Modules Prestashop

On Apache-based web servers (the vast majority of those used for web hosting) this file is one of the most important. It is used to insert directives and parameters to configure the server and define the behavior of Apache. The .htaccess file indicates at all times what the user who visits your website can do and what not, as well as configure the behavior of the server in the event of connection errors, optimize web load and performance, cache, increase web security, limit access, etc ...

Therefore, if you want your website to work perfectly, you will have to insert code inside this file.

Despite the importance of this file, Prestashop does not allow you to configure this file from the Back-office. Therefore, if you want to insert code in this file you have to go to the server files and edit it manually. This task becomes complicated and more difficult if you are not an advanced user.

This module is designed to display a text editor in the back-office, with syntax functions so that you can edit the content easily and very quickly.

It also offers the possibility of increasing the performance of the website and the back-office by simply activating a few options.

The module insert some advanced parameters in the .htaccess file to increase the performance and speed of the websites. It also adds guidelines for using server file compression and cache usage.

By improving web performance and scores on the major metrics tools, you will improve SEO.

The module has a system that constantly monitors the .htaccess file to detect if due to an error in the code inserted manually or by third-party modules it triggers a 500 server error.

In case of detecting the 500 error, it automatically resets the file and inserts the default content to solve the problem so that the store is always operational.

It also has a code checking function every time you manually insert a code inside the .htaccess file. If the code is wrong, it will not save the changes within the file.

The module honors any custom code that has been inserted into the htaccess file, as long as that code is correct and does not trigger a 500 error.

The module compresses / converts images without visible quality loss or lossy. This allows you to quickly minimize the size of your images and free a lot of disk space on the server.

 How it works?

 Fast compression for imagesPNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF without visible quality loss. This feature significantly reduces the size of your website images. You can effectively use it even for stores with an assortment of more than 100 000 products. On average, images are compressed by 50 - 80 % and pages of a website or application load much faster.

Also the module allows you to convert images to webP and jp2 format. After conversion, your images are reduced by 50 % compared to the original images.

And you can compress / convert only specific image folders and effectively reduce recently added or updated images.

You can use Lazy Load as an additional way to reduce page's loading time and improve overall website performance.

Lazy Load defers loading of ALL your images not just catalog images. For example, images of logo, cms, module, theme, etc.

Also, with this module, you can create a complete sitemap with images as an XML file in a few seconds and upload it to Google Search Console, Yandex.Webmaster.

This allows search engines - Google, Yandex - to quickly find and crawl all images of your website.So it increases the ranking of your website and improves its SEO.

If you want to automatically compress / convert your images, you can set up the CRON task.

This feature allows you to automatically process images at a specified time and save you time.

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