In this chapter, we're going to continue to use the Boost module and look in detail at some of the module's advanced settings and its configuration.
By the end of this chapter you will know how to install, configure, and use the following contributed modules as well as how to use the advanced Boost functionality:
Global Redirect module and configuration
Transliteration module and configuration
Configuring advanced Boost cache settings
Using and configuring the Boost crawler
Knowing where to look for the Boost
.htaccess
settings if you need to tweak their configuration after enabling Boost crawler settings
Before we start looking at Boost's advanced settings, let's run our Status report and check on our site's contributed module status. I have been noticing some warning messages appearing across the site notifying us that we need to upgrade the following contributed modules to their latest security patch releases. So now is a good time to do...