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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:

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

   1. Critical Failures - White Screen of Death

   2. Splitting the OIE site in two

      1. Read Only content site

      2. User Generated content site

2. SSL saves the day - Solving the mysterious firewall issues

   1. Basic overview of setup

      1. Htaccess

      2. Drupal changes

   2. Myths and debunking

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

   1. Overview of CDN Module setup

   2. Myths

Tools Used:

1. Drupal CDN Module

   1. How to setup, configure, test and use

2. Using SSL on Drupal

1. Common problems

2. Htaccess and redirects

Slides and Notes:

https://github.com/jkriig/DrupalCamp_Atlanta