Man! Thanks for all the support. Great suggestions. I did finally enable caching and it makes a BIG difference. But I don't understand the various time options - why not just cache indefinitely? Does caching ignore new content?

I do believe my host is taxing there db or there is contention on the storage chain. This is because there is a long pause. Then BAM! it all comes up. I log in. Another huge pause - then BAM! comes up. I choose XOOPS because it seemed to offer faster load times, and more visual accessibility and easier to implement permissions system. the permissions system is awesome from an ease-of-use standpoint.

Finally, i did have an old version of tiny content and the stats block. Shutting those down, seem to make a difference, especially the stats block. I am not sure why. Now the site load is reasonable. Not as fast as the ASP apps, but good nuff.

Again, thanks. I'll keep you posted with any more anamolies and do my own logging as my site grows!

Hello,

I am relatively new to the world of content management systems and xoops. But I have installed XOOPS on a number of different shared hosting provider systems. And no matter what, it always loads very slowly. The rate varies from 6 seconds to 15 seconds.... sometimes longer.

Cutting back on the modules, doesn't seem to speed things. When I go to some XOOPs sites however, they load in a snap (2-4 seconds). This is also true of PostNuke installs. But with postnuke, the number of modules does seem to slow the loading.

My question is basically this: why to do these PHP-based CMS systems take so long to load and log in? My guess is that it has something to do with where the DB/mySql is stored. Am I right? Do other people experience this?

I've installed some Access-based ASP front ends and they always load in a snap. I can't believe that Access and ASP are inherently better.... in fact, I have heard the opposite. So why are they kicking butt on load times?

My next question is this: should I get dedicated server? Would that make a difference? Is there a host out there who offers faster SQL queries/loads? TIA


I am novice, but I earnestly feel that the Open Source movement has the power liberate particularly when combined with decent hosting... but what gives. Thanks.