site crashes, frequent – peak hours

  • spending some time trying to sort out what is causing frequent ugly site crashes since we made the switch from typepad to wordpress. (we’re at: https://www.thehealthcareblog.com if you’re interested in take a look) I’m using blognews template with a few customizations to CSS. wordpress MU 2.92. site caching in place. Have uninstalled almost all plug ins which appeared to help the problem for some time, but now seems to be coming back. any advice on what might be causing, possible steps to troubleshoot?

    specifically, thinking:

    – how can I evaluate the stability of the theme we are using?
    – using pingdom to monitor site crashes and google analytics for numbers, but are there any tools I can use to give a clearer picture of what is going wrong?

    any help super appreciated!!

    / j

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  • how can I evaluate the stability of the theme we are using?

    Try switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    Why are you still using MU 2.9.2 instead of WP 3 Multisite?

    Thread Starter wordpig

    (@wordpig)

    To clarify – I am not exactly an experienced wordpress user. My work is on the content and editorial side. This is basically an emergency repair job. The wordpress consultant we hired did a pretty sloppy job. (Sorta but not really off topic: is there a good source for comparing consultant rates and reviews? We’ve been burned twice now and I’m a bit over the whole painful process. ; )

    So here’s what I’m thinking —

    1. Doing a test switch to another theme is not really an option as the site is already up and alive — unless we tested over a weekend if absolutely necessary. This sounds really painful to me.

    it seems like the alternative is to sandbox a theme and see what happens. not sure how I would go about doing this, but I’ll look into it if the consensus is that I should and totally necessary. I’m hoping that #2 below will eliminate the need, though.

    2. It sounds like the wordpress 3.0 upgrade could be the key move, but not sure I feel experienced enough to handle on my own.

    3. It seems like option three is to switch a more stable template that preserves the current look and feel.

    I’m guessing the most sensible thing to do is a combination of #2 and #3.

    Anybody have any thoughts on this? Any help seriously appreciated!

    / J

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