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In my quest for performance... These are the top enhancements I've made recently:…

Redis is an in-memory data structure store, used as a distributed, in-memory key–value database, cache and message broker, with optional durability. What does it mean? By using Redis to hold dynamic values in memory that are typically held in a database or file, the website can access those values faster. Faster access means faster web page delivery…

The News system has been updated. Faster and more consistent display…

The site is using a custom build of Nginx which enables TLS 1.3. We're more secure and (yet again) faster. TLS 1.2 support remains for legacy browsers…

Updated to PHP 7.4... more speed…

Just completed migration to Hostinger for web hosting. Chose them for low cost and extreme flexibility on their VPS platform. I am now running Nginx as the server and PHP 7.3 for processing…

Moved the site server engine to nginx. Significantly improves page delivery. Replaced all jQuery code on the Home page with vanilla JavaScript. This removed the jQuery library, adding yet another performance enhancement (both load and execution)…

It's been years since my last post. Updates: Dark Sky weather, Mobile Friendly, PHP 7 compatible, JQuery integration, Prototype removal, Coppermine Gallery update, Simple Machine Forums reinstall, Roundcube webmail update…