What a difference a simple cleanup and optimization makes! If you are using PhpMyAdmin, follow these simple steps (after safely backing up your data). Click on the database you are working with on the left hand side frame (not the table, the database name) On the right hand column your tables should be listed. Scroll down till you see the “Check all” link. Click on that link, make sure all database tables are checked and then from the dropdown next to it, carefully select “Optimize table”. This should perform an analysis, repair and an optimization of your database. Most problems will be solved with this. In rare cases you might have to rebuild indices, but thats a huge topic, too dangerous to perform without looking at individual cases and thus I will not preach it here. (My database corruption was one of those rare cases) Please backup your data before […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Hot in the heels of Alex’s extremely popular WordPress 1.5 Themes Competition, I would like to announce the start of the WordPress Plugin and Mod Programming Competition. I would like to make the pot REALLY sweet and promote a LOT of really good development and generate lots of new ideas (stressing on the new). In doing so, I am seeking commercial support from interested parties in exchange for “sponsorship” ads. I am personally going to donate all the earnings/donations from my blogs for the month of April and if enough, will present a Sony PSP to the “Best of Show” (I hope). The following groups/categories come to mind: 1) Most elegant plugin/mod for WordPress 1.5 2) Most innovative plugin/mod for WordPress 1.5 3) Most outrageous (out of this world) plugin/mod for WordPress 1.5 4) Best code in a plugin/mod for WordPress 1.5 5) Best documentation for a […]