Questions tagged [magento]

Magento is an open source e-commerce web application.

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Magento is an open source e-commerce web application. It was built using the Framework and stores data by using the entity-attribute-value (EAV) database model.

The Magento Community Edition is the free version of Magento.

Website: http://www.magentocommerce.com

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magento

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Extremely slow MySQL performance after changing client server

I have a Magento web server (CentOS) that uses a crossover cable to connect to a MySQL database server. The other day, I upgraded the Magento server. I disconnected the crossover cable from the old Magento server and plugged it into the new one. I…
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Multiple Magento web servers, single instance memcache issues

I have two web servers with a Magento instance on both. Each shares the same httpd.conf, php.ini and my.cnf, along with local.xml and config.xml magento configuration files. I have another server that stores both the shared DB and shared Memcache…
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File permission problem

I am running magento in dedicated server.CMS running with root:root as user and group.If magento downloads any extensions it is saving with www-data:www-data ownership.I want to know how can i set root:root for downloading files or How to set all…
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Server crash - my fault or server's?

So we have been getting a decent amount of server crashes lately and I was wondering if anyone had input as to why. This morning I have been running some database requests through for about 30 records. I select the records, change the values of one…
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Magento, Postfix, or Elastic Mail adding slashes

Magento transactional emails somehow get additional escape characters added to the headers. Magic_quotes are disabled in PHP. Postfix uses Elastic Email as a relay. According to Elastic, e-mail are received correctly. Then majority of clients…
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Two VHosts Use Same DocumentRoot, PHP Not Working on Second VHost

I'm helping maintain an e-commerce site that is run on Magento. This site is an outlet for our wholesale customers. We have recently decided to open a second store to reach out to our Retail customers. We decided to set up another website inside of…
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Offloading Magento admin panel

I'm hoping that there's a way to host the Magento admin panel on a different box than I host the rest of my Magento install on. I'm not so worried about URLs - I can reverse proxy /admin in my web server config or use a subdomain. The goal is to…
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Magento in cPanel

I uploaded a magento under the public-html folder, when I visited it and wanted to make it connected to database, it did not work. I cannot access the configuration page, only get the message You have chosen to open which is a:…
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How do I know what server specs an application will require? Metrics/KPI question

If you don't want to read all of this, the TL;DR is below... Background: We're a medium-sized eCommerce store which operates parallel to several brick and mortar stores under the same brand. We're switching from an older open source shopping cart to…
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VPS for Magento... run well?

I am in need of advice about hosting Magento on a VPS. I am considering a VPS that is advertised as Magento optimized, has 1024MB ram and says it has 4.8Ghz cpu capacity (if i order 1GB or ram or more i'm supposed to get 2 Xeon cores). The HDD is…
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Apache Slow Over http, Fast Over https

I have an Apache server running Debian. I am having this very strange situation where loading a page takes about 2 to 3 times longer to load over http than https. The primary use of the website is Magento, but I am seeing similar results with other…
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magento on Zend Server (Win7) installation error

I try to install magento for the first time. I've created the database with the name "project" in my C:\Zend\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf I added on the end: Options Indexes FollowSymLinks …
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Best practices to upgrading your website

I have an online store that uses CS-Cart, on a Ubuntu VPS (slicehost). I am about to switch to Magento, but it will take me time to add all the products from the old cart to the new one. I have some options like setting up a webserver on my Windows…
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How to make nginx reverse proxy let 503 error pages pass through to client?

I am running Magento (ecommerce PHP app) behind nginx as a reverse proxy to Apache which is running the PHP app. Static content is served directly by nginx. Magento has a "maintenance mode" which uses a 503 HTTP response. With my configuration when…
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How to share files between cPanel accounts?

I am setting up a multi-site/multi-store Magento installation, and I want each site to have its own cPanel account so I can setup the SSL and dedicated IP properly. I have tried to create a linux group called 'magento' and changed the files I need…
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