Title: [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] [plugin w3totalcache
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] [plugin w3totalcache

 *  [xinfo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xinfo/)
 * (@xinfo)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-plugin-w3totalcache/)
 * Hey dev
 * ths is nice plugin very usefull all inone i can call it
 * well i have few question
 * hope you answer patiently
 * well i don’t use any CDN provide
 * but stil i want to use sub-domain to to host my images and or statis files
 * what i did here is
 * 1, i created my sub-domain in my server
 * 2, do i need to update my dns ? i don’t think so since i don’t use any cdn provide
   if i am wrong let me know
 * 3, i filled my sub-domain ftp details in this option’s
 * FTP Hostname:ftp.sub.domian.com
    FTP Username:xinfo FTP Password:password
 * FTP Path: **what this ? (what i should fill here **
 * 4, Replace domain in URL with: **what this ? (what i should fill here )**
 * Thank you for providing great plugin and making our blog faster
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-plugin-w3totalcache/#post-1183297)
 * [@xinfo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xinfo/),
 * > 2, do i need to update my dns ? i don’t think so since i don’t use any cdn 
   > provide if i am wrong let me know
 * Yes, you need to update your DNS zone for the subdomain to work properly. Once
   DNS has propogated, using the subdomain as your CDN will improve the progressive
   render of your site via browser pipelining.
 * > FTP Path: what this ? (what i should fill here
 * For the FTP path, you’ll want to put the path you have navigate to with your 
   FTP client if you wanted to upload a file that would be available at [http://subdomain.domain.com/somefile](http://subdomain.domain.com/somefile).
   The point is to make sure that the plugin puts the files in a place where your
   browser can serve them.
 * > 4, Replace domain in URL with: what this ? (what i should fill here )
 * Once you have everything set up make sure you test your FTP configuration and
   set the “Replace domain in URL with” with the hostnamename of your subdomain,
   e.g. subdomain.domain.com.
 *  [rabmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabmaster/)
 * (@rabmaster)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-plugin-w3totalcache/#post-1183424)
 * Okay, I have played with this for a couple of hours today.
 * Turns out that it IS working for me, the files were copying, but the response
   was coming through as “failed” at first.
 * One issue is the placement of the .htaccess file – that was not mentioned anywhere(
   that I saw) until I found this topic. Just a note would be useful!
 * Have found using the IP address works best.
 * When things don’t work, it is good if there’s a definitive answer to stop us 
   trialling everything pointlessly and endlessly, like for example, saying “with(
   out) trailing slash” or similar where appropriate. There’s quite a lot to change
   when things start going wrong otherwise!
 * Just a bit of constructive criticism 🙂
 * Will hopefully be able to get this configured and working (currently waiting 
   for a few files to upload while I’m hammering this out) before I will explain
   precisely what to do to troubleshoot the above issues (well what worked / didn’t
   work for me!)
 * Thanks for the great plugin – will be great for us scaling our little news site
   up if and when those numbers requires it…
 * Rob
 *  [rabmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabmaster/)
 * (@rabmaster)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-plugin-w3totalcache/#post-1183425)
 * Sorry had two support pages and meant to post this in the other one – here [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/392416](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/392416)
 *  [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-plugin-w3totalcache/#post-1183430)
 * If you’re not already upgrade to the development version and let me know if problems
   persist: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/download/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/download/)

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 * Last reply from: [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-plugin-w3totalcache/#post-1183430)
 * Status: not resolved

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