Simplest Wordpress alike framework or tool?

[Jorge Biquez]

Hello.

I will tried WP super Cache.
Before posting we tried to tweak all on WP with no good results. Yes 
you are right the problem is the plug ins we use. In a "normal" 
environment and a dedicated server it will be nor problem. This test 
site was done  mainly to measure the load since it has to run on low 
end servers. Not so powerful ones, old equipment from donations. The 
idea is not to move to another CMS but to try to manage all on static 
pages, like he old times but trying to emulate , the best we could, 
the functionality of Wordpress on beimng able to update easily with 
different levels of users and have response web pages for movile 
devices. The latest is not a problem but will imply extra work.

We will continue looking alternatives for a couple of days and then 
we decide the path to follow.

Thanks for the time and help.

Jorge Biquez



At 02:27 4/28/2014, you wrote:
>Hi Jorge,
>
>You probably tried these but have you looked into caching? Using 
>plugins like WP Super Cache might help as it creates static html for 
>your site .This might lower the load on the web and db server having 
>fewer requests.
>Generally with the info you give, it seems that the load is mainly 
>caused by the design and tools used for it and I'm not sure moving 
>away to another cms will help greatly. I believe work should focus 
>on caching and lowering the load of the UI. Have you implemented 
>sprites, compression? Tried looking for lighter plugins to replace 
>some used now etc.?
>
>Hth
>Tulie
>
>
>Tulie Amichal | Library Computer Systems Coordinator
>Phone: 03-6407063 | Fax: 03-6407840 |
>Email: tulie at tauex.tau.ac.il | Skype: tulieami
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>
>
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>On Behalf Of Jorge Biquez
>Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 7:35 AM
>To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Simplest Wordpress alike framework or tool?
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>Hello all.
>
>I was wondering if you could share your thoughts about the following.
>
>Let's assume The following.
>
>That we already have a site running using Wordpress. A nice template 
>we get with some plug ins. Banner rotating, security, edit, seo, 
>simple ones I guess. It worked fine but with the grow of the web 
>page we are facing a problem since the ajax in the ads (used by the 
>plug in), the too much javascript on the page with the plug ins and 
>the one used by the theme and with more visitors the page is getting 
>daily ,now the site consumes, according to the isp we use, LOT of 
>resources , more than the resources allowed by the isp on the level 
>of account we have as a shared service. So we have to move to 
>another level of service and use VPS virtual service or the smallest 
>of a dedicated one. With the stats we have of the site, we can 
>confirm the use of resources and yes, it is not normal, the iste s 
>not hacked , everything works fine, just at times the overload is 
>very big and that is creating the problem.
>
>I know there are options for hosting companies specialized on 
>Wordpress and even Wordpress itself offers VIP services. We know 
>those services exist and we are evaluating what we could afford it.
>We know that we can also do load balancing maybe with some tools, or 
>even simple dns services.
>
>When talking about the consumption of resources with some of the 
>collages we were talking about doing something strange maybe, and 
>here is when I ask for your comments.
>
>Our needs:
>
>- Being able to update easily as with Wordpress, different levels of 
>user, several users, restrict sections. All like Wordpress does.
>
>- Being able to have responsive web pages that detect movile devices 
>or desktop and adjust to different resolutions (like our theme does 
>it under Wordpress)
>
>that's all.
>
>(yes we know drupal, joomla, and others could do the job also but we 
>believe that at the end we would be finishing with the same load on the server)
>
>So we were thinking that maybe could be possible to construct 
>all  using a tool that give us as a result simple html pages, that 
>emulates, the best it could , the look and feel of a  complex 
>Wordpress site. Yes, we know that could be lot of static web pages.
>In fact using a tool for editing HTML we could emulate the look and 
>feel now. Besides our page it won't change frequently on menus, 
>sections, etc but it will grow in content.
>
>Do you know tools that we can explore that allows to do that? In a 
>framework or package ,open source or commercial? that acts like 
>wordpress BUT that constructs simple and fast web pages , like plain 
>HTML and do not abuse of Javascript , Ajax, etc and does not consume 
>too many resources? Even that works on a lan and not online could 
>work even when that means to FTP the changes every time. Yes, it 
>sounds stupid maybe but we can explore possibilities. Yes, not too 
>fancy and elegant like wordpress but with the same results using 
>static web pages?
>
>I know this could be solved with money , getting a cheap dedicated 
>service for $150-350 USD per month. Or contracting shared service 
>with a professional Wordpress service provider but issue is that 
>this project will involve at the end several web sites of non profit 
>institutions with very few financial resources. So if we can give 
>them functionality like Wordpress in their old equipment and low 
>bandwidth they could get it would be great. NO way to get extra 
>resources , for now, since this is for institutions in Mexico and 
>Central America.
>
>Any comments are welcomed maybe off-line if the subject is of not 
>interest on the list.
>
>Thanks for the time and I am sorry for the long email.
>
>Jorge Biquez
>
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