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Tuning MySQL query_cache

Submitted by tarvid on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 20:25

An appropriate amount of "query_cache" is believed to improve MySQL performance at the expense of available memory. "Appropriate" will vary widely with usage and "performance" on a live site can be elusive. On Ubuntu, the defaults are modest but "work".

# * Query Cache Configuration
#
query_cache_limit       = 1M
query_cache_size        = 16M

Drupal 5.x provides a summary at "admin/logs/status/sql" and 6.x at "admin/reports/status/sql".

Kompozer+Prince+Boom = Book!

Submitted by webmaster on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 20:28

People who want a well-reasoned blog should write their own or look elsewhere. Sometimes I stumble across a process or practice that seems to work fairly well yet might not be obvious to the average reader. One such process is producing a book.

CSS - once more with feeling

Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 23:17

We all know CSS is a pit. Things which soar in one browser, crash in another. There is a reason for that.

http://www.webdevout.net/browser-support-css provides a neat list of things you probably don't know about CSS and browser developers don't either. I've been in pursuit of a CSS mechanism for printing and one of the things you would want for that purpose is @page. For some reason, "The size of a page box cannot be specified in CSS 2.1.". If anybody discovers the wisdom behind that, please clue me in.

Drupal Meetup: Theming Tutorial

Submitted by webmaster on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 15:25
2009-01-06 18:30
America/New York
Jan 6 Tue 6:30 PM
Location
West Regional Library
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    • Web Developer 1.1.6

    Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 05:17

    A useful Firefox extension for exploring code generated by a CMS (Content Management System).

    Web Developer can be downloaded from http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ and installed by dragging the "xpi" file onto a Firefox window. Once installed, extensions must be enabled, sometimes configured and finally invoked with a restart or two in between. Web Developer is accessed through a Tool bar between the Bookmarks tool bar and "tabs" and the Menu item "Tools".

    Independence Drupal Camp Winter 2009

    Submitted by webmaster on Sun, 12/21/2008 - 21:39
    2009-01-02 10:00
    2009-01-04 15:00
    America/New York

    Three day workshop for Drupal website owners. Base camp is at 61 Caprine Ln, Independence, VA 24348. Advanced camp is at 115 1/2 W Grayson St, Galax VA. Attendees will set up a WAMP sandbox on their laptops, install Drupal, FCKEditor, contributed modules, explore content creation and HTML, theme customization and CSS, scripting with PHP, perform version updates, backups and other issues as time permits. Scope is comparable to "Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6" by David Mercer.

    Drupal December Meeting: Working Together to Solve Common Drupal Problems

    Submitted by webmaster on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 07:58
    2008-12-04 18:30
    America/New York
    Carrboro Co-Working

    205 Lloyd St
    Carrboro, NC 27510
    (919) 442-5300

    Knight News Challenge

    Submitted by webmaster on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 07:06
    2008-10-20 00:00
    2008-11-01 00:00
    America/New York

    What is the News Challenge?

    We’re giving away around $5 million in 2009 for the development and distribution of neighborhood and community-focused projects, services, and programs.

    mod_rewrite

    Submitted by webmaster on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 10:56

    Clean URLs are almost taken for granted. Drupal 6 enables them automatically if certain requirements are met. "Dirty URLs" contain a "?" and used to prevent some "spiders" from "crawling" your site effectively.