Month: December 2014
Its that time of year again, we're closed for Christmas
Another year has passed and we'll soon be saying the end to 2014 and hello to 2015 - but you'll have to do it without our development team, well, at least until we re-open on January 5th 2015. Our Manchester … Continue reading
Securely installing Magmi
Default installations of Magmi are disabled by the firewall in MageStack due to the extremely severe security risks it poses. If you wish to utilise Magmi, it must be installed and secured properly before use. Securing Magmi The most important … Continue reading
Altering Static File Handling
MageStack treats dynamic content different to static content, Eg. Different HTTP timeouts Different caching rules Different DOS rules etc. Static files by default are defined here To override the default behavior of a 404 error on non-existent static content (eg. … Continue reading
Static File Definition
The following file extensions are tagged as static requests, jpeg|jpg|png|gif|ico|swf|gz|rar|txt|bzip|pdf|ttf|woff|woff2|otf|htc|svg|webp|eot Static files are defined at the time of domain-group creation and may differ between domain-groups if created at different times. ! These are subject to change and may differ depending … Continue reading
Understanding cache flow when using PageSpeed and Varnish
On MageStack, when you change a file, it changes immediately. There are no disk caches, no PHP caches or file caches of any kind. If you create, or modify a file, the change is reflected immediately. So if you change … Continue reading
How much does server location really matter
A bit of background Sonassi is a Magento hosting provider, that specialises wholly in high performance Magento hosting using the highly regarded MageStack Operating System. We have Magento developers and Magento consultants on staff to support hosting customers; we eat, … Continue reading
Rate Limiting API Requests
The Magento API is most commonly used when a store is integrated with a 3rd party platform (eg. EPOS/ERP/Multi-channel), it is also a slow component of a Magento store, being particularly heavy on both PHP processes and MySQL. It is … Continue reading