How to do a Blowery Compression? (DotNetNuke® and Http Compression)

Steps for Blowery Compression:

Note: You must disable this feature whenever attempting a DotNetNuke upgrade.

1. Download the library from blowery.org (Binary Only). We use the latest build.
2. Open the zip file and copy the binary .dll files from the Module folder into your Bin folder on your DotNetNuke installation.
   
3. Add the following code snippets to your web.config :
   

   Within <configSections> add -

   <sectionGroup name="blowery.web">
            <section name="httpCompress"  type="blowery.Web.HttpCompress.SectionHandler, blowery.Web.HttpCompress"/>

   </sectionGroup>

   Within <configuration> add -

   <blowery.web>
      
       <httpCompress preferredAlgorithm="deflate" compressionLevel="high">
           <excludedMimeTypes>
               <add type="image/jpeg"/>
               <add type="image/gif"/> 
           </excludedMimeTypes>
           <excludedPaths>
               <add path="NoCompress.aspx"/> 
           </excludedPaths> 
       </httpCompress>
   </blowery.web>

   Within<httpModules>add -

   <add

4. name ="CompressionModule"

5. type =

6. "blowery.Web.HttpCompress.HttpModule, blowery.web.HttpCompress" />

7. Save the web.config and test out the compression

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