When you’re planning to install a new module or update your existing one, make sure that you read through the bug reports so you’d know how many issues it has and if developers are working on solving those issues.

Some people think that managing and maintaining a website is an easy task. But when your website starts attracting heavy traffic and amassing community members, those menial tasks suddenly become overwhelming. If you want your job as site administrator to become lighter, here is a short list of best practices.

So your website is already up and running. It seems like you can now sit back and just wait for visitors to flock to your little corner in the Web. But this shouldn’t be the case! Building a website is one thing, and managing, protecting, and maintaining it is another.

Maintaining a high-traffic Drupal website has its ups and downs: you get tons of visitors daily but you also get a lot of spam. As much as possible, you want to encourage interaction and respond to user comments. However, it’s difficult to this when 8 out of 10 posts are spam.

When it comes to choosing a Drupal host, webmasters are often hesistating between the two most popular hosting companies: Hostgator and GoDaddy. While both companies may promise you the best speed and uptime in the industry, truth is they perform quite differently.