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Catalog Flat Magento Indexing
Catalog Flat Magento Indexing How and why to set Front-End catalog flat indexing to true? How to set Frontend catalog flat indexing to trueGo to Magento Admin Panel System →Configuration→Catalog → Frontend →Use Flat Catalog Category Use Flat Catalog Product Why Enable Flat Catalog?In Magento, all product and category connected data is stored in the [...]
Magento Indexing: Admin Interface Column
Magento Indexing: Admin Interface Column What is significance of each column in Admin related to indexing interface?Index Status A Magento index has following three statuses. pending working require_reindex You can check constants for these process statuses here (Class Name:Mage_Index_Model_Process) const STATUS_RUNNING = 'working'; const STATUS_PENDING = 'pending'; const STATUS_REQUIRE_REINDEX = 'require_reindex'; Index Process This is basically a wrapper for [...]
Magento Indexing & its Execution
Magento Indexing & its Execution Magento Indexing Why Magento needs indexing? Magento Indexing is used to improve speed or performance of our web store. Indexing is how Magento changes data such as products, categories etc. As data changes, the changes data must be changed or re-indexed. For Example: Suppose you change the price of an product from $4.99 to [...]
Keep Your Magento Secure
Keep Your Magento Secure 1] Use a secure and strong password password Magento is the Most Powerful and Secure Framework in eCommerce. But there are certain tips that you can follow in order to make sure your Magento store is safe and sound. When you are select your Magento site password, select cleverly. Depending on [...]
Magento Speed Optimization – Additional Tips
Additional Tips: 1] Don't use CMS block It takes more time than Magento block. 2]If possible, Use FPC Q. What is a FPC(Fullpagecache)? A. Full Page Cache is a very important technique which allows us copy content from web by storing the data to a temporary container to help reduce memory. Q. Which pages are cached by Full Page [...]
Magento Speed Optimization – Server Environment
Magento Speed Optimization - Server Environment Server Environment 1] Enable Gzip Compression in .htaccess: a) Shrinkage of our Html and css code with Gzip, it saves file size. b) This means that, it takes less time to load your pages. This is important for optimization. c) If Gzip enabled on your server then it receives the Gzip file which is [...]
Magento Speed Optimization – Configuration and Template Points
In our series of Magento Speed Optimization blog, we will discuss on configuration points that will helps speed up your Magento site. A)Magento Configuration 1] Enable Flat Categories and Products: There are following two options which you can enable or disable in the Magento backend. a) Flat Catalog Category b) Flat Catalog Product It is recommended that you enable this [...]
Few Tricks on Magento Speed Optimization
A website sells more if its speed is good. A slow website will loose customers as present customers do not have time or patience to wait for slow page loading. With reference to a site built on Magento, speed related steps are bigger concern. Magento uses EAV concept which allows and gives Magento lots of flexibility but this also means [...]
Magento Customization Services
Magento Customization ServicesMagento being a well-known E-commerce system provides a flexible environment to change and modify its features and functions as per business requirements and specifications. These changes are called Customizations. Magento provides versatile customization options, which helps us to personalize it according to the business needs. We have Designer's and Developer's expertise and experienced in Magento Customization who works [...]
Magento Optimisation
Magento uses EAV concept so consumes lots of resources. To overcome this if Magento standard practices & tips are applied Magento is fast and can run smoothly on VPS Server or some low level hosting plans. We have optimized more than 20 Magento website. Proper application of Configuration Indexing Cache FPC Standard Templating Html based optimization is what is needed [...]
Why Magento?
Why Magento? One of the most robust open source eCommerce solution in PHP Its promoted by eBay so will have a pretty long life Magento is highly scalable Magento is modular so modules can be easily added or removed Use of EAV allows it to use with endless attributes Different product type supported: Simple, Configurable, Bundle, Virtual & Downloadable Out [...]
Magento Template Integration and Customization
Magento Template Integration and Customization Magento like as other e-commerce platforms allows us to customize and integrate Templates as per your requrements. Templates are Designed to give a unique look and feel to website which differs the site from other websites. These templates help to make website more attractive, appealing and well managed.We customize templates either as per your [...]