Improving Cache Performance

From KitchenTwo

Cache Overview

Fetching multiple feeds and parsing them is an intensive process.

To minimise lag we have implemented a cache.

The amount of time feeds are stored in the cache is set in the admin panel.

This means instead of fetching the feeds each time your page is hit the system checks the cache, if the cache is older than you have set it fetches them.

This however can still cause lag when feeds are fetched at cache expiry.

Cache Cron

To work around this we have included a file called cron.php in the root of your install.

If you set up a cronjob to run and hit this page then there is less possibility of a browser having to wait while fresh feeds are fetched.

Ask your web host how best to setup a cronjob to hit this file.