maybe it's a modpagespeed vs ngx_pagespeed specific issue ? if it's a bug then it would of broken xenforo for me at least as i know you can not defer xenforo.js and query min js files without breaking stuff (with ngx_pagespeed at least)
and if it's a bug when disallow xenforo.js allows defer_js filter to work and still defer xenforo.js, then i can live with that too Although i suspect it's move css above js filter that's in play
I had to disable [bd] Cache CSS to file. Too often I'm seeing little issues popping up like this one for example:
Refreshing the page fixes those issues, but it's unsightly.
I've also stopped the approach of deferring javascript globally with exceptions, instead opting to specifically defer selected javascript files.
Those two changes have made my sites significantly slower, but I'd rather have decently fast and very stable sites than blazingly fast, somewhat buggy sites.
Jury still out on [bd] Cache caching pages for guests feature. Not sure if it's worth the overhead.
Just a quick note to say that I updated the resource to specify which ones I'm currently using.
Somehow the combination of [bd] Cache and ngx_pagespeed is giving me headaches, ranging from odd bits of unstyled content to members saying they can't login on Firefox. I'm sure there is a way to make it work, but most of my pageviews come from members (caching pages for guests not so important to me), and ngx_pagespeed doesn't seem as necessary now that my sites are http/2. So I've discontinued both [bd] Cache and ngx_pagespeed.
In happier news, I proved to myself that without a doubt, KeyCDN is speeding up my sites. The effect is most noticeable in Australia, but even on the west coast of the US there are gains (my server is on the east coast). I also added a couple minor things to the tips, for example disabling automatic serialization when not needed.
I'm still digging into this. It looks like during the rebuild process, apache downgraded from 2.4.17 (contains the needed code) to 2.4.16. This was announced by cpanel on 10/26 for the edge build, and on 10/27. The current version of easyapache builds the httpd 2.4.16 version. Here was their announcement to the edge users list:
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Apache was upgraded to 2.4.17 in EasyApache build 3.32.3, which was released a couple of weeks ago on Oct 15th. After release, we observed issues caused by REDIRECT_URL being changed to server a full URL, rather than a relative URL / file path.
While some applications have started making changes to ensure their applications and plugins work with the changes, we feel that it’s better to revert Apache back to 2.4.16, and then re-release 2.4.17 after upstream fixes are in place. As such, we will be releasing EasyApache 3.32.4 tomorrow, Oct 26 with the aforementioned changes.
We recommend downgrading to Apache 2.4.16 if you are running into problems with REDIRECT_URL and mod_rewrite. Also, while cPanel doesn’t officially support http2 yet, we know some customers have been tinkering with it. If you downgrade Apache back to 2.4.16, this will remove the http2 and associated modules from the Apache stack.
Once Apache releases a fix for the major issues, Apache 2.4.17 will be patched and then released again.
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It looks like easyapache is still in the 2.4.16 version, cPanel intends to release 2.4.17 as soon as possible after identifying and correcting the issue. The settings I added should pick up the build at that time as soon as it's available, as set in this file:
Apache 2.4.18 is now available in EasyApache.
Based on these instructions: https://icing.github.io/mod_h2/howto.html OpenSSL 1.0.2 is required.
As I'm using cPanel I'm not sure whether it is safe to simply update OpenSSL. If you have tried it then please post your results.
I've gone back to using Pagespeed, and I'm convinced it helps. Today I took 4 different types of pages at mu-43.com and tested them with (p) or without (-p) ngx_pagespeed enabled using the comparison tool from webpagetest.org, which tests each one 3 times. Visually faster with pagespeed in 4 out of 4 pages:
I've started to use @AndyB addons Convert Image and Convert Image All addons to convert hotlinked images to attachments.
My sites are photography forums with up to 10-20MB of images per page, and there was a huge hit on page loading times. Some images at the end of pages were timing out. @MattW has been helping me with this.
Although i suspect it's move css above js filter that's in play
