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Why you should always run WP-Optimize before migrating a site

May 22, 2015 by Kimb Jones

The WP-Optimize plugin is a wonderful addition to anyones WordPress toolbox but it’s not often I’m able to really show why. Yesterday however I migrated a WP site that had been left to ‘rot’ for a few months, the outcome was a database of almost 700mb!

Check out the before…

WP-Optimize before

Almost 700mb!

..and after:

WP-Optimize after

Whoop! Down to 2.6mb!

Save time by keeping it all in WordPress

The most impressive thing about WP-Optimize is the time it saves you. Before this I would have to manually jump into phpMyAdmin and run a few choice queries before doing the SQL export.

Now I just do a full migration from any WordPress site directly from the Dashboard by running WP-Optimize first and then firing off BackUpWordPress.

Filed Under: WordPress, Work

Ditch the Moleskin

May 1, 2015 by Kimb Jones

I recently picked up a new Moleskin to take to meetings in place of my somewhat tatty ‘classroom’ style notepads and soon realised it’s too late, I can’t go back.

Notepads

£7 Moleskin verses 60p ‘school’ notepad

It was around two years ago when I switched from Moleskin and Moleskin-esq notepads to plain old basic classroom style notepads.

It’s just paper

This wasn’t a deliberate change. Story goes that I was out of notepads for a meeting and had to buy something new on-the-run so I hopped into a local stationary supplier and picked up the simplest thing going.

Soon my love affair for these cheap somewhat disposable notepads started:

A recent collection from the past 6 months

A recent collection from the past 12 months

They may look tatty but these agile little notepads are better than a Moleskin in many, many ways:

  • Malleable and easy to hold
  • Lighter and thinner
  • Cheap (60p each!)
  • You can make as much mess as you like

Going back to a rigid, expensive and “premium” Moleskin notepad feels all wrong. It’s difficult to hold, heavy and unwieldy and the paper no longer “feels right” and worst of all I find that I judge myself on any mistake or bad sketch I make as if I’ve desecrated the paper!

My advice – ditch the Moleskin, free your notes.

Filed Under: Personal, Work

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