Magento: Installing 3rd Party Extensions
While Magento CE has a robust built-in feature set, there are times when desired functionality is seemingly non-existent (e.g Full page cache, Google Shopping feeds, Affiliates program, etc…). ...
Magento: Upgrades
Upgrading Magento to a new version is not a simple task. Besides the
steps involved in the upgrade itself, many stores have made changes to
core Magento files that get wiped out on an upgrade. Plu...
Magento: Adding CMS Static Blocks to Templates
CMS static blocks are used to create customized content in a Magento store. In order to display a new CMS block, some code needs to be added to the stores custom layout. This article will describe ...
Should I enable Magento compilation?
We do *NOT* recommend turning on compilation in Magento 1. Our servers use PHP OpCode caching, which is better for performance than Magento's built-in compilation system.
Magento's compiler was i...