Compressing files

The Compressing Files feature in ReadyCMS helps optimize your website’s performance by reducing the size of large files. You can improve page load speeds, save bandwidth, and enhance user experience by compressing images, scripts, and other assets.

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ReadyCMS can help you compress files you want to upload to your media storage and save some allocated space.

There are 2 built-in ways to compress files in ReadyCMS:

  1. Compressing singular file
    Compress each file you upload via the Compress button in the collapsed menu.
  2. Bulk compression
    Compress 25 files simultaneously using the Compress images feature in the Media menu on the navbar.

How to compress singular images

ReadyCMS has a built-in tool for compressing files in the File Manager:

  1. Login: Sign in to your ReadyCMS account
  2. Navigate: Go to Media > Cloud Media or FTP Media
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  3. Collapse menu: Choose the file you want to compress in the File Manager and click the collapse button.
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  4. Compress: On the right side of the collapsed menu, click the Compress link
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  5. Compressed: If the compression is successful, you can see the new file size.
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How does bulk compression work?

To compress several images at once, follow these steps:

  1. Login: Sign in to your ReadyCMS account
  2. Navigate: Go to Media > Compress imagesNavigation bar in ReadyCMS displaying various menu options including Features, Content, General, Help, WWW, Shop, Leads, and Media. The 'Media' dropdown is expanded, showing two options: 'Cloud Media' with a green status indicator and a 'Compress images' link with a blue icon.
  3. Compress feature: This will take you to the Compress Media Images page
    Image compression dashboard in ReadyCMS showing current media compression statistics. The dashboard displays 285 MB of current file size, 40 MB compressed, 44% of 1,338 files compressed, 55% average compression, and the original file size of 325 MB. A green 'Compress 25 images' button is shown, along with a progress bar and a list of compressed files with their sizes (13.79 MB each).
  4. Bulk: Click the Compress 25 images button to start the compression
  5. Finish: You will see each file's successful compression status and detailed storage space savings and compression percentage rates.

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