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Nov 13, 2009

Drupal's multi-site feature makes it possible to significantly increase the efficiency of managing a group of similar sites.  Imagine you have a group of clients where each client owns a site within your multi-site structure.  Undoubtedly, many of them will want to take advantage of Drupal's ability to add new features, which makes sense.  But if you're not careful, you can find yourself in a nightmare situation caused by a perfectly reasonable business decision to implement what clients want, when they want it.  The purpose of this blog entry is to provide some best practices that will make managing this kind of system a rewarding experience for you and your clients. read more »


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Mar 11, 2009

A lot of effort goes into minimizing the time needed to render a page on the server; however, it is easy to overlook optimization on the client-side. The total time needed to display a page can be divided into two intervals: server processing time and the time between when the first byte is received by a user's browser until the page has finished loading. Even if you're only serving static files, the total time to load a page can still be significant. This entry discusses several techniques developers can use to improve client-side load times. read more »


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Mar 9, 2009

Some of the most frequently used Drupal modules derive their popularity not only from the functionality they provide but also through their APIs. For our purposes, an API is, in essence, a set of tools provided by a module that make it easy for developers to extend its functionality via their own code without having to know what's under the hood. read more »


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