New Book Offers Performance Tips for Drupal 6
Drupal is among the most widely used and customizable content management systems on the web today. Drupal 6 Performance Tips is a new book written by Drupal gurus Trevor James and TJ Holowaychuk that lays out tips for getting the most from Drupal 6 in a number of areas, from module optimization to layout design. The book is suitable for users at any level of familiarity with this powerful and popular CMS.
Some specific tips put forth in this book include: best practices for upgrading from Drupal 5, maintaining a Drupal 6 site with both core and contributed modules and utilities, configuring various Drupal modules for high-traffic sites, using caching and compression to maximize performance, configuring a multi-site Drupal environment and more. Although some suggestions are targeted to advanced Drupal users, many are applicable by novices with the Drupal CMS.
After specifying best practices for upgrading, maintenance and caching, the book delves into more advanced modules such as Development, Boost, Authcache, Advanced Cache, and the Memcache API and Integration module. For instance, readers will learn how to use the Boost module to implement anonymous page caching, as well as how to use Boost blocks and other advanced settings to improve site performance. Webmasters using Drupal in multi-site environments will appreciate the advanced performance tips geared toward keeping Drupal 6 extremely responsive in even the most demanding situations.
The authors have been active in the Drupal community for years, contributing several modules and themes. They also have experience implementing Drupal on sites ranging from K12 to small businesses.
A 15% discount along with a sample from the book can be found at: http://drupal.org/node/712514
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