Magento Posts
Latest October 2023
Magento database structure
The database structure of Magento is designed to store and manage various aspects of an e-commerce website, including products, orders, customers, and more. Understanding the Magento database structure is crucial for developers and administrators working with Magento. Magento uses the Entity-Attribute-Value (EAV) database...
August 2023
Accessibility in ecommerce websites
In the digital age, where online shopping has become an integral part of our lives, ecommerce websites hold the key to business success. Amidst the...
August 2023
Using Magento to get small businesses online
For small businesses aiming to establish a formidable online presence and drive sales, Magento emerges as a powerful e-commerce platform offering a suite of features...
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July 2023
How can I speed-up my Magento website?
Speed optimisation is crucial for a Magento website as it directly impacts user experience, conversions, and search engine rankings. You should prepare your server so...
June 2023
.htaccess: Enable GZIP Compression for Magento
Enable Gzip compression on your server to compress your website's files before sending them to the visitor's browser. This significantly reduces the file size, resulting...
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April 2023
Popular Payment Gateways
Ecommerce payment gateways are critical components of any online store, as they enable merchants to accept payments from customers securely and conveniently. There are many...
November 2022
Getting started with Magento Open Source
Magento Northern Ireland Open Source allows you to build a unique online store from the ground up. Standard Features Magento Open Source includes everything you...
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September 2022
Magento - WebP image format conversion
An introduction to image optimisation in Magento Northern Ireland Image Optimisation is an increasingly important step improve page speed and search engine performance of your...
March 2022
Aheadworks switch to subscription model
Aheadworks will be removing Composer keys and download access for existing customers and switching entirely to a subscription model. From February 2022 Aheadworks announced it...
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February 2022
Magento store hierarchy
Before you start building-out your Magento website you must first plan your store hierarchy. Magento’s hierarchy is referred to throughout your store’s configuration. Each store...
December 2021
Optimising Magento 2 in easy steps
Some (fairly) simple step-by-step instructions to ensure your Magento Belfast 2 store is running the best it can. While most of these options should only...
September 2021
The future of Magento
The Mage Open Source Community Alliance have published an open letter to the Magento community to announce a new initiative designed to focus on ensuring...
July 2021
Magento 2 Blog Extensions
While Magento Belfast isn’t the go-to platform for blogs it can be useful for store owners to have a quick and easy way to post...
April 2021
Notes: Magento 2 Directory Structure
Magento 1 A brief reminder of the Magento 1 folder structure: app/code followed by either /core for core files /community for third party extensions /local...
March 2021
Magento 2.4.2
The latest version of Magento Northern Ireland has been released - Magento version 2.4.2 is the usual mix of security updates, performance and some improvements...
Archived Posts
- What is Magento Open Source?
- Moving on from Magento: OpenMage and Mage One
- Coronavirus: Ecommerce in a Pandemic
- Coronavirus: Managing your Magento ecommerce store in lockdown
- Magento 2: Show address fields on the user registration form
- Choose Magento ecommerce in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Magento 2.3.3
- Choosing the right ecommerce platform
- Magento 1: End of life
- Magento 2 Configurable Product Import
- Magento Code: Magento 2 Cache Refresh Script
- Magento Code: Magento 2 Indexer Script
- Magento 1 to Magento 2 Migration Process (Part 1)
- Magento 1 Ongoing Support and End of life
- Magento Development in Northern Ireland
- Magento Belfast
- Magento2 – Show/hide layered navigation on category pages
- Magento2 CLI: Set Ubuntu PHP Version to match LAMPP/XAMPP
- Enable Magento2 Command-Line Interface (CLI) on Linux
- CMS blocks disappear after version 1.9.2.2 upgrade or SUPEE-6788 patch
- Magento Code: Seasonal sales link
- Checkout problems upgrading to Magento 1.9.3.4+
- Upgrading Magento 1 through the Magento Connect Downloader
- Upgrading Magento 1 through command line
- Magento Server Transfer – Tried and Tested Method
- Ordering assets in Magento 2
- Magento Code: Innoexts Currency Pricing Module Price and Special Price Import via SSH
- Magento Code: Check an import directory for new product CSVs and process using a Magmi profile
- Magento: What are Sage Pay Orphan Transactions?
- Create a custom URL rewrite/redirect in Magento
- Magento Code: Include currency switcher in the header or footer with Foundation mark-up
- Magento Code: Add a drop down attribute and display it on the product page in custom HTML
- Magento header.phtml basic user account and basket code
- Magento Issue: Unable to sort configurable product attribute drop down options
- Magento product types and what to use them for
- MySQL TRUNCATE command: Quickly and easily clear out the Magento database
- Session Management and Validation Settings in Magento Configuration
- All-in-one Google Analytics tracking in Magento
- All-in-one Facebook Pixel Code for Magento ecommerce
- Why you should be using Magento for your ecommerce website
- Getting your product information ready for importing to your website
- Add Facebook Pixel Code to Magento Success Page
- Quickfix: Quickly add a new Magento CMS page template
- Magento Code: Bulk add a new product attribute to all store attribute sets
- Magento Code: UK and Ireland counties for region drop-down in addresses
- Magento Issue: One Page Checkout appearing to jump to the bottom of the page after address is entered
- PayPal IPN notification errors with Magento
- Magento 2.0: An introduction to what has changed
- M1 Get your Magento store ready for Black Friday
- Magento: How to clear all caches through command line
- M1 Import Values to Dropdown/Multiple Select Attributes
- M1 Batch updater for Magento Product SKUs
- Upgrading to Google’s Universal Analytics in Magento
- Add Google Analytics ecommerce:addTransaction to your Magento Store
- Add Static Blocks to CMS Pages in Admin
- Useful Excel Commands for Magento Image Import
- Magento Issue: Subtotal and Grand Total prices double at Cart/Checkout stages
