Kimb Jones

Founder at Make Do. We help teams stabilise, improve and support complex WordPress websites and connected systems

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Something we’re working on – an Open Source CPD platform for WordPress

June 1, 2015 by Kimb Jones

OK so file this under “coming soon” but we’ve been working hard alongside The University of Sheffield for the past 6 months to come up with a free open-source CPD (continuing professional development) platform which is powered by WordPress. We call it Aspire CPD.

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WIP Aspire CPD logo with the WordPress logo

Why the tease?

The system is currently being beta-tested by our partners – so it’s far from ready for public consumption.

I wanted to share because until recently this product has no name or any branding and I thought I may as well publish where we are at. Expect a more in-depth update on the Make Do blog when we are ready to launch.

If you’d like to know more drop us a line. Final testing will be finished by the end of June 2015 and we hope to begin sharing the product with other partners over the summer.

Filed Under: Design, Development, WordPress

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

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I run Make Do WordPress agency, a technical agency helping teams build, stabilise, improve and support complex WordPress websites, web applications and connected digital platforms.

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