Well, my last set of attempts didn’t solve our problems, so I’m taking more drastic measures. One step is to rename the following files (I like to append .turned_off to the filenames):
wp-comment-post.php
wp-trackback.php
xmlrpc.php
The theory is that spam bots and other auto-posting scripts are hammering these and bringing up the load. I didn’t check the [...]
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26 Oct
More on WPMU Performance
21 Oct
WPMU Performance
One thing that my brilliant move to simplify the WPMU backend for teachers didn’t take into account was performance. The site has been suffering a bit since the upgrade, and since so many things changed at once I hardly know where to start looking for problems.
Jason over at wpmu.org posted an idea, a real [...]
19 Oct
WPMU for School
Last year I rolled out an installation of WordPress MU for my school… a fun-filled technical, political, social, generational, and educational adventure. Things have been going OK this year, with some teachers really taking advantage of Google calendar integration, posting their assignments, and using the home page to push timely info to students. [...]
31 Jul
Action Puzzles
On a recent Virgin America flight, I pulled up the video game menu to see what was on offer, and was immediately draw to Rocks’n’Diamonds because it reminded me of another old game I used to play on the Apple II/c: Boulder Dash. After figuring out how to remap the controls, I played a [...]
7 Jun
The Promise of Google App Engine for Education
Since figuring out what Google App Engine actually is, I have been thinking more about what might be done with it. In my earlier post, I missed a huge key opportunity for education: building software that supports writing. [Update: Doesn't Google Docs already do this? Well, when adults sit down to write, [...]
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