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About this Group
This is a public group that is open to everyone.
A lot of the information in here is used for our employees and clients, since we will typically write about things that most users experience when working with Magento. Topics include things like installing and upgrading Magento, dealing with common errors, permissions, improving performance, optimizations, etc.
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Latest Group Activity
Magento Bash Script Installer
Posted by Crucial on Thu, July 2, 2009
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- An SSH script that automates the installation of Magento. Read More
Installing Magento Via SSH
Posted by Crucial on Thu, July 2, 2009
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- How to install Magento via SSH in both a subdirectory and root web directory, with or without store sample data. Read More
Moving Magento To Another Server
Posted by Crucial on Thu, July 2, 2009
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- How to move your store from one host to another. Also useful if you just want to get a fresh installation of Magento running with your existing data. Read More
Setting Up Magento In Cron
Posted by Crucial on Sun, May 3, 2009
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- How to create a cronjob for Magento. Read More
Resetting File Permissions
Posted by klagreca on Mon, April 27, 2009
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- How to reset your file and directory permissions back to default. Read More
Importing phpMyAdmin Database Dump File
Posted by Crucial on Tue, March 24, 2009
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- How to import a dump file made via phpMyAdmin. Read More
Maintenance Script
Posted by Crucial on Mon, March 23, 2009
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- A maintenance script for Magento that you can setup in cron to clear out your log tables and var directory. Read More
Upgrading Magento Via SSH
Posted by Crucial on Mon, March 23, 2009
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- How to upgrade Magento using SSH. Read More
open_basedir
Posted by bitServe on Wed, March 4, 2009
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- What to do when you get an open_basedir error when trying to access Magento Connect. Read More
Command Line Installation Wizard
Posted by Crucial on Fri, February 27, 2009
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- How to use the command line to bypass the web-based installer. Read More
Convert Database To InnoDB
Posted by Crucial on Sat, February 21, 2009
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- An SQL query you can use to convert the appropriate tables in your database to use the InnoDB storage engine. Read More
Magento Connect Permissions
Posted by Crucial on Sat, February 21, 2009
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- How to fix the write permissions so you can use Magento Connect. Read More
Check Magento Version
Posted by Crucial on Mon, February 9, 2009
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- How to find out what version of Magento you're running. Read More
Move Magento To Another Directory
Posted by Crucial on Sun, February 8, 2009
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- How to move Magento to another directory. Read More
Secure URL
Posted by Crucial on Sun, February 8, 2009
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- If you're unable to access the backend of Magento to update the unsecure/secure URL for your store, here's how to do it with phpMyAdmin. Read More
Downloader Upgrades Wrong Store
Posted by Crucial on Sat, February 7, 2009
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- Before you upgrade a staging or copied store, please read this article carefully so you don't inadvertently upgrade the wrong store! Read More
Check For InnoDB Support
Posted by Crucial on Sun, January 25, 2009
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- How to check if the InnoDB storage engine for MySQL is enabled. Read More
Tables Using MyISAM Engine
Posted by Crucial on Sun, January 25, 2009
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- A list of tables that should be using the MyISAM storage engine. Read More
Magento-Compatible Suhosin Configuration
Posted by Crucial on Thu, January 22, 2009
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- Below are the known configuration variables that should be looked at for your PHP configuration. These items can be flagged in either the user's .htaccess or php.ini file, or the master php.ini file. Read More
Installing Extensions Via SSH
Posted by Crucial on Sat, January 10, 2009
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- How to install extensions via SSH. Read More

