Enable compression using mod deflate in linux websites

If mod deflate is enabled in the server and you wish to enabled compression for css and javascript, add the following lines in .htaccess file

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript


The following lines will enable compression in txt, html, xml, rss and xhtml files..

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml