Call For Help

Well, 4cr went down again today. I felt like I was back at square one as this time it was too many calls to the database.

Having dealt with this before, getting the site back up wasn’t an issue, but the fact that this happened again at all is. I have optimized this site the best I can and have caching mechanisms in place. However, I see we still have a problem.

I spoke of switching over to Drupal a few days ago. This move was primarily for content reasons, as Drupal offers greater expandability as far as a more fully fleshed out site. However, after spending a few days researching Drupal, it seems like the caching/load handling of the site will still be a problem. So, in that regard, neither WordPress or Drupal are better than one another.

Anyway, on to the point. Ive tweaked this site as much as I know how. I’m not a coder. Its time to enlist the help of someone(s) more knowledgeable than myself. If any of you out there have experience running sites that get a lot of traffic, or know someone who does, please contact me.

I’m totally open and willing to reformat the site, switch software, etc. Whatever it takes. And its not a hosting issue. Ive talked to a bunch of people and they all say that what my host, ipowerweb, offers in terms of features and sql options should be more than enough. So, the inefficiencies must be on my end.

Well, I could always see if IGN wanted to buy me out.