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Hi Frederick, thanks for asking ;o)

yes, i have another question:

After activating W3 Total Cache, a link “purge from page cache” appears under each posttitle in the post overview.

1. what is it for?
2. I have a blog with over 300 contributors, and they all can see this link. How can i hide it?

Thanks!
I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks instantit, that’s a nice article.

i succeeded in setting up my self-hosted cdn. I made a subdomain static.domain.com which points to https://www.domain.com/static and used my normal ftp account for configuration in the w3 total chache plugin. No need to map the subdomain to another folder or create a separate ftp account for that subdomain.

thanks JM !

Decided that i’m gonnan use the self histed cdn after all, so this thread continues here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/w3-total-cache-self-hosted-cdn-how-to-setup-the-subdomain

hi john-michael,

thank you so very much for replying. This will surely help me to get closer to a solution.

However, i’m still puzzled with my initial question:

“Should this subdomain point to https://www.domain.com or https://www.domain.com/cdn ??”

The reason i’m asking this is because of the following phrases:

“Easiest way is to setup a CNAME record aliasing your static domain to your main domain. You will need register a separate domain name to do this or you can use a subdomain of your domain.

If you do not have a separate domain, create a subdomain using your site’s control panel. Make sure that the subdomain points to your main domain’s root folder.”

which comes from the article on https://www.riyaz.net/blog/how-to-setup-your-own-cdn-in-30-minutes/technology/890/

So, i’m sure i’m gonna create a subdomain. now i just need te know where to point it to.

Thanks
I appreciate your feedback

hi Frederick, thanks for replying.

I disabled the preview mode. Same story. Can’t disable the CDN settings.