Optimise questions.

[gajinoz]

I'm running the lite version of Optimise and I'm thinking of upgrading to pro.

My users tell me that they think the forum is running faster since I turned it on and the Resource Saving Statistic chart in the ACP tells me that I've saved 40000 something in a day, so I guess it must be working. However when I look at the bottom of the main forum page I see this:

MySQL Queries vB Optimise has saved this forum 0

Why would this be? Should I be concerned? Have I not configured something correctly? Is this only active in the Pro version?

 

[Fillip H.]

That's really odd... What happens if you manually run

select sum(queries) as total from vboptimise

(Remember to add your table prefix if you have one configured in config.php)

 

[gajinoz]

Thanks, I could do that but, to be honest, I'm a long way from being a mysql guru and I'm not too comfortable playing around in there.

The thing does seem to be working though, I've now saved 100000 according to your resource graph.

What I am prepared to do is buy the pro version and have you guys install and configure it. Is that possible?

 

[Fillip H.]

I figured out the problem during the Pro Install - that is to say, I've no idea WHY, but who cares because I fixed it

I hotfixed the live release as well, so anyone else running into the same problem will get the fix too. Thanks!

 

[gajinoz]

Yep, all seems to be working now. One tiny issue, after the pro install I noticed the following in the settings. I'm not 100% sure I know what to do here:

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[TABLE="class: tborder, width: 90%, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD="class: alt1"]Please enter the path to your plugin cache directory (without trailing slash).

NOTE: We recommend that you set this outside of your public_html folder to prevent security issues.
Setting this value incorrectly will cause plugin cache to fail.
[/TD]
[TD="class: alt1"]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: alt1 smallfont, colspan: 2"]Error:You did not enter a valid value for this setting.

[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Do I need to create a directory?
Can you give me an example of what it should be and exactly where is best to place it.

Any and all help appreciated.

 

[Fillip H.]

It's fine to ignore that setting unless the above setting is turned on. Template Caching is experimental, and may not work correctly with all kinds of installed modifications, so I leave it off on installations I perform.

 

[gajinoz]

OK, thanks.