Drupal Hosting for performance

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When most people consider hosting Drupal, which is looking for a reliable host that hope is not going to stop over night. typically is the largest hosting provider trivial running a setup script that will simply load a default install of Drupal.

For me, I always opted to manage my hosting. This meant taking care of configuring, securing and optimizing a dedicated server box or the current trend of using a VPS (virtual private server) which uses virtualization technology to exploit fully all resources of a server really sturdy.

Subsequently, however, while spending a fair amount of time to familiarize yourself with the paint reverse proxy server (which is very beautiful by the way), I decided that I was spending too much time with my "Drupal hosting". I wanted to create more video and more valuable content-enjoy doing it.

There are a good number of intelligent people and companies in the world of Drupal, many of them who provide high quality services for some companies really great.My search for a Drupal hosting company was personally frustrating. While searching, I found some links on the latest "hot new nginx web server" call.I was intrigued.

My research took me to a number of jobs on drupal.org user Omega8cc.For each post, which I ran, it was obvious that Omega8 was doing everything possible to be useful.

This caused me to click the signature of Omega8, which led me to their home page for hosting Drupal. based on my current level of frustration with having accidentally messed up network settings on a mailbox server when you add a new IP address (never lock yourself your server if you can avoid!), I contacted Omega8 and asked to try their services.

Long story short, I couldn't be happier. watch the video to get a real sense of why I am so impressed with this Drupal hosting companies in the world exist. they of Drupal to know who is doing all it can to make Drupal perform as it should.

This is just the start of it. wait until I make some videos about using Ægir and you can quickly and easily, create as many Drupal sites your heart desires!

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Drupal Menu system Demystified

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There is a mistake I made that few others have done too. The error is flowing in your new Drupal site and populate your menu.Simply add new menu items as a placeholder until you can create or add data. setting the menu path over something like and popular via.

The frustrating part about this is that the menus may not work as expected-at least when waiting CSS menu using the main links (or any other menu) as a hierarchy. Drupal must have something to choose from to create the internal menu.

There is an option within the module development for clearing the menu (internally known as the answering router menus and menu shortcuts), and this is great to know but won't help unless the menus are linked to the actual content.

This video will walk you through the "know-how" on the menu and operate internally how to avoid the pitfalls of make menus to do what you want. the three other add on modules that you can use to make your Drupal serve the order you entered for it cover (did you catch that one?-if not, serves a menu?-employee keeps being crazy.)

Modules referenced

Reference sites

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How to: increase performance Drupal

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It is no coincidence that the title of this video match with exactly what you're probably trying to do with your Drupal site. Squeeze every bit of performance is possible from any server you're on.Shared hosting, dedicated server, virtual box, you name it. so how does the mere Drupal user or admin get stellar performance out of Drupal?

It turns out, the tried and true method for the fastest response Web page is simply allowing the Web server to spit back one page html simple-just like the old days of Web 1.0.

Now, Drupal is a Content Management System with years of personal investments by many talented and resourceful minds.It has a full-featured database with many creative optimizations in place.

But guess what, how cool and addictive like Drupal is, you still can't beat that simple HTML page! So, if you can't beat 'em join 'em-then.This is exactly what makes Boost. module is a module for Drupal that can increase the speed of your Drupal site SIGNIFICANTLY!

If you don't know already how to install and use memcached or you are really cool and can wrap your brain around using EC2 and Pantheon or comfortable with a fork, then Drupal as Pressflow boost is the way to go-especially if you're running on a server does not directly control.

Boost does not save the bacon if you've got thousands of authenticated users (you need the other solutions listed above), but for every one of these websites of anonymous-content-based traffic running on Drupal. simply cannot ignore Boost and relevant accessories, including the supply of Drupal!

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How to: improve the access of users of Drupal, features & control

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Drupal is all about two things, the content and management. OK, so that was a heavy on Drupal is a CMS.But, the biggest advantage of Drupal has, in my opinion, over many other CMS is both flexibility and the number of contributions to extend what they can do. Enough literly, there are new modules each week (RSS feeds) that are things you probably want that make Drupal.

Here lies the problem. knowing what to do, those modules to use and how to find them. If your goal is simply to allow other users to contribute content to the site with a degree of control that can help, how to contribute and what is the process, then this video will begin.

Using the Modr8 module [arguments]-[usage], you can add the moderation of content to your site.When allowing users to contribute, you can clean things using the Vertical Tabs module [arguments]-[usage], which makes the node to change the form much cleaner. Finally, when it comes to allow some users the ability to publish, without moderation, using the override node Options [arguments]-[usage], you can give users control over publishing options, promoted or Sticky node and allow the writings and written by to be controlled for each role.

How Drupal has proven time-and-time-, there is very little that can't perform. everything you need to do is find the module or build it.

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How to: create a calendar of Drupal

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In the beginning was the event form. Was the de facto standard for managing calendar data types.That was before CCK. content Construction Kit considered it appropriate to bring many changes in the world of Drupal.

