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Drupal doesn't know how to cache anything at all other than for anonymous users. True for vanilla Drupal, but hardly true for Drupal + modules. You have to kee
by ryanwaggoner 16y ago
Drupal doesn't know how to cache anything at all other than for anonymous users.
True for vanilla Drupal, but hardly true for Drupal + modules. You have to keep in mind that Drupal is not some black magic CMS...it's just a PHP framework. No matter what NYT is built in, they likely are employing the same kinds of caching strategies that you can leverage in Drupal. Even if you have 5 queries per page, you're going to need a caching strategy to handle NYT levels of traffic, and Drupal can most likely integrate the same methods. Simple examples include authcache and cacherouter.
- bkudria 16y agoExcellent point! Indeed, modules are an excellent way to extend Drupal. The NYT could probably write any they needed, and they'd probably rewrite some of the (excellent-quality!) existing ones to fit their unique needs. What would be the point, again, of working with Drupal? A better photo uploader?
- ryanwaggoner 16y agoI'm not sure if you're replying to someone else, but again, I'm not at all arguing that Drupal is the best choice, just that it's not a completely crazy idea to use a proven, open-source, well-supported CMS like Drupal for NYTimes.com. It could definitely do the job, and I was responding to jcapote's ridicule of the mere suggestion that it could.