[Eug-lug] IT Pro Forum meeting tonight

[John Sechrest]

"Alan" <euglug at thebucks.net> writes:

 % If you have a shell, you can usually install extra drupal modules. Doesn'=
 % t
 % require a VPS or colo server for the most part.

 Yes... And so I thought. However, I keep getting myself into corners
 where it worked fine on my stand-alone box, where I had the ability
 to edit system configs, but fail on the shared hosting service.

 Most of the mail modules are broken this way. There are others.

 I have given up on shared hosting drupal , except when I am using
 generic modules. 


 % The thing I've noticed about Drupal is that it requires _fast_ database
 % access which most shared environments (dreamhost, I'm looking at you)
 % don't provide.
 % Fortunately, caching can drastically increase responsiveness, but it
 % doesn't help much if you are doing a lot of user-specific content.


 Yes. Fast database services are vital.



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