Yslow! and Page Speed Beacon Configs

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You may already know that you configure Firefox to send your Yslow! and Page Speed grades to any application. These grades are sent as CGI parameters appended to the URL of an application that’s configured to absorb the grades data.

An open source project built in PHP called Show Slow is the first front-end performance grading aggregator. Show Slow can help you track the front-end performance of your site.

The following is a handy reference when you need to configure settings for both Yslow! and Page Speed in Firefox:

Type about:config in the address bar of Firefox to configure extensions.

Yslow!

  • extensions.yslow.beaconURL = http://localhost:3000/yslow
    (the URL of your application)
  • extensions.yslow.beaconInfo = grade
    (specify which information you want to submit to the beacon. Do not specify anything if you want all information to be sent to the beacon)
  • extensions.yslow.optinBeacon = true
    (turn on or off sending yslow beacon)
  • extensions.yslow.autorun = true
    (automatically run Yslow! when rendering a page)

Page Speed

  • extensions.PageSpeed.beacon.minimal.url = http://localhost:3000/pagespeed
  • extensions.PageSpeed.beacon.minimal.enabled = true
  • extensions.PageSpeed.beacon.minimal.autorun = true
(* Required)