Drupal Performance

2Bits has a great piece of advise when it comes to extending Drupal. A very common trap is just keep on adding more and more modules to achieve the required functionality. That is what makes Drupal great but at the same time, too many modules can have a seriously negative effect on a sites performance.

Boost is an amazing Drupal module that can dramatically improve the page speed performance. This can improve the experience of visitors and help a web site cope with unexpected surges in traffic.

If you are using Drupal on share hosting, you have probably experienced a white screen. You see nothing on the screen. You had might as well be skiing in a blizzard. This generally happens when PHP runs out of memory and is one of the biggest problems with shared hosting.

But do not panic. It is fairly easy to fix in most cases.

Drupal is a fantastically powerful content management system. But that power comes at one very significant cost, speed. A Drupal powered site may suffer from slow page loads.

This very blog is powered by Drupal, and I admit that at times its speed is on the slow side. I have recently found a few ways to improve the speed.