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  1. Create a subdomain for your store's domain name, for instance http://cdn1.example.com (the way to do that depend on your host, ask him about it).

  2. Put a .htaccess file at the root of the subdomain. That file should contain a single line:

    Code Block
    Redirect Permanent / http://cdn-adress.com


    Replace the http://cdn-adress.com with the one from your CDN server. This way, you are creating an automatic redirection from your subdomain to your CDN server.

  3. Once the subdomain is in place, add it in the first field, "Media server #1". If that host allows for more web addresses, create as many subdomains to your store's main domain name.
Tip

Even if you do not have a CDN server, you can use the media server feature to have the customer's browser download more files at a time, thus making the whole page loading process faster:

  1. Configure your web server to have virtual subdomains, such as images1.example.com, images2.example.com, and images3.example.com, pointing to PrestaShop's main folder.
  2. In your back-office's Performance page, set each "Media server" field to these virtual subdomains.

Once this is in place, PrestaShop will load your images from either of these subdomains. In effect, images will come from the some folder (the main one), but the browser will open several more connection threads to your web server than it would by default, thus making the whole page load faster.

Ciphering

Ciphering means encrypting data so as to render it unreadable to unwanted eyes. Your costumers' account details, as well as your own, are protected by cyphering.

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