Corey Dozier
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Cloudflare Setup and Configuration

Has anyone figured out how to speed up their website with Cloudflare? I am using their paid Pro account and and have almost everything turned on to boost speed and optimize but I am not really seeing any affect on my page loading times. I know RocketLoader may help a bit but doesn't seem to play well with my site (giving a white flash on every screen load), but are there any tips or tricks within Cloudflare that you have found?

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    • I think the difference is that having 1000 or 10 million users you won't see any difference with Cloudflare

      Whereas if you just have your server without acceleration then you will see the difference

      • Interesting. Are any security benefits included with Cloudflare?

        I use Cloudflare but see no real impact with regard to speed.

        • I probably have under 10 users at any given time at this point, so I am just looking to improve page loading speed as much as possible. My pages load in about 3-4 seconds right now and I have been trying for months to sped it up and was hoping Cloudflare might offer some sort of solution with their caching solutions.

          • Good question. I am thinking so. I just upgraded to Pro a couple of days ago. I have been using the free version for a while, though. I am not really an expert in Cloudflare and its capabilities so thought I would ask around here.

            • Hello Yall,

              Please beware that Cloudflare is not recommended for high volume media platforms/websites like UNA (video upload, streaming etc) because of their client max upload size (100 MB on Free and Pro plan, 200 MB on Business and 500 MB on Enterprise) and their limitation on non-HTML Caching.

              Yes they limit the upload size (HTTP POST request size) per plan type. They can cancel or disable your account due to excessive CDN traffic.

              See: https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/

              Also, their TOS used to say:

              2.8 Limitation on Non-HTML Caching
              The Services are offered primarily as a platform to cache and serve web pages and websites. Unless explicitly included as part of a Paid Service purchased by you, you agree to use the Services solely for the purpose of (i) serving web pages as viewed through a web browser or other functionally equivalent applications, including rendering Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or other functional equivalents, and (ii) serving web APIs subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.8. Use of the Services for serving video or a disproportionate percentage of pictures, audio files, or other non-HTML content is prohibited, unless purchased separately as part of a Paid Service or expressly allowed under our Supplemental Terms for a specific Service. If we determine you have breached this Section 2.8, we may immediately suspend or restrict your use of the Services, or limit End User access to certain of your resources through the Services.

              Please search their forum (community) for more details. e.g.:

              https://community.cloudflare.com/t/limitation-on-non-html-caching/120427

              https://community.cloudflare.com/t/am-i-technically-violating-cloudflares-tos/398386

              One of the workarounds to bypass Cloudflare's upload max limit is to 'chunk' the request into smaller pieces (Chunking or Chunk Uploader). Unfortunately we miss that feature in UNA although it has already been requested by other members:

              https://una.io/d/error-500-uploading-videos-larger-than

              https://una.io/d/suggestion-chunked-uploads-to-get-around

              https://una.io/cmts-view/8gwjcj?sys=bx_forum&cmt_id=32136

              A ticket was created in Github:

              Add support for chunking in uploader #3162

              https://github.com/unacms/una/issues/3162

              Unfortunately, since 2021 nothing has been done yet. @Andrey Yasko @Alex T⚜️

              The day UNA will implement the "Chunk Uploader", then Cloudflare will probably be the best option for web performance and cybersecurity.

              Let's keep our fingers crossed.

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