The local.xml that can found in the app/etc/ folder of your Magento installation. It contains the database connection details to your store and the encryption key used to secure data. If a nefarious individual laid his hands on this, he/she … Continue reading
Magento 1.7 is at release candidate version one with 10 open issues. We should be expecting the full release shortly to tie in with the annual Imagine Conference. It’s time for a whirlwind overview of some of the new features … Continue reading
When developing Magento themes, you will quite often have flat HTML that you are breaking apart and putting into Magento’s template files. One thing that I have OCD-like tendencies with is the need to make sure that all text is … Continue reading
October 2011′s eCommerce survey found 4% more stores than the June survey, detecting 26,594 in total. The analysis looks at the home page of the top 1 million Alexa sites and analyses them for identifying features of 32 different eCommerce … Continue reading
The June 2011 eCommerce survey of the Alexa top 1 million sites found 25,592 online stores. Magento continues to reign as the most popular platform with 4,705 sites, an 15% increase since February. Zen Cart sees the largest gains, doubling … Continue reading
