Nov 29, 2010 ·
3 minute read
magento
One of the first stumbling blocks newcomers to Magento might find is that when things go wrong, they don’t know how to find out what it is that’s actually going wrong. This is because Magento does an excellent job of keeping all of the error information away from people browsing the site. This is without a doubt a very good thing. Error messages can often contain information that would help an attacker compromise your system.
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Nov 26, 2010 ·
2 minute read
management
This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub If your site has suddenly gone down and you are tearing your hair out because the people you usually call for server support aren’t answering the phone then fear not - we can help you out.
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Nov 25, 2010 ·
3 minute read
magento
Its an old battle on forums all over the web - which is better, a hosted solution or hosting your own solution on your own server, based on a platform such as Magento. Well a recent new development from Magento indicates that this distinction is about to get a lot more blurry. http://www.magentocommerce.com/stratus Magento’s Project Stratus is the next evolution in eCommerce; an on-demand platform more powerful and flexible than any other.
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Nov 23, 2010 ·
2 minute read
magento
If you dig a little deeper into Magento you will notice that there is a fully featured caching system lurking in there. However, as standard, it is quite under utilized. I’m sure that the primary reason for this is that caching dynamic systems can cause admin user confusion and generally make things trickier. However all the tools are there waiting to be used if you want to push things a bit further.
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Nov 21, 2010 ·
1 minute read
php
This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub If you use Calibre to manage your ebooks and ereading device, then this might be of interest. Calibre is an excellent open source ebook management system, however some elements of its configuration are a little complex.
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Nov 19, 2010 ·
1 minute read
magento
If you are scratching your head trying to figure out why your paypal transactions are not showing up in your Magento admin despite everything being set up perfectly then this may well be your solution. As recently discussed on the unofficial magento forum, the paypal email address is case sensitive, so if the case on either paypal and Magento do not perfectly match then things won’t work. Double check the email address in both places and then ensure they match up.
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