How to Properly Uninstall Skype from Microsoft Store on Windows 10
You may have noticed that on Windows 10, Skype has a really annoying habit of a) starting up on it’s own and b) starting up randomly at any point it feels like. And if...
Author: Geoff Jackson
Setting Secure Working Permissions for Magento (Chown/Chmod) SSH
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...
Reset / Correct Server Permissions for Plesk via SSH
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...
View Sizes of MySQL Databases & Tables over SSH
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,...
‘Tool(s) “patch” is(are) missed, please install it(them)’ when Trying to Patch Magento
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)...
Applying Magento CE SUPEE-6285 Security Patch (July 2015)
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...
Magento Launch Version CE 1.9.2.0
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...
Adding County / Regions / States / Provinces in Magento to Include Dropdown in Cart
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...
Delete Bestsellers & Search Terms Data from Magento Dashboard
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...
Switch Entire Magento Store Over to HTTPS
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...
