NOTE – this bug was patched in MAGE 1.9.2.1 If you upgraded Magento to version 1.9.2 to fix the recent (July 2015) security vulnerabilities your Magento shop now has a bug…Continue reading
Upgrade Magento CE 1.9.1.x to 1.9.2.0
Magento released a critical security patch bundle for Magento CE on July 7th 2015. At the same time Magento CE 1.9.2.0 was released which includes the security patch bundle. The…Continue reading
Magento Matrix Rates Nett Order Value After Discount
If you are using Webshopapps free Matrix Rates module the default module code uses the order value before discount. Most likely you will want to offer Free Shipping for orders with…Continue reading
Magento Page Load Time and Cache Performance
Having implemented a Magento REDIS cache management solution I wanted to see what effect using the Magento cache had on page load times. To measure the Magento page load time…Continue reading
Magento REDIS : system, session and full page cache management solution
In computing, active data is often cached to shorten data access times, reduce latency and improve input/output (I/O). Because almost all application workload is dependent upon I/O operations, caching is…Continue reading
5 Ways to Improve Magento Page Speed
Googles Phantom update recently laid emphasis on having a more mobile friendly website to improve search results on mobile devices. This is great for Magento 1.9 with it’s responsive theme…Continue reading
5 Magento Modules You Cannot Live Without
Having spend the last few months working on a major Magento upgrade I thought I would share the modules that I would recommend as Must Have magento backend modules for…Continue reading
Magento, Poodle and Paypal – Disable SSL v3 Before December 3rd
The so called Poodle security vulnerability was announced by Google last Month (October 14 2014). The vulnerability effects SSL v3.0 a transport protocol which has been around for over 18…Continue reading
Cannot Send PHP Mail after Ubuntu Upgrade
I recently made a list of problems experienced after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, an additional problem that finally came to light about a week later was…Continue reading
Upgrading Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS to 14.04.01 LTS
Back in July I was ranting about the new Facebook API that requires PHP 5.4 or later. My main production server was running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with PHP 5.3, and although the…Continue reading