---
title: CDN Sponsored By NetDNA
date: 2010-11-22 18:40:51
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/11/22/cdn-sponsored-by-netdna/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Site
tags:
  - CDN
  - NetDNA
  - sponsorship
---

[NetDNA](http://www.netdna.com/), a Content Distribution Network (CDN) company, is now sponsoring [lesterchan.net](https://lesterchan.net/)! So now I am offloading all my static files (Images, CSS & JavaScript) to NetDNA’s CDN services.

They have 10 data centers around the world and provide CDN services for more than 200 large websites such as:

- [Mashable.com](http://mashable.com)
- [ Templatemonster.com](http://templatemonster.com)
- [BuySellAds.com](http://buysellads.com)
- [Uservoice.com](http://uservoice.com)
- [SitePoint.com](http://sitepoint.com)
- [Earthday.org](http://earthday.org)
- [VentureBeat.com](http://venturebeat.com)
- [Mahalo.com](http://mahalo.com)

Check out their [Customers Page](http://www.netdna.com/customers/) that comes with case studies.

## Setting Up

This is my first time setting up a CDN and it took me only 30 minutes to do it and after that the bulk of the time is waiting for [Starhub](http://www.starhub.com/) DNS servers to get refreshed/flush so that my static.lesterchan.net CNAME works. If you are using WordPress (like me), the plugin, [W3 Total Cache](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/), makes it a no brainer to hook onto NetDNA’s CDN. Just download W3 Total Cache, upload it to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder and read the [Installation Guide](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/installation/).

[![web site acceleration](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5197548005_2f87014bd1_z.jpg)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5197548005_82e53b8e9f_o.jpg)

[![web site acceleration](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5198151674_9fcdb4be31_z.jpg)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5198151674_0c7298d145_o.jpg)

[![web site acceleration](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5198121550_67c1e50e58_z.jpg)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5198121550_742e3d3e98_o.jpg)

[![web site acceleration](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5198122126_143ff20ccb_z.jpg)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5198122126_2abc0a371c_o.jpg)

[![web site acceleration](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5197526025_ee013d9e43_z.jpg)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5197526025_aa9e85782c_o.jpg)

And that is it! You now have a working CDN for your WordPress powered site! You may want to play around with W3 Total Cache settings to further optimize your site through JS/CSS Minification, Object Cache, Database Cache, etc.

Do drop [NetDNA](http://www.netdna.com/) a visit if you need CDN services for your website. You can request a quotation by filling in [this form](http://www.netdna.com/submit-a-request/).