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Magento 1.6 includes a backup tool that will backup your Magento database and regularly backing up your Magento web store is important. However, you do not need to keep multiple backups inside the Magento 1.6 Admin backend. We suggest regularly deleting old backups to keep your Magento 1.6 store clean and free of unused files. Read More >

Magento 1.6 includes a backup tool that will back up your hosted Magento database. Backing up your Magento 1.6 shopping cart regularly is extremely important since your database stores all of your content for your web store. If anything goes wrong having a current backup of Magento can help you easily restore your store’s content. Read More >

The Magento 1.6 notification system is quite powerful and will notfiy you of various settings that may need to changed. You’ll want to delete the message when you have made the changes or read the notfication. Deleting the message notfication is easily accomplished in the Notifications section of the Magento Admin Panel. Log into your Read More >

Magento has a powerful “checks and balances” system built into it that will notify you of various reminders, like updating your cache/ index or changing the default phone numbers. In our test account, I’ve yet to change the default phone numbers and callouts and therefore, when I log into Magento for the first time in Read More >

This post is archived and is no longer being maintained. Information within the post may be out of date. Magento 1.6 has the ability to post a question on your website so your visitors can answer it. This is a good way to see if your customers like or dislike something on your website, or Read More >

This post is archived and is no longer being maintained. Information within the post may be out of date. Magento 1.6 comes with a default poll asking your visitors _What is your Favorite color?” and it’s likely you’ll want to remove it from your Magento website. Removing or deleting the default poll in Magento 1.6 Read More >

At times you may want to temporarily disable your terms and conditions page without actually deleting it. You can disable the terms and conditions at any time using the Magento 1.6 Admin Backend. Log into your Mageneto Admin Panel Go to Sales ->> Terms and Conditions Click the Terms and Conditions you want to disable Read More >

When hosting Magento websites, you may want your web store’s customers to acknowledge certain terms and special conditions before purchasing products. You can easily enable Terms and Conditions so customers must check that they have read throguh them prior to completing an order. A sale in your Magento store cannot be finalized until the customer Read More >

By default your Magento 1.6 store will have various links such as “About Us” and “Customer Service” in the footer of your new Magento shopping cart. You can remove these links from the bottom of your Magento 1.6 site using the Magento Admin Backend. Log into your Magento Admin Backend Go to CMS ->> Static Read More >

Magento 1.6 by default has a compilation tool built into it. When you first configure your Magento hosting server, the compiler is disabled and your files have not been compiled. The compilation tool allows you to compile all the files in the Magento 1.6 installation to create a single include path. This can increase performance Read More >

Magento 1.6 indexes all of your content in order to speed up how fast it accesses it. If you make changes to your store such as editing products, you’ll want to re-index the content so the changes will display on your front end. By default, if you have never indexed your data you’ll need to Read More >

One of the most important pages on your Magento 1.6 webstore can be your Terms & conditions. The terms and conditions page should include the legal rights of your customers, what they can expect, and your roles and responsibilities as the seller. By default, your customers are not required to acknowledge your terms and conditions. Read More >

Magento Community Edition has released its next version, Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-RC-1. This new version has recently been moved from Beta and is on a fast track to a full release at a later date. Magento recommends not using this version on a production or “live” site since it’s unlikely to be stable at Read More >

Magento 1.6 gives you the ability to merge the CSS files of your Magento shopping cart. This can be beneficial in speeding up how fast your pages load in a web browser. Merging the CSS files can make debugging issues with the look and feel of your website however. Once your website is no longer Read More >

By default, Magento 1.6 will not merge the Javascript files of your web store. Merging the files, can help speed up your website by reducing the number of HTTP requests made. However, merging the javascript files can make it more difficult to troubleshoot while your shopping cart is in development. Merging the Javascript files is Read More >

As a Magento hosting provider with Magento 1.6, InMotion Hosting offers a convenient built-in feature to assist you in troubleshooting memory-related problems. By activating the Debug Profiler, a small link displaying relevant information about the current memory usage will be added at the bottom of every page. Enabling the Debug Profiler is a simple process that Read More >

Magento 1.6 has a powerful logging system that can be extremely helpful when debugging any issues you may have. If there’s an error there is almost always an entry in the system or exceptions log. By default though, logging is not enabled. Enabling the logs in Magento 1.6 is relatively easy and is accomplished through Read More >

Magento 1.6 will automatically decrease your stock inventories when an order is placed. This can be a great feautre if you sell physical products. However, if you sell digital products you do not need to keep a physical inventory. This you do not need to subtract items from your inventory that are sold, you could Read More >