Magento 1 How to use the Full Page Cache extension?
To be able to use Full Page Cache, some modifications are required.
You can follow the below steps to configure the extension according to your needs.
Install Full Page Cache
After having uploaded the files and folders of the extension to your Magento root directory, you can simply modify the index.php file located in your Magento root directory and add the below code at the top of the file:
include 'fpc.php';
If you have defined a default store view with a code different than “default” then you have to add another line that defines the default store view like below:
define('FPC_DEFAULT_STORE', 'french');
include 'fpc.php';
If you have defined several hosts on the same Magento installation, you have to configure what is the default store for each host in the top of file index.php. Here is an example for a French store view with a specific host:
$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
if ($host == 'fr.example.com') {
define('FPC_DEFAULT_STORE', 'french');
} else {
define('FPC_DEFAULT_STORE', 'default');
}
include 'fpc.php';
If you are using APC as an opc code cache, you have to be aware of the configuration. Check if the directive apc.stat is set to Off (or zero). If it is, you have to define the full page cache directory as excluded by adding the directive:
apc.filters="-var/fpc/.*"Then, you can enable full page caching in:
SystemCache Management
Configure Full Page Cache in a general way
To configure Full Page Cache in a general way, go to:
SystemConfigurationWyomindFull Page Cache
General Settings
In the General Settings tab, you can configure the Full Page Cache extension.
- Enable cache auto-generation
If enabled, the full page cache will be automatically generated as soon as a product, category, page has changed. - Enable soft cache clearing
If enabled, the generated caches won't be cleared when a product, category, page is saved. They'll have to be cleared manually. - Cache Lifetime
Define the cache lifetime in seconds. Note that 0 or empty means unlimited. - Enable Compression
If enabled, the cached content will be compressed. - Cache AJAX requests
If enabled, AJAX requests will be cached as well.
Storage Settings
In the Storage Settings tab, you can choose what is the cache settings for the Magento backend.
You have a choice between Filesystem and MySQL.
The default value is filesystem. If the custom cache backend is unreachable, the filesystem will be used.
Customize Full Page Cache
With the Full Page Cache extension, you're totally free to customize the configuration. This requires some knowledge and then is recommended for developers only.
To modify the configuration of the extension, you can go to:
SystemFull Page Cache
Store Views
In the Store Views tab, you have the possibility to generate cache for a specific store view.
You can edit each store view in order to enable or disable the cache by clicking on Edit.
By clicking on Generate, a new window opens. All URLs of the store will be called and the cache will be generated.
Note that you'll also be able to click on Generate All to generate the cache for all store views.
By clicking on Clear, the cache will be cleared for the store view that was selected.
A notification will be displayed once the operation is complete.
Cacheable Actions
The Full Page Cache extension allows you to manage cacheable actions in the Cacheable Actions tab.
You can find predefined actions that you can easily modify by clicking on Edit.
To create your own action, click on Add New Action.
There, you can specify the page in Action Name as <module>/<controller>/<action> and also enable the action in Is Active.
For example, you're using the Competition Creator extension and you would like the page that lists all the competitions to be cached. In that case, you can add a new action with the name competition/index/index.
AJAX Blocks
The default Magento blocks such as the welcome message, flash messages, polls, or cart items are already handled by the Full Page Cache extension.
However, you may have other dynamic blocks that show up in your Magento frontend which are not default Magento blocks. In that case, you'll need to add these exceptions in the AJAX blocks tab.
To do so, click on Add New AJAX Block.
For example, you're using the Competition Creator extension that adds a block competition, you can simply add a new AJAX block with the name competition.
An event is then dispatched when a page cache is generated.
Generate your caches
With the Full Page Cache extension, you have many possibilities to generate your caches.
From Magento admin
You have 2 possibilities to generate your caches, from:
SystemFull Page Cache
You can in a first time generate your caches for a specific store view by clicking on Generate.
It is also possible to generate your caches for all your store views by clicking on Generate All.
Via wget command
Generating your caches via wget command is the most powerful method but can be quite long as it generates the cache for all the pages.
Here is an example of how to generate cache for all the pages of the default store view:
wget http://www.mystore.com-r --delete-after -nd-R png,jpeg,jpg,gif,zip,txt,pdf-X "/customer,/checkout,/catalog,/wishlist,/tag,/sales" --cookies=off --header "Cookie: store=default"You are free to customize this command, for example by accepting only .html files:
wget http://www.mystore.com-r --delete-after -nd –A html--cookies=off --header "Cookie: store=default"Via a PHP Script
The module comes with a PHP script that allows you to call all the URLs of a specific store.
For example, you can generate cache of the default store view with the following command:
php shell/fpc.php --generate --store defaultAnother example for the french store view:
php shell/fpc.php --generate --store french
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