Hi all

Can anyone throw any light on why my Drupal driven site is running sooooooo slow?

http://www.education-community.co.uk

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vm’s picture

Seems to come up in under 3 seconds for me

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mbull’s picture

That's what's confusing.

Sometimes it's okay, then it goes 15 to 30 seconds. Then sometimes I get Internal server error - nightmare........

vm’s picture

just checked again and it took much longer. This points to a server issue more than a drupal issue.

Please Note:
You will be required to use a valid .ac.uk e-mail address for the application to be concidered.

on the login options screen, I believe you have considered mispelled.

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LiquidWeb’s picture

Here is YSlow output for your site

B	1. Make fewer HTTP requests
F	2. Use a CDN
F	4. Gzip components
F	3. Add an Expires header
A	5. Put CSS at the top
A	6. Put JS at the bottom
A	7. Avoid CSS expressions
n/a	8. Make JS and CSS external
A	9. Reduce DNS lookups
A	10. Minify JS
A	11. Avoid redirects
A	12. Remove duplicate scripts
F	13. Configure ETags

letter shows your grade from that step so you should improve them.

mbull’s picture

Wow! Wish I knew how to do all that.

Time to find out how.

LiquidWeb’s picture

Most of these can be done through admin/settings/performance but I think your problem is about server configuration or some module.

I remember having an issue like this with devel module. So its better to check out your modules first. Than make performance tweaks at admin/settings/performance .

eli’s picture

Next time you get an Internal Server Error, check the error_log for the webserver and Drupal's log. That will probably go a long way to telling you where the problem lies.

mbull’s picture

I'm a bit of an amateur (and I know I can't spell).

How do I get the error_log for the webserver and Drupal's log?

vm’s picture

Drupals log is in adminsiter -> status logs

your webservers log, would typically be above the public root. This question is better served by reading your hosts documentation or asking in your server supports knowledge base.

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mbull’s picture

Okay!

I so appreciate the replies.

But I now need time to digest the imformation.

Thanks again.

buntstich’s picture

Hi mbull,

go to your site www.example.com/admin/settings/performance

Set Caching mode: Normal (recommended, no side effects)

Set Aggregate and compress CSS files: Enabled

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