00:00: This guide will walk you through configuring service side caching on cloud above to

00:04: enhance website performance.

00:07: From enabling G6 compression to setting cached durations Follow the instructions

00:11: to optimise your website speed and user experience.

00:15: In the scout control panel, you will see your site's listed like this.

00:18: Let's select the site you wish to configure the cache for.

00:22: Scroll down the page until we see the performance and caching section.

00:27: Here you will find various different caching options.

00:30: By default, you will likely find that the G zip and browser.

00:33: Cache is enabled.

00:35: Gzip automatically compresses static assets such as images CSS

00:39: and JavaScript files It is generally recommended to leave this switched on.

00:45: The browser cache toggle Instructs the uses browser to cache the site's images

00:49: CSS and JavaScript Likewise we usually recommend

00:53: to leave this switched on.

00:55: This area controls the server side page caching It is often disabled

00:59: by default, but is typically safe to enable on the majority of sights.

01:03: It is only compatible with certain web application types like WordPress and woocommerce.

01:09: If you have a different web app type selected in scout then this option may be hidden from

01:13: view.

01:15: Enabling this option can often greatly improve your site's performance and at the same time

01:19: it can help to reduce the workload and burden on your server.

01:22: This can in turn allow your website to handle a higher number of visitors at the same time.

01:27: So it should come as no surprise that we usually recommend enabling it.

01:32: If you ever wish to manually clear the server side cache then that is simple and easy

01:36: to do by clicking this button here. It clears it immediately.

01:40: You also have complete control over the expiry time of the server side cache.

01:45: By default the cached content will expire after 15 minutes, but you can adjust this

01:49: as you see fit. If a site's content is entirely static the

01:53: TTL can be increased to hours or even days.

01:57: Otherwise if the site is busier and is changing almost hourly then a shorter

02:01: TTL of 5 or 2 minutes might be a better fit.

02:05: After changing any of the caching settings, please remember to click on the save performance changes

02:10: button.

02:12: In this guide you learned how to optimise website performance by enabling server-side

02:16: caching on cloud above. Thank you for using our scout platform if

02:20: you have feedback or ideas. We would love to hear from you.