drupal | benclark.com

Tue 20 Dec 2011

uc_views, you broke my varnish! *shakes fist* http://drupal.org/node/1037834

Thu 1 Dec 2011

benclark.com is now running Varnish!

Sun 17 Jul 2011

Moving back to Debian, like I never left

Last night, I tried to upgrade from PHP 5.2 to PHP 5.3 on my Arch Linux install on this server. I ended up replacing it with Debian instead.

Fri 8 Apr 2011

Drupal Performance DOPE Take-Aways

My last post on this subject was just a collection of notes. I've edited it down to a list of actual things that should be done to improve Drupal performance.

Fri 8 Apr 2011

Drupal Performance DOPE Notes

Some notes related to Drupal performance that I compiled during my Day of Personal Enrichment (DOPE) at Jackson River.

Mon 2 Aug 2010

My new job & How I spent my summer vacation

I'll lead with the big news first: I now work for Jackson River as a Web Producer!

Today was my first day, and I think it went well. I still need to get up to speed, but I'm optimistic that full speed isn't too far away. The group at Jackson River seems like a great group, a cool group, and I'm looking forward to getting to know them better.

Thu 1 Jul 2010

How to configure a Drupal site in a virtual subdirectory under Lighttpd

Drupal offers built-in support for sites in virtual subdirectories, e.g. www.example.com/subdir, but getting this up and running under Lighttpd is not well documented. Fear not, for it can be done with only minor configuration file tweaks and a few extra mod_rewrite directives.

Wed 30 Jun 2010

How to run multisite Drupal on Lighttpd

Let's start with the obvious: if you run more than one Drupal site on a server, you should be running those sites in a Drupal multisite configuration. If you're looking for exceptional Drupal performance and a small memory footprint, you should experiment with Lighttpd. This howto explains how to run multisite Drupal on Lighttpd.

Tue 14 Jul 2009

Still working on converting site to Drupal

Exactly one year ago today, I had just installed Drupal at BenClark.com and I posted a "hello world" to prove it. A year later, I am still working on finishing the content migration from WordPress to Drupal. (Tsk tsk on me...)

Fri 18 Jul 2008

What's New? Road Trip!

Tonight begins my 5,000 mile road trip! My friend Josh and I are getting into my 2008 Toyota Matrix after I get off of work. We'll be driving from Tallahassee, FL, straight to Boulder, CO, on I-70 (through Missouri & Kansas). We're estimating that to be a 25 hour stretch. Then after a day or two in Boulder, we go to Moab, UT, and finish up around Las Cruces, NM, before heading back on I-10.

Mon 14 Jul 2008

This is my first Drupal-powered blog post

This is my first Drupal-powered blog post here at benclark.com, and I'm proud to report that it posted just fine.

Tue 27 Feb 2007

Yeah, I'm just not good at this.

Every few weeks or so, I remember that I have a blog here. There's only a handful of people who read this, but that doesn't mean I should treat you like second-class citizens, right? Exactly. Yeah, I'm just not good at this.