Adds gzip support by default

This commit adds Flask-Compress to the stack, an excellent module that
makes the site load faster. This also adds and amends the default
siteconfig

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/siteconfig.py b/siteconfig.py
index 3a0229f..fa73b46 100644
--- a/siteconfig.py
+++ b/siteconfig.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 class siteconfig:
     # REQUIRED SETTINGS#
-    
+
     DOMAIN = "example.net"                          # Your site here!
-    HOME_TITLE = "WELCOME"                          # "HELLO WORLD!"
+    HOME_TITLE = "WELCOME"                          # Goes right under
+                                                    # your site
     LINKS_FILE = ".links"                           # ".lnx" if you like
     DESC_FILE = ".description"                      # ".desc"
-    DEFAULT_MIMETYPE = "application/octet-stream"   # "text/plain"
-
+    DEFAULT_MIMETYPE = "application/octet-stream"   
+    # ^This usually prompts a browser to download a file if the mime
+    # type is unknown. A good alternative might be "text/plain"
+    
+    # Add your desired mimetypes to the csv file
     MIMETYPES = {}
     with open('mimetypes.csv') as f:
         for line in f.readlines():
@@ -21,5 +25,7 @@ class siteconfig:
     MAIN_SITE_DIRS = None  # ["dir1", "dir2", "dir3"]
     # Set a custom secret key. If not set, it will be generated
     # Most of the time, you don't need to set this!
-    SECRET_KEY = None # Something random. 
-
+    SECRET_KEY = None # Something random.
+    # Special option for Flask Compress
+    # see here https://pypi.org/project/Flask-Compress/
+    COMPRESS_MIMETYPES = list(MIMETYPES.values())