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How we migrate a Magento store

Oct

26th

So you’ve made the decision to move your Magento store? But there is one large caveat, the store is currently trading and downtime isn’t an issue you want to run in to. We try to make migration painless and ensure downtime is at an absolute minimum, this isn’t an overnight process however and we always [...]




Implement memcache on Magento 1.4.x.x

Aug

20th

The syntax has changed slightly on Magento 1.4.x.x for Memcache use. We recommend using the following syntax in ./app/etc/local.xml <cache> <slow_backend>database</slow_backend> <fast_backend>Memcached</fast_backend> <fast_backend_options> <servers> <server> <host><![CDATA[memcached.i]]></host> <port><![CDATA[1]]></port> <persistent><![CDATA[1]]></persistent> <weight><![CDATA[1]]></weight> <timeout><![CDATA[10]]></timeout> <retry_interval><![CDATA[10]]></retry_interval> <status><![CDATA[1]]></status> </server> </servers> </fast_backend_options> <backend>memcached</backend> <memcached> <servers> <server> <host><![CDATA[memcached.i]]></host> <port><![CDATA[1]]></port> <persistent><![CDATA[1]]></persistent> <weight><![CDATA[1]]></weight> <timeout><![CDATA[10]]></timeout> <retry_interval><![CDATA[10]]></retry_interval> <status><![CDATA[1]]></status> </server> </servers> <compression><![CDATA[0]]></compression> <cache_dir><![CDATA[]]></cache_dir> <hashed_directory_level><![CDATA[]]></hashed_directory_level> <hashed_directory_umask><![CDATA[]]></hashed_directory_umask> <file_name_prefix><![CDATA[]]></file_name_prefix> </memcached> </cache> [...]