+  mimetypes where might get compressed
+  
+  e.g.: ::
+  
+    compress.filetype           = ("text/plain", "text/html")
+
+  Default: not set
+
+
+Compressing Dynamic Content
+===========================
+
+To compress dynamic content with PHP please enable ::
+
+  zlib.output_compression = 1
+  
+in the php.ini as PHP provides compression support by itself.