This chapter will discuss contributed modules for advanced caching including Cache Router, Authenticated User Page Caching, Advanced Cache, APC (Alternative PHP Cache), File Cache, and so on.
In this chapter, we're going to return to our discussion of Drupal caching mechanisms and take a detailed look at a group of contributed caching modules that allow for more granular and advanced cache configurations within our site.
By the end of this chapter you will know how to install and configure the following contributed caching modules:
Cache Router
Authenticated User Page Caching (Authcache)
Advanced Cache
The focus of this chapter will be how to use contributed caching modules that work and integrate well with Drupal 6.x sites, and how best to implement these modules, first in a development or sandbox type of hosting environment, with the flexibility to implement them later in practice on production websites. We'll see how the modules...