Compress appropriate static content.

config/lighttpd.conf

@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ mimetype.assign = (
   ".txt" => "text/plain"
 )
 
+#
+# Enable compression of appropriate static content
+#
+compress.filetype = ( 
+  "application/x-javascript",
+  "application/x-shockwave-flash",
+  "text/css",
+  "text/html",
+  "text/plain"
+)
+
+#
+# Cache compressed content
+#
+compress.cache-dir = "/var/cache/lighttpd"
+
 #
 # Serve static content from the rails public area ourselves
 #