[Zope] Zope blocking client side image caching??, slow site loading

[Dieter Maurer]

Frank Sonnemans writes:
 > I am building a zope version of a asp website, done by another division in 
 > our company. Unfortunately it is much
 > slower than the ASP one. The asp based site loads slow for the first page, 
 > but al subsequent pages are loaded fast due to the browser caching the 
 > navigation images.
 > 
 > In the zope version the images seem to be reloaded for every new page 
 > request. Is there any way to change this and speed up loading of the Zope 
 > served pages.
 > 
 > For comparison the asp site is http://www.unitekequipment.com
 > 
 > the zope site is at http://209.48.159.60:8080/uml/
You are using a recent Zope version (2.3.x)?

Old Zope versions could forget to send the "Last-Modified" header
which is required for HTTP 1.1 caching.

You may try to check, that the response headers are correct.
I use Shane's TCPwatch utility for such checks...


Dieter