Comments on: The Nuclear Option is in Play http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/ Everyone needs a hug. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:53:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kevin Hale http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-920 Kevin Hale Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:51:44 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-920 <p>Dean, thanks for addressing the issues I mentioned above. That was a lot of stuff that we just didn't know. I think documentation of the intricacies of Textpattern like being able to pull out any sql data with a tag like <code>echo $GLOBALS['thiscomment']['ip'];</code> will help a lot of power users out there.</p> <p>Anil, we're definitely looking at the fastcgi solutions that <a href="http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2005/08/26/mt-32-and-lighttpd-fastcgi" rel="nofollow">Brad Choate</a> and <a href="http://geekdom.net/blog/archives/2005/08/30/mt_32_with_fastcgi_under_apache.html" rel="nofollow">others</a> have mentioned. After we spend a few more days with it, we plan on putting up some feedback.</p> Dean, thanks for addressing the issues I mentioned above. That was a lot of stuff that we just didn’t know. I think documentation of the intricacies of Textpattern like being able to pull out any sql data with a tag like echo $GLOBALS['thiscomment']['ip']; will help a lot of power users out there.

Anil, we’re definitely looking at the fastcgi solutions that Brad Choate and others have mentioned. After we spend a few more days with it, we plan on putting up some feedback.

]]> By: Ryan Campbell http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-919 Ryan Campbell Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:51:26 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-919 <p>I'm still looking into our speed problems, but I would direct most of our complaints to our database, not TXP. That being said, the ability to serve static pages is a welcomed temporary fix for now. We are comparing a couple of hosting options, so we'll see what happens in the future.</p> <p>And yes, live comment preview was temporarily disabled. We are still fixing little things that didn't convert over nicely, so you will see a couple of bugs/broken features here and there.</p> <p>I also wanted to second what Kevin said - TXP may work great for 90% of sites out there. For us, and for where we plan on moving Particletree, we needed a switch. This may very well be because of our own stupidity. Regardless, we don't have the time right now to play around with getting things to work the way we need them to. In the future, I will definitely be running personal sites off of TXP when I have time to actually participate in their community as well as use their product.</p> I’m still looking into our speed problems, but I would direct most of our complaints to our database, not TXP. That being said, the ability to serve static pages is a welcomed temporary fix for now. We are comparing a couple of hosting options, so we’ll see what happens in the future.

And yes, live comment preview was temporarily disabled. We are still fixing little things that didn’t convert over nicely, so you will see a couple of bugs/broken features here and there.

I also wanted to second what Kevin said - TXP may work great for 90% of sites out there. For us, and for where we plan on moving Particletree, we needed a switch. This may very well be because of our own stupidity. Regardless, we don’t have the time right now to play around with getting things to work the way we need them to. In the future, I will definitely be running personal sites off of TXP when I have time to actually participate in their community as well as use their product.

]]> By: Dean http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-918 Dean Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:44:06 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-918 <p>A few points <a href="http://textpattern.com/weblog/81/the-fallout-shelter" rel="nofollow">responded to</a> on the Txp weblog.</p> A few points responded to on the Txp weblog.

]]> By: Anil http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-917 Anil Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:25:40 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-917 <p>We're curious to know what your experience is like with Movable Type and how we could improve it... if speed is an issue, you might want to look into FastCGI for running Movable Type, which can make it about 10x faster.</p> <p>We'll also be updating our Tags support in the future, but I'm glad the plugin works for you now.</p> We’re curious to know what your experience is like with Movable Type and how we could improve it… if speed is an issue, you might want to look into FastCGI for running Movable Type, which can make it about 10x faster.

We’ll also be updating our Tags support in the future, but I’m glad the plugin works for you now.

]]> By: James http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-916 James Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:23:20 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-916 <p>A lot of this is good, constructive criticism that I'd like to see addressed in future TXP versions, but...</p> <p>I'm curious about the speed problems you were having, because I haven't really run into them at all, and the benchmarks that are out there showed pretty good performance from TXP even without caching. If you were getting >10 second page loads, I'd start wondering about the platform you're on (I've seen apps which are pretty snappy most places slow to a crawl on Dreamhost) and whether it's suited to what you're doing and what level of traffic you get.</p> <p>Also, is the live comment preview gone? Because it's not working here for me...</p> A lot of this is good, constructive criticism that I’d like to see addressed in future TXP versions, but…

I’m curious about the speed problems you were having, because I haven’t really run into them at all, and the benchmarks that are out there showed pretty good performance from TXP even without caching. If you were getting >10 second page loads, I’d start wondering about the platform you’re on (I’ve seen apps which are pretty snappy most places slow to a crawl on Dreamhost) and whether it’s suited to what you’re doing and what level of traffic you get.

Also, is the live comment preview gone? Because it’s not working here for me…

]]> By: Chris Campbell http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-915 Chris Campbell Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:04:23 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-915 <p>Not a problem, proph3t. We were just as frustrated. As Kevin stated, textpattern is a great product and we commend all the hard work they've put into it. We're just starting to outgrow it.</p> <p>Also, thanks for the kind words and for being patient.</p> Not a problem, proph3t. We were just as frustrated. As Kevin stated, textpattern is a great product and we commend all the hard work they’ve put into it. We’re just starting to outgrow it.

Also, thanks for the kind words and for being patient.

]]> By: proph3t http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-914 proph3t Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:27:35 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-914 <p>Sorry about the criticism before, I was just a bit peeved from the constant reposts in Bloglines. I am actually love textpattern and have used it before, so I can relate to some of your rants.</p> <p>I love the site though, one of the few blogs that consistently puts out interesting and detailed articles. Maybe one day I will find the time/motivation to do the same =)</p> <p>Cheers, Nate</p> Sorry about the criticism before, I was just a bit peeved from the constant reposts in Bloglines. I am actually love textpattern and have used it before, so I can relate to some of your rants.

I love the site though, one of the few blogs that consistently puts out interesting and detailed articles. Maybe one day I will find the time/motivation to do the same =)

Cheers, Nate

]]> By: Wesley Walser http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-913 Wesley Walser Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:38:34 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-913 <p>That is suppose to be 'linkage' not 'linage' (you may delete this if you would like, not trying to spam).</p> That is suppose to be ‘linkage’ not ‘linage’ (you may delete this if you would like, not trying to spam).

]]> By: Wesley Walser http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-912 Wesley Walser Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:37:32 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-912 <p>I find the speed issues interesting, does anyone have some linage for an article that elaborates on why txp slows down like this. Is/was it a database cache issue, and if was it a mysql problem, or the way txp implements mysql?</p> <p>Further reading or elaboration?</p> I find the speed issues interesting, does anyone have some linage for an article that elaborates on why txp slows down like this. Is/was it a database cache issue, and if was it a mysql problem, or the way txp implements mysql?

Further reading or elaboration?

]]> By: Jonathan Snook http://particletree.com/notebook/the-nuclear-option-is-in-play/#comment-911 Jonathan Snook Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:19:28 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=125#comment-911 <p>The byline info is much nicer... the old one was too small and I usually missed it. Look forward to hear of your transition trials and tribulations.</p> The byline info is much nicer… the old one was too small and I usually missed it. Look forward to hear of your transition trials and tribulations.

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