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Magento Dashboard Search Terms Stats have unusually High Numbers

Posted on Nov 24 in Magento | (4) Comments

The Problem When working on a site for a customer under a development domain I noticed that the ‘Last 5 Search Terms’ and the ‘Top 5 Search Terms’ entry on the dashboard had thousands of hits.

The Problem

When working on a site for a customer under a development domain I noticed that the ‘Last 5 Search Terms’ and the ‘Top 5 Search Terms’ entry on the dashboard had thousands of hits.

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Magento Security: How to Change the Default Admin URL

Posted on Oct 12 in Magento | (1) Comment

In your production environment you want your Magento application to be as secure as possible (especially if you are saving sensitive customer information such as credit card numbers). To make it harder for people to break into your administration panel you should change the default admin path from www.yoursite.com/admin to something less conspicuous – preferably [...]

In your production environment you want your Magento application to be as secure as possible (especially if you are saving sensitive customer information such as credit card numbers). To make it harder for people to break into your administration panel you should change the default admin path from www.yoursite.com/admin to something less conspicuous – preferably a random string that would not be susceptible to dictionary attacks.

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How to disable modules in Magento

Posted on Aug 26 in Magento | (7) Comments

Magento has a huge number of features and there are probably few businesses that will need to use all of them. If you want to disable some features completely for your site (such as the newsletter, or the tag cloud), you can do this easily through the administration options. System > Configuration > Advanced > [...]

Magento has a huge number of features and there are probably few businesses that will need to use all of them. If you want to disable some features completely for your site (such as the newsletter, or the tag cloud), you can do this easily through the administration options.

System > Configuration > Advanced > Disable module output

Find the module that you want to disable and select ‘Disable’ from the drop-down box. For example, if you want to disable the newsletter feature the config will look as follows.

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How to set up tax rules for sales within Canada in Magento

Posted on Aug 17 in General, Magento, Tutorials | (26) Comments

Objective: Set up the taxation system for Magento for sales within different provinces of Canada. Entering the Tax Rates for Retail Sales in Canada The tax rates used in this example are listed below. DISCLAIMER: the rates and tax rules may not be correct or up to date and are listed here to demonstrate how [...]

Objective: Set up the taxation system for Magento for sales within different provinces of Canada.

Entering the Tax Rates for Retail Sales in Canada

The tax rates used in this example are listed below. DISCLAIMER: the rates and tax rules may not be correct or up to date and are listed here to demonstrate how different rates can be implemented in Magento. Do not use these rates without verifying with the proper authorities that they are correct.

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