Summary: The lessons I learned about optimizing with CDN, SSL, and site structure all on shared hosting.

Knowledge Level: Intermediate

Tags: Higher-Ed, SSL, CDN, Lessons learned



Presentation Overview:

Explain the history of the Georgia Tech Office of International Education’s website.

Critical Failures - White Screen of Death

Splitting the OIE site in two

Read Only content site

User Generated content site

SSL saves the day - Solving the mysterious firewall issues

Basic overview of setup

Htaccess

Drupal changes

Myths and debunking

CDN saves the day too - Speed increase and less demand on home servers

Overview of CDN Module setup

Myths

Tools Used:

Drupal CDN Module

How to setup, configure, test and use

Using SSL on Drupal

Common problems

Htaccess and redirects



Slides and Notes:

https://github.com/jkriig/DrupalCamp_Atlanta

Learn more: http://drupalcampatlanta.com/2016/sessions/survive-shared-hosting