Needing guidance on Cache rules for Blog

[HOUSEOFHEAT]

Hey guys!

Since joining CF, I’ve discovered a heap of things I never knew about. I’m not a web guy by any means.

One thing I’ve been reading about is caching static assets for my site. I’m very image heavy, and putting out about 10 articles a day. But I want to make sure I can cache as much as possible.

Here’s our site: https://HOUSEOFHEAT.CO

Firstly, how would I go about caching my statics assets? Is there a particular rule I can set?

Secondly, how long should I cache said assets, considering I post so frequently. I rarely change images within posts, maybe 1 post every 2-3 days gets changed. I imagine i could simply purge a selected page if that was the case?

Any guidance would be appreciated!

Pete

[sandro]

@HOUSEOFHEAT

Firstly, how would I go about caching my statics assets? Is there a particular rule I can set?

Images should be cached by default.

@HOUSEOFHEAT

Secondly, how long should I cache said assets, considering I post so frequently. I rarely change images within posts, maybe 1 post every 2-3 days gets changed. I imagine i could simply purge a selected page if that was the case?

I’d first go with the default values and start tweaking only if it turns out it caches too much or too little.

[HOUSEOFHEAT]

Thanks Sandro, but how will I know if it’s caching too much or too little? Where do I measure that, and what is the benchmark?

[sandro]

You can check the caching ration under analytics and whether some pages may be over-cached, showing already outdated content.