Have you ever been annoyed to discover that the content you worked so hard to write has simply appeared on a competitor’s website? Want to keep stolen content from hurting your business over time? Take action against content theft! The…
Installing a patch (Magento 1)
To install a patch you need SSH access to your server and FTP access. Follow these steps to install a Magento patch: Download the appropriate patch from https://www.magentocommerce.com/download herunter Upload the patch file to the root directory of your Magento…
Reverting a patch (Magento 1)
Sometimes you need to reverse an installed Magento security patch. To do so, use the following command:
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sh patch-file-name.sh -R |
Adding BCC to a transactional email (Magento 1)
Use the following code to add a BCC recipient to a Magento transactional email:
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Mage::getModel('core/email_template') ->addBcc('test@example.com') ->sendTransactional(...); |
Stopping and restarting indexing (Magento 1)
Without additional measures, you cannot simply stop and restart Magento’s indexing process. However, removing the files in /var/locks/ allows the indexing process to start again. In some cases you may also need to restart the web server because it still…
Fixed-price health check for your Magento store
Would you like to know where your Magento store could be improved? Have you already made the most of potential optimizations to attract visitors and increase conversions? Do you want to make sure your system can still be updated and…
Protecting your store content from copying (Magento 1)
Writing content for a Magento store can take a great deal of time, effort and money. It is all the more frustrating when competitors simply copy that content and use it in their own stores. Even when the stolen text…
Preparing a Magento store for the German market
If you want to prepare your Magento online store for the German market, I recommend the free GermanSetup extension from FireGento. Download: GermanSetup
Fixing the IPv6 problem (Magento 1)
Magento can encounter issues with IPv6 addresses in several places. The correct solution depends on where the problem occurs, so there is no single fix I can sensibly describe here. If IPv6 addresses are causing trouble in your Magento store,…
Fixing the Zend_Pdf_FileParserDataSource_File::__construct() declaration error (Magento 1)
The following error may appear when you attempt to print an invoice: Fatal error: Declaration of Zend_Pdf_FileParserDataSource_File::__construct() must be compatible with Zend_Pdf_FileParserDataSource::__construct() in /var/www/vhosts/website/httpdocs/includes/src/Zend_Pdf_FileParserDataSource_File.php on line 41 To resolve it, open the class lib/Zend/Pdf/FileParserDataSource.php and change the declaration of the…