9 Nov

Advanced ways to improve Magento total load time

This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Don't shave time, take chunks from it Beyond quick Magento total load time performance wins, there's a lot more that can be done to improve performance; but these take a little more time, a little more testing … Continue reading

9 Nov

Quick wins to improve Magento total load time

This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Don't shave time, take chunks from it Once you've tackled the TTFB of your store, its time to move on to improving the total load time. The approach for reducing the total page load time is unfortunately … Continue reading

6 Nov

Quick wins to improve Magento TTFB

This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Save time shaving time There are a series of basic adjustments you can make to your store to improve performance, often without reducing functionality. Whilst some may not be appropriate all-year-round, there are definitely changes worth making … Continue reading

6 Nov

Capturing memory exhaustion in Magento

Recently a customer was experiencing a peculiar issue whereby in some circumstances, a MySQL query on their store was unfortunately consuming so much memory that it hit the memory limit for the process. Identifying the cause of the query isn't easily done with Magento's native system.log and exception.log - so a little extra logging was … Continue reading

29 Oct

Security Check-list

This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Install/Upgrade SSL certificate Add site seal Rotate all server passwords Review and remove unused FTP/SSH accounts Review and remove unused Magento administrator/API accounts Register with a approved scanning vendor (Eg. Security Metrics) for automated security scans Complete … Continue reading