Author: Adrien Tibi
Launch Faster, Reduce Risk and Get More from MageStack
Every major ecommerce change carries commercial opportunity and operational risk. A new theme, Magento upgrade, custom feature, checkout change or integration can improve the customer experience, but if it is not designed around the platform it can also create performance … Continue reading
Keep Revenue Moving: Stop Bot Traffic Before It Slows Your Store
When your ecommerce store slows down, customers do not wait. They abandon baskets, lose confidence and buy elsewhere. Bot traffic is one of the most common causes of unexpected performance pressure, and without the right controls it can quietly consume … Continue reading
Implementing Black Fire
Blackfire can be an excellent diagnosis tool on development stores and non-production environments. It is natively supported by MageStack and can be enabled by a member of our support team. In order for us to enable Blackfire , we simply … Continue reading
Debugging Magento 2 Varnish
Magento 2 comes with two options for full page cache (FPC), Built In Varnish Its worth noting that only dynamic content is cached with Magento 2 - and that we don't recommend using Varnish to cache static content. There's nil … Continue reading
Implementing CDN on Magento
Once you have configured your DNS, the next step is to configure the application itself to use the CDN. Add the vhost For your respective stack and store, add a new vhost in the format "cdn.example.com" (replace example.com accordingly). Configuring … Continue reading
Purging OpCache
The use of OpCache on MageStack is sparing and not aggressive. Which means that it will maintain its own cache contents, updating the entries as necessary, instantly. It is extremely rare that you'll ever need to clear OpCache except in … Continue reading
Patching Magento SUPEE-10975
SUPEE-10975 is an important security update for Magento to address remote code execution and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Where to download Its best downloading the patch from the Magento.com download section - or via MDA - the Magento download tool (this … Continue reading
SSL Doesn't mean secure
Holy bait-title Batman. Okay, I'll hold my hands up and say that the first word in SSL is literally the word "Secure", so what I'm actually saying is that SSL alone doesn't mean security. Security is one of the four … Continue reading
Patching Magento SUPEE-10888
SUPEE-10888 is an important security update for Magento to address remote code execution and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Where to download Its best downloading the patch from the Magento.com download section - or via MDA - the Magento download tool (this … Continue reading
Debugging mail delivery
If you find that emails aren't being delivered, there are some basics to check first to rule out your application and your DNS settings before escalating an issue with the support team. Check if PHP is sending mails Using a … Continue reading