With the increase of form views, is born a new era. shortly thereafter, the developer super Talent Karen created the form data and views and date met. Their offspring was the Calendar Drupal module.

And since that time, it was easily possible a calendar Drupal with harmony of date and time spreading across the ground.

OK, stupid enough to take on a beginning religious. what you probably want to know is how simply add and exploit a calendar on your Drupal site. well, how about this for simple-"just watch the video"-"Oh and enjoy!"

Modules used in this video

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How to: Add targeted research to your Drupal site

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When it comes to search, Drupal seems to do OK for itself.However, there are a number of modules that will make even better default search engine of Drupal, the supportive. These include Porter-Stemmer (English only), 404 Research, paged search, alike in terms and many others.

If you're seekign to help a superuser out, then modules as Search config can help with that. but what about the user which does not dare go into hidden region of ' advanced search '? This is where the power is-right?

It is safe. This is where you tell what categories and kinds of content you want to limit your search to Drupal.This is where a user, simply looking for a job on your site that lists information on jobs, news, blogs and other items, can focus their results.

So, why not stop the user to figure this out and just waiting for this to happen for them! this is what this video is all about.Using the search box the default Drupal and forcing him to focus on specific content types or categories. to check what search Drupal and you control where it shows up!

Search related forms

The project Apache Solr is what is used on drupal.org.sai, where we get the results faceted cool from a search request.

Of course, if you haven't already heard of it, the search service Acquia make it fairly easy to exploit the coolness Apache Solr.

Here is the code.
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//All the following code goes inside template.php

/*
* Using one of the preprocessing ami in template.php, you create a
* variable that you call the function that creates drupal_get_form
* the search form
*/
theme function-name-HERE _ preprocess_node (& $ vars, $ hook) {}
$ vars [' focused_search '] = drupal_get_form (' THEME-NAME-HERE _ focused_search_form ');
}

/*
* This function will create a search form that adds a validator
* the manager that you use to append your own search criteria
* Note to self: form of context could be used here?
*/
theme function-name-HERE _ focused_search_form (& $ form_state, $ keys = '') {}
//Render the form below to search for a type of targeted content
If (module_exists (' search ')) {}
$ module = search_form ($ form_state, '/'. drupal_get_path_alias ($ _GET [' q ']));//Use existing code search engine
$ form [' # validate '] = array (' search_form_validate ', ' HERE_focused_search_validate-NAME-theme ');
$ form [' # send '] = array (' search_form_submit ');
Return $ form;
}
}

/*
* Added validation Manager within the search form is where do
* adjustments to research managed by Drupal. you can use any
* 5. desired criteria, including the path or other available variables
* within Drupal.
*/
theme function-name-HERE _ focused_search_validate ($ form, & $ form_state) {}
//Using a matrix to determine what type of content location based search from the search form
$ content_type = array_search ($ form [' # action '], array ()
' vendor_item ' = > '/suppliers,
' job_item ' = > '/processes/sites ',
)
);
$ content_type = empty ($ content_type)? '': $ content_type;
//Initialize using any keyword research existing base.
//taken by function node_search_validate module () node.
$ keys = $ form_state [' values '] [' processed_keys '];
$ keys = search_query_insert ($ key, ' type ', $ content_type);//additional search criteria added here
form_set_value ($ form [' base '] [' inline '] [' processed_keys '], $ form_state, trim ($ keys));
}
?>

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How to: modify a Blog Drupal via API blog using blogging software

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If you're a blogger enthusiast or just make the occasional post, there's just something uncomfortable edit entry along and working with images when you are in a Web browser. If you've heard of Ecto (mac), MarsEdit (mac), ScribeFire (firefox) or any other popular desktop blogging client, then the chances are that you'll want to use one of these tools to access and edit your blog Drupal.

Here is where the gotcha shows up. Get things set up right!

While I love what Drupal can do, is poor "where is my check box ' use blogging software '?".I came across this problem the other day when messing around on my personal domain. I wanted to Blog configuration API and start doing some places. On top of that, I wanted the easiest can get multiple images in a post.Using a client of blogging is the best way (reading easiest) that-as far as I know.

Then, what is the result? well, here is the video on this page you will find that you walk through, plus all the steps that you need to know to make your blog Drupal happy with your desktop blogging client of choice.If you want to support a multi-user blog or newly set things up for you.

Outside of remembering the blogging api url is http://example.com/xmlrpc.php (replace example.com with your domain name) and that Drupal uses the setting of movable type for the link, there are a number of permissions and settings to make sure that you get it right before the client can use. Fortunately, I think I covered most everything you need to know to get things going.

HEY BLOGGER DRUPAL-special alert!I would like to make an open call Drupal users and developers who might want to start blogging on this very site. If you want to blog about your Drupal experience and you've got a good head for writing about technical topics, then send me an email.

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