Re: [guadec-list] guadec.org optimization

[Dave Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi John,

Is there an easy way in Drupal to archive a site (turn the current site
into guadec.org/archive/2006 or something and start anew)?

Cheers,
Dave.

John Hwang wrote:
> I will go ahead and start cleaning up the mess I created.
> 
> I will also start creating/organizing the space for GUADEC 2007.
> 
> John Hwang
> 
> On 9/7/06, Quim Gil <qgil desdeamericaconamor org> wrote:
>> El dj 07 de 09 del 2006 a les 12:18 +0100, en/na Thomas Wood va
>> escriure:
>>
>>> Speaking of which, I'm not sure which list to bring this up on, but something really does need to be done about the speed of guadec.org.
>> Until now guadec.org has been discussed here.
>>
>>>  could anyone who helped set up the website shed some light on this?
>> guadec.org needs optimization in many senses, definitely. A better
>> management of CSS files would diminish dramatically these statistics.
>> For instance, the heaviest object detected by the report is a CSS image
>> that in fact doesn't show up in the homepage:
>> http://guadec.org/themes/guadec/images/location_bg.png . Apparently this
>> image is being pre-loaded in all the guadec.org pages, even if it's not
>> used in any (?). There are lots of other minor objects that appear on
>> the report but are not visible in the page, nor appear in the HTML code.
>>
>> However, note that the 3 header images have 86966 in total + 115785 from
>> sponsors/partner logos + 4036 (only) of pure HTML = 206787, which is
>> already a non-light page.
>>
>> The Vilanova team build that website from almost nothing, with lots of
>> improvisation and rush but also thinking of building something that
>> could be evolved and updated continuously. tavon, Behnam and myself were
>> the ones tweaking regularly the CMS, with poor coordination since tavon
>> started almost everything but then had to leave the team for personal
>> reasons.
>>
>> Now the Birmingham team can evolve and optimize the site. As said, most
>> of the kb optimization relies in the CSS files since the HTML files
>> themselves are rather small. Of course a better use of images will help,
>> although the big header and banner had a lot to do (I think) with the
>> good comments we received about the website.
>>
>> About the structure, all the GUADEC2006 static pages are "classified"
>> under the /GUADEC2006 directory, it should be easy to update the site
>> just by changing the home and assigning the Birmingham2007 pages in an
>> own directory as well.
>>
>> --
>> Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org | http://guadec.org
>>
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