tag:forums.movabletype.org,2011://24/tag:forums.movabletype.org,2008://24.10554- 2011-09-01T02:26:55Z Comments for <![CDATA[Sandbox templates & performance]]> Movable Type 4.292 tag:forums.movabletype.org,2008://24.10554 2008-11-03T09:49:00Z 2008-11-04T13:35:46Z Sandbox templates & performance I'm loving the Sandbox templates, and particularly the Moo-Point theme - delightful, simple layout. However, I'm seeing some very strange performance characteristics. With three entries and one post in the system, rebuilds are taking usually between two and three minutes;... JonathanS http://www.quernstone.com/ I'm loving the Sandbox templates, and particularly the Moo-Point theme - delightful, simple layout. However, I'm seeing some very strange performance characteristics.

With three entries and one post in the system, rebuilds are taking usually between two and three minutes; except when they take 10 seconds, or time out with a 500 error. I'm caching template modules, and running Widgets as PHP Includes.

Caveats: shared host (Dreamhost - yes, I know), MT4.21, running under FastCGI. This is a fresh MT install on the same server (and database server) as my primary blog, which is also running 4.21 under FastCGI. That blog is using Mid-Century templates, and I'm seeing rebuild times of 4-5 minutes. With 1500+ posts in the system.

Chances are this is just a flaky overloaded server on a shared host, but I thought I'd post in case anyone else is seeing odd performance issues with the Sandbox templates.

]]> tag:forums.movabletype.org,2008://24.10554-comment:14068 Comment from Mike T on 2008-11-03 Mike T Just out of curiosity... are you doing the rebuilds back to back to see if the one set is causing problems while the other is working fine?

]]> 2008-11-03T22:09:15Z tag:forums.movabletype.org,2008://24.10554-comment:14086 Comment from JonathanS on 2008-11-04 JonathanS No, and that's a good thought - though I'm trying to keep the number of full rebuilds of my main blog as low as possible, since it always strikes me as a risky prospect.

I just tried enabling performance logging on my install, and rebuild the Sandbox-template site. On cursory inspection it looks like the Author archives template that's taking the bulk of the time -- I'll pay close attention to it as I go through customising this afternoon.

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