Template Cache System

Vbulletin Template Cache System
Optimize Your Forums!!

Notice:

While filesystem caching does provide a performance increase; it can be futher increased. I plan on including mmcache, eaccelerator, and APC shared memory support in the near future.

This will eliminate the need for reading/writing file to and from the filesystem.


Summary:

This modification will cache the templates that your forum uses to the file system saving you a mysql query.

Normally this data is requested from the database on every page load, with this however we cache all the templates we would normally use into a file to be included as a standard php code.

This will save you a pretty large query, the full size of the templates can be anywhere from 40kb to 200kb per page; even larger on some forums.

It will literally take 1 or 2 minutes to install, not long for the benefits that you receive.

PS. Use this in conjunction with my Other Hack (Compress Forum Templates) for speeding up your forum even more by compressing templates.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107615
PS. Use this in conjunction with my Other Hack (Accelerated Plugins) for speeding up your forum even more by Inlining your plugins.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107315


Instructions:

1. Download Zip File.
2. Read the INSTALL.txt
3. Click install if you like


Updates:
3/14/2006 8:34am : Large update, adding additional file locking code as well as moved some redundant code into functions. If you have an active site I recommend that you update with the newest version.

3/14/2006 7:07am : Cleaned up the code a little bit, no need to redo the edits unless you are a perfectionist like myself

3/13/2006 12:52 / Typo Update: There was a typo in the global.php edit, please re-do that step.

3/13/2006 11:48 / Massive Critical Update:
1. Automatically caches any uncached templates.
2. Files are now stored as .php files to prevent easy viewing.
I strongly recommend you update ASAP.
Just follow the INSTALL.txt and go through the procedures again.
PS. Make sure to empty the template_cache directory after upgrading. Thankyou.

3/12/2006 12:20pm
1. Now caches most action templates
2. The cache cleaner will not delete index.htm or index.html files.
3. Also updated the install.txt
4. Fixed parse error.
To upgrade, just re-do the code modifications listed in the install.txt file.
PLEASE clear the template_cache directory, after you redo the modifications. The new changes cache the actiontemplates as well.


Troubleshooting:

Start browsing your forum, going to your main page then browsing threads etc.. should start seeing items appear in that template_cache directory such as index_1.php, showthread_1.php etc.. if not you need to give this directory WRITE permissions (CHMOD 777)

[MissKalunji]

im not coder but what I THINK is

the pages only REWRITE the url...not the actually content of the page...if you get http://domain.com/forum/how-do-i-do.html = points to showthread.php?post something something

the actually page is .php....so it will cache it anyways....

U see what i mean? i could be wrong!

p.s it was compress hack that was bugging cache system

[DementedMindz]

no i tried that hack that i posted and i had 2 uncached templates thats why i was asking i think if it reads html it wont cache it... only php files it seems

[LBSources]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

exacly why i asked for cron job....i dont know who to ask tho..

thats a work around and members including me could be without PMs for 2 hours? doesnt cut it for me...

as indicated in the install docs the author didnt want to create a template clearing cache for resources issues..

IIRC

Lenny

P.S. i have since uninstalled the hack..

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by LBSources

thats a work around and members including me could be without PMs for 2 hours? doesnt cut it for me...

as indicated in the install docs the author didnt want to create a template clearing cache for resources issues..

IIRC

Lenny

P.S. i have since uninstalled the hack..

Perhaps didnt think about that....but not all of us having that problem

mine is working great now tho.....:banana:

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

no i tried that hack that i posted and i had 2 uncached templates thats why i was asking i think if it reads html it wont cache it... only php files it seems

uhmmmmmmm i wouldnt know what to tell you............ im using vbseo perhaps it works differently?

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

mine is working great now tho.....:banana:

How did you get it working?

I had to shut both off.

[dannyrulez]

Hi,

After some minutes of do a "Clean Template Cache" I notice that when i try to change my Avatar this appear (All the others members see this too):



Then I do another "Clean Template Cache" and everytimes is fine for a couple of minutes.

(profile.php is not the only one giving errors, the others file do the same but not at the same time)

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by KevinL

How did you get it working?

I had to shut both off.

well first Compressed hack was messing with it after that i disabled it

and recache it was working fine

only gars has a little bug.....

[Bulent Tekcan]

Is this plugin work with APC cache together ?

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by Bulent Tekcan

Is this plugin work with APC cache together ?

apc cache?