DISQUS

dewde · 1 year ago

John:

Cool. But what if I'm pulling ~300 views on a *good* week? Aren't these hacks irrelevant?

I'm no Carlos Whitaker, if you know what I mean.

peace|dewde

human3rror · 1 year ago

Haha. Great point... but, to which I would reply... "So..........?!? Making my computer faster for video games helps out with basic word processing too...!"

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:)

Jonathan · 1 year ago

Hmmm. Interesting. I've looked at wordpress and it seems like a much better platform than what I'm using now, which is blogger. I just recently purchased my domain name from blogger and since, it has been more difficult to use. For instance, I have to go to 3 different sites to "manage" my site. FRUSTERATING!

I just don't know web page editing.... the only computer language I know is English! lol.

human3rror · 1 year ago

wordpress is super easy to use and manage... and even for the complete code-illiterate, editing some template files for customization is a breeze. i'd love to help you out with a migration if you need it...

that's how much i love it!

Conner · 1 year ago

Crikey, so I suppose that if I use Wordpress but still have them hosting my blog I'm a complete n00b as well? Haha.
Well, I'm hoping to make the switch over Christmas break :)

human3rror · 1 year ago

Keep us posted! if you need any help, let me know!

John · 1 year ago

Hey John, I just ran those tips, and they were awesome. However, I noticed that my sidebar, that normally sits at the top of the page, now hangs out towards the bottom. Sadly, I'm not enough of a nerd to know what I did. My thoughts are that I did something within the ".htaccess" file (I didn't actually have one until I tried your tips) that caused my sidebar code to freak out, but again, I'm not really sure. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

human3rror · 1 year ago

the .htaccess wouldn't have affected the sidebar... i'd have to see if anything else is amiss. but, as i mentioned, what you may see after the cache-effect occurs is not necessarily what other users will see.

is the sidebar code "standard" or hacked together? using widgets?

John · 1 year ago

I've never messed with the sidebar code, but I am using widgets; most of them after-market.

djchuang · 1 year ago

WOW! This is fantastic! Such a simple way to get lots of speed!

I'm taking a leap of faith and trust you know what you're doing when you suggest enabling WordPress object cache, activating WP Super Cache plugin, and optimizing database tables.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

human3rror · 1 year ago

dude. your cool points just got ++ b/c of your relation to the forrester guy. :) but, you were cool to begin with.

Christopher Ross · 1 year ago

Remember as well that there are some pretty basic things web designers can do to speed up WordPress. Simply removing a PHP call to fetch the current year can have a dramatic impact if you're experiencing hundreds of pages an hour. I wrote a piece on making wordpress faster a while back that provides some advice for new blog owners.

human3rror · 1 year ago

links broke.. but yah, definitely! i try to make it as easy as possible with little code... but these hacks do require some...