Any Cache type shit for vBulletin?
 

I've got a forum running right now, and it's getting hammered big time.
Just a huge influx of traffic, and it's not as optimized as it should be.
What good plugins/etc are there for optimizing the load and lowering mysql queries and whatnot?

BTW, Yes I know that vB has a built in post cache.

I've never really done much to edit vB.
Perhaps there is a way to disable viewing signatures and/or avatars when you're not logged in?
Maybe a fully cached page(not just the post) can be delivered to users not logged in?
Maybe depending on the referring domain, I can select a particular style, it being very low on loading.

I'm going to continue to ask unanswered questions.
What do you forum managers use for SEO on vB?

Microstats is good for checking uncached templates:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=82900

Consider adding a php cache.

SEO plugins (like vbSeo) are overrated. :2 cents:
It's far more important to optimize your pages' content.

I'm actually just considering switching to something more lightweight. I don't have a need for vB really.

SEO plugins for vbulletin are pretty much 100% worthless.

Try installing Xcache and then enabling that within the vbulletin config.

BTW how much traffic are we talking and are you on a dedicated server? What are the specs?

The boards that is getting hammered are on a shared hosting plan. It's setup for myself and a few hundred people, nothing major. Maybe 20-150 people on at any given time. Well an interesting article got stumbled and I got 22K unique before noon today.
I should have moved the forums a long time ago to my other hosting, but there was never a need, and I still don't really want to deal with the move as this traffic isn't guaranteed daily traffic. That's why I'm just looking for some simple shit to lower the load the forums are taking.
I'll try XCache out.

In Apache config, link the article url to a static copy of the article...

Two ways:

Mod Rewrite - easiest and very flexible. Ie. you could create a rule that people clicking the article from within your forum reach the article as usual while those clicking in from elsewhere get the static version of the article.

And/Or

Alias (or AliasMatch to handle multiple variations of a url) - more difficult and may not work well for various reasons.

Another option *may* be to redirect the article url away within vBulletin ... not sure if that's easily possible, but mention it anyways.

In short, Apache Mod Rewrite is likely the easiest way to redirect a highly linked url(s) away to a static page, etc to reduce Vbulletin DB load.

Ron

Addendum:

A far easier way is to add a temporary Redirect 302 directive in .htaccess

Redirect 302 /forums/articlelink.html http://www.example.com/staticarticle.html

Ron

Good stuff, thanks Ron.