Work on sites before the DNS has rolled over (by editing the hosts file)
Important: This does not work if you are behind a proxy, which includes antivirus firewalls and such.
- Right click on the hosts file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
- Go to properties, turn off “read-only“
- Open the file using Notepad or any text editor
- Add a line to the bottom of the file with the IP and domain
- When you are done, don’t forget to turn read-only back on again
Ex.
Use the IP of the new server and then the domain you want that IP to resolve to.
Now you can browse to that domain and it will resolve to the new IP even though the DNS hasn’t been updated yet.
Display code in the browser
Use < instead of “<” and > instead of “>”.
Or if you’re pasting code into a WYSIWYG editor, just paste into the design view and not the source view. It should automatically convert the characters for you.
Remove Estimate Shipping and Tax box from Magento checkout
Open the file /app/design/frontend/default/default/layout/checkout.xml
Remember if you are using a different theme the path to that file will be slightly different.
Remove this line:
Canada Post module for Magento now available
After this module is installed you can request quotes from the Canada Post Sell Online system.
Feature list
- Storage of sellonline information
- Easy setup process
- Easy configuration / setup process
- Add ability to view number of boxes to ship and contents of each box
- Orders from backend may use “Free” shipping method
Get it here.
Make your WordPress site faster (easily)
What:
There’s a feature called “gzip” that’s installed by default on most web servers. Modifying your site to make use of it can really speed up the performance.
How much faster?
Try the quick and easy mod_gzip tester by WhatsMyIP.org. Just enter the URL and it will tell you how much faster it would be.
How to enable it in WordPress:
It’s easy! Just grab the plugin called Gzippy and install it. Run the gzip tester again to see it in action.
osCommerce PHP4 -> PHP5 Fixes
There are a few problems that come from moving an old install of osCommerce to a new server with PHP5 or just simply upgrading from PHP4 to PHP5. (more…)
Getting “As low as” on Magento unexpectedly?
It’s just a caching issue. All you have to do is go to System -> Cache Management and then click the refresh button next to “Layered Navigation Indices“.
Speed up Magento by ~235%
How to REALLY speed up your Magento site:
The information below on enabling gzip compression will improve your speed a bit, but if you are using a bargain basement web host then that could be a major factor as well. XPC Web Hosting provides advanced technology for speeding up your sites with performance tuned servers in both the USA and Canada. Some of our latest improvements include nginx which speeds up image loading and our database backup system that creates two backups a day and stores off-site archives for 30 days in case of emergency. Learn more.
GZip Compression:
There’s a feature called “gzip” that’s installed by default on most web servers. Modifying your site to make use of it can really speed up the performance.
How much faster?
Try the quick and easy mod_gzip tester by WhatsMyIP.org. Just enter the URL and it will tell you how much faster it would be.
How to enable it for Magento
“One of the drawbacks of Magento is currently its speed if default configuration is used. There are certain ways of making it run faster. The best one is to enable GZip compression by changing .htaccess file a little. You just need to uncomment part of the code. In my case, the speed increase was exactly 235%. (more…)
Put LazzyMonk’s Blog onto the Magento Main Page
On the CMS page that you want to see the blog on, just use the following code:
Google Web Browser “Chrome” Released
Google’s new web browser “Chrome” was released today. So far I really like it. It’s extremely fast, looks nice and has all the features you would need. It also imports from Firefox perfectly, not just bookmarks either. It does saved passwords, history, etc. as well.
