[TYPO3-ttnews] a tip - how to improve performance of SINGLE + LATEST at the same page

[Rupert Germann]

hi Krystian,

coa_go is indeed a very cool enhancement!!
I tried it and I can confirm significant improvement in rendering time.

greets
rupert


Krystian Szymukowicz wrote:

> 
> hi
> 
> I'd like you to show a way to decrease page time rendering in TYPO3.
> 
> The example would be SINGLE + LATEST at the same page.
> 
> HOW IT WORKS NOW?
> 
> Right now TYPO3 will generate LATEST at each first hit of a page.
> Click on news A and TYPO3 render LATEST
> Click on news B and TYPO3 render LATEST
> Click on news C and TYPO3 render LATEST
> ...again, and again....
> 
> If you have 1000 news then LATEST is generated 1000 times.
> This is bad, is not it?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> HOW IT CAN BE IMPROVED?
> 
> The solution is simple. TYPO3 needs to generate LATEST once, cache it
> and then should use it whenever it is needed.
> 
> How can it be done?
> 
> Its very simple:
> 1. Install extension COA_GO
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/coago/current/
> 
> 2. Change you typoscript LATEST code with 3 chars. This is no joke. Its
> enough to add 3 chars really :)
> 
> EXAMPLE.
> 
> This was your LATEST typoscript:
> 
> temp.myLatest = COA
> temp.myLatest.10 < plugin.tt_news
> temp.myLatest.10 {
> code >
> code = LATEST
> ...
> }
> 
> 
> AFTER change:
> 
> temp.myLatest = COA_GO
> temp.myLatest.10 < plugin.tt_news
> temp.myLatest.10 {
> code >
> code = LATEST
> ...
> }
> 
> 
> DONE.
> 
> 
> 
> 5 minuts of changes, 3 chars added and it can lower the page rendering
> time about 100-200ms depending mainly on:
> a) how many news in LATEST,
> b) if you use realurl (the link generation is longer then),
> c) how fast is your server.
> 
> 
> Give it a try! It is simple.
> 
> 
> BTW: COA_GO can also put together nc_staticfilecache with *_INT cached
> objects. Its done by fetching static LATEST using AJAX. Imagine you do
> not have to clear the nc_staticfilecache cache each time you add news.
> Now with COA_GO you set cache.period to 10 minutes and LATEST is
> regenerated automatically.
> 
> 
> And of course you can use it not only for tt_news LATEST but for each
> content object that in the same form can be repeated at many pages.
> (this is why LATEST is the best example :)
> 
> --
> grtz
> Krystian Szymukowicz