Kevin Pirnie's design practices Articles

Performance Tweaks for Big Wordpress Sites

Tip #1 We backed up the the wp_posts table and then used a simple MySQL command to remove old post revisions. This decreased the table size from 400MB to 120MB: DELETE FROM `wp_posts` WHERE post_type = 'revision' AND post_date NOT LIKE '2012-%' Long-term solution There are WordPress plugins which can…

PHP Image Upload Resizer

Need a good way to resize your uploaded image?   While keeping the height/width ratio? Why would you need to do this?  Well, like most of you, I did not need to keep full sized images that I upload on page, and needed a good way to create thumbnails, and resize…

ModX Revolution Friendly URLs

I have become quite the ModX lover lately, I use it to run a great number of client websites and find that it is extremely speedy, easy to use (from my perspective), and easy to teach. There are a few things I don't like about it, but this post is…

Why Responsive Web Design Is So Important

Mobile internet browsing is on the rise people!  As of this posting the number of people browsing the internet from a mobile device is up to 18% vs. a declining 82% browsing from a desktop computer.  These numbers are up 6% since this time last year. ~ http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_vs_desktop-ww-monthly-201209-201309 What does this…