There is a lot of content on the web about setting the correct (secure) permissions for Magento, much of which, differs somewhat. We’ve detailed below, what we feel are decent permissions which leave your...
Sometimes, you might accidentally chown or chmod system files via SSH on a server running Parallels Plesk Panel and find that you’re locked out of Plesk’s panel interface and you take down every website hosted...
Sometimes, your typical database GUI (such as phpMyAdmin) won’t be usable for managing really big databases and you’ll have to work directly on the command line (SSH) for this. After connecting to your server,...
If you receive a notification in your Magento back office alerting you to install a critical patch (like below)… …and you end up Googling how to do so and come across guides (like ours)...
On 7th July 2015, Magento released a critical security patch (SUPEE-6285) that addresses the following security issues:- It prevents attackers from posing as an administrator to gain access to the last orders feed, which...
On 7th July 2015, Magento launched version 1.9.2.0 of their Community Edition (CE). This version contains quite a number of changes which you can read a full list on here. Most notably, this release...
By default, Magento only provides a list of states (regions/provinces) for the United States. US clients only make up about 12% of our total client base so we’re forever having to import a list...
Often whilst a Magento store is in the final stages of development, you’ll build up a fair bit of test / dummy data (like test sales / orders and customers which will populate other...
Since Google made the announcement that serving your website’s web pages over a secure protocol (HTTPS) will become a ranking factor back in August 2014 , many brands have made the necessary changes to serve...
Social media marketing requires daily effort and involvement. This means it is definitely not a “set it and forget it” endeavor. The social media landscape is constantly changing, and what worked a year ago...
