[Typo3] performance, cache-control headers and published static pages

[Michael Häusler]

Hi there,

I have just tried out the new feature of cache-control headers and I am 
delighted. The difference in performance for recurring users is amazing.

Unfortunately, it can't do very much for most first-time visitors.
Unfortunately, I have to run a Typo3 installation on a slow server. The 
best solution would probably be a proxy at the server, which caches the 
pages. Unfortunately, I can't do that.

So, I am searching for different ways to increase the performance of the 
frontend. Most pages are pretty static and change only once a month - 
some pages change daily. So it is feasible to publish those pages to 
static html files. (btw, is it possible to publish without having to use 
the admin panel?)

Wouldn't it be wonderful, if those two methods (cache control & 
publishing) could be combined?
Everytime Typo3 recognizes that a requested page could be cached, it 
publishes this page as a static html file. It could prepend this file 
with a small php header, which checks if the current server time is 
beyond the expiration limit of this page. If so, this would trigger 
republishing of the page.

What do you think?

Best regards,
Michael