What is it?
Automatic and Self-reliant Caching System (ASCS) provides a facade for many media files that can be served static. It also transforms files for better speed and efficient output.
ASCS provides options to minify, GZip, and cache the file the serve it to the browser much faster with a dramatically reduced file size, and with identification for better caching so that after initial load the loading speed is noticeably faster.
Demo
Visit: http://ascs.nsyed.com/ascs/
Username: admin
Password: password
Why should I use ASCS?
- It improves loading speed noticeably faster; especially if your site uses many media objects (i.e. css, js, images, pdf, etc..)
- Dramatically reduces bandwidth transfers and request times
- It’s an extremely easy to use system despite it’s complex nature
- A one-click on/off/purge to manage your entire website including subdomains and sub-directories on your site!
- Compatible with WordPress!
How it works
On initial request:
On second request:
If cache-able file:
1) Display 304 header, if cache also exists in browser, and exit;
2) If not, display cached file from server
If not cache-able file:
1) Display 304 header, if cache exists in browser, and exit;
2) If not, process file of any settings and display
Note: If the requested file has an updated last modified time opposed to our cached file (or even the browser’s), ASCS will re-process the file, delete from cache (both server and browser), and then re-cache and display.
Documentation
The documentation available as of the date of this release is included in HTML format in the docs/ directory. The documentation also contains a video tutorial for installation and for prominent features represented in ASCS.
Installation
Please see the file called INSTALL.txt or visit the documentation folder as referenced above.
Features
List of features, as of the current version:
- Simple Management UI: control every aspect of the system
- Caching for JS, CSS, ICO, JPG/JPEG, PNG, GIF, PDF, FLV, MP4, SWF
- GZip of JS, CSS, ICO, JPG/JPEG, PNG, GIF, PDF
- Minification of JavaScript and CSS
- Automatic compressin of entire website from a single installation
- ASCS uses an injection-style approach that is precisely crafted to be near flawless with efficiency
Changelog
v1.1- 03/02/2013
- Fixed issue with CSS minification parse issue for media queries
- Fixed issue with subdomain inaccessibility to parent folder
- Improved injection logic
v1.0- 03/01/2013
