--- Merlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So they are saving cpu and db_traffic by writing html pages out?
Pretty much, yeah, though I don't think the pages are completely static HTML either, but the majority of the logic is done in batches. It was basically a common sense approach taken a long time ago when the following was considered: 1. We generate content for every single user. 2. Many users are receiving pages where 99% of the content is identical. > How are they making sure that they are up to date? It's part of the configuration. If you download their source code and use it on your own site, you will probably use a different configuration than they use (unless your site is very busy). If memory serves correctly, there are Perl daemons constantly running that do the generating. If you can tolerate minute intervals between refreshes, you could just use cron and some shell scripts (in PHP or whatever), which would be simpler to implement. A lot of PHP developers use some sort of server-side caching within their own applications - whatever pieces of data rarely change but are having to be generated over and over. > Do u know any good tutorials on that? No, but I'm sure someone has written some if you search. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Become a better Web developer with the HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
