PHPNuke Troubleshooting

The first step in pinning down a problem with any software program is to make sure you have the latest version installed. If you do not, please go to the PHP-Nuke website, download the latest version, and follow the program's instructions on how to upgrade. Also check for security patches and releases. Many high load situations are due to hackers using a vulnerable script to execute high-load commands on the server, or to send out thousands of spam email messages. This taxes the shared servers.

The PHP-Nuke website also has two handy articles that may help you speed up your install. The first is how to Accelerate your PHP-Nuke and the second is Optimizing PHP-Nuke. DreamHost has mod_rewrite installed, so you will be able to use the suggestions including mod_rewrite.

If you have done all of the above and followed PHP-Nuke's suggestions for optimizing, and you're still seeing a high degree of load, check your traffic statistics. While our shared hosting servers are very good at handling quite a bit of traffic from our customers, there does come a point sometimes where a site will outgrow shared hosting and need to move onto the next step - a shiny new Dedicated server!

Handy Links

Php-Nuke How-To Book-Length section with table of contents of how to do just about anything with PHP-Nuke!