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Magento vs WordPress for eCommerce
With so many eCommerce platforms available, it is hard to figure out which one is right for you. Many platforms offer different functionality which is necessary for some eCommerce stores, while simple functionality may be your piece of pie. Our experience has been...
Critical Magento Security Update – Zend Vulnerability
There is an important security update for any company using Magento; this was posted yesterday (July 5, 2012) to Magento`s blog. Magento uses the Zend Platform; the vulnerability is in the Zend software. The Issue: The vulnerability potentially allows an attacker to...
Magento’s Newest Version – Community 1.7 and Enterprise 1.12
At the Imagine conference in Las Vegas Magento released the newest versions for both Community and Enterprise. The new releases are packed with great features, new technology and better security. As always we recommend that anyone who is using Magento Community 1.5 or...
FedEx Shipping Fix for Magento Versions 1.5 and lower
888.772.0777 303.499.9318 If you`re running the Magento eCommerce system (version 1.5 and lower) and rely on FedEx for shipping quotes, you may need to update your system so that it works after May 31, 2012. FedEx Shipping Fix for Magento Versions 1.5 and lower What`s...
StaySafeMedia's Migration to Magento
StaySafeMedia.com is an eCommerce site that sells personal defense courses in a variety of formats such as videos and books. The original eCommerce site had been run by a custom PHP platform which had become outdated. The client needed a secure platform for their...
New FedEx Shopping Extension for Magento
On May 31st, 2012 FedEx will be switching to a Web Service to supply shipping rates in Magento. This means users of Magento CE1.5x or less or EE1.10.x or less will no longer be able to retrieve FedEx shipping rates in Magento. Fortunately, users can install the...
Google bots learning to read webpages like humans
Google bots learning to read webpages like humans, one step closer to knowing everything
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What do we do when a search is made? Why can’t I display custom text for that search? Can I modify the pages that show up when a search is made? These are all questions on our minds, especially if you are working on the SEO of your site. If you aren’t questioning...
Rel="Canonical" vs. Pagination : Weeding Through Duplicate Content with a Paginated Sequence Tank
If you are working on any Magento E-commerce site, your website most likely falls under the umbrella of multiple products that can be categorized by more than one attribute. This makes it very likely that you will have many pages displaying the same products. So what...
Running Varnish Caching on Magento – but pages not updating
If you care about optimizing an eCommerce site, you know that page load times are critical. For every second you shave off the time of a page load, conversions increase dramatically. For every 1 second delay your page takes to load, you'll see approximately 7% less...