Author: dx3
-
CHROME TO BLOCK ALL NON-HTTPS CONTENT
Google Chrome has announced it will soon block all non-HTTPS content starting January 2020. At first glance this may seam a mute point for many as there is currently no reason to be using HTTP when HTTPS exists. This move is directed at HTTPS pages loading non-HTTP content and resources. Google have said that this […]
-
MAGENTO 2.2.X END OF LIFE
Magento 2.2.x support from Magento has come to an end as of the end of September. It is highly recommended that if you’re running 2.2.x that you look into upgrading to 2.3.x as soon as possible. The benefit of the upgrade is support given for the newer versions of PHP 7.2+ which are more secure […]
-
PHP VULNERABILITY
Magento recently put out the following warning to all merchants. A vulnerability has recently been discovered in PHP and we recommend Magento Commerce customers adopt changes to address the issue. MS-ISAC has issued an alert related to multiple vulnerabilities that could allow for arbitrary code execution and a recommendation that all sites using PHP should […]
-
INDEXES: REASONS NOT TO REFRESH
A presentation by John Hughes on indexes and why refreshing them is not best practice or as he put it “Stop refreshing the @#$%&! indexes” The presentation takes an irreverent look at indexes laying out the aims, what indexes are, their impact on performance and what should be done. We also have knights, kings, dancing and […]
-
SUPEE 11155 – MAGENTO SECURITY UPDATE
Supee-11155 has now been released. This update offers a range of security updates that help close remote code executions (RCE), cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and other vulnerabilities. This is an important update given the range of security issues addressed. Patches and upgrades are available for the following Magento versions: Magento Commerce […]
-
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PHP VERSIONS ON CLI / COMPOSER
There are a few reasons why we built our hosting solution around Plesk. 1) It is extremely light weight. Essentially its only function is to provide a front end for configuring nginx / apache / php. That is it. There are no other over heads. 2) It is extremely flexible. You can specify any version […]
-
ENABLE PHP 5.6 ON UBUNTU 18.04 / PLESK 17.8
Ubuntu 14.04 reaches end of live at the end of April 2019. So OS upgrades will be at the top of a lot of sysadmin TODO lists right now. While Ubuntu 16.04 will be supported till April 2021 most will be looking to jump to Ubuntu 18.04 which be now be supported for TEN YEARS […]
-
PATCH: SUPEE-11086
Magento Commerce 1.14.4.1 and Open Source 1.9.4.1. Contains multiple security enhancements that help close remote code execution (RCE), cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and other vulnerabilities. Available for: Magento Commerce 1.9.0.0-1.14.4.0 (supee-11086 or upgrade to Magento Commerce 1.14.4.1) Magento Open Source 1.5.0.0-1.9.4.0 (SUPEE-11086 or upgrade to Magento Open Source 1.9.4.1) Information for all […]
-
WORDPRESS: END OF SUPPORT FOR PHP 5.2 – 5.5.
For our customers who run WordPress sites an important announcement has been made. WordPress has now officially ended support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5. Although security updates are still available minimum of PHP 5.6 is now a requirement to update to the latest WordPress version. The decision will not affect the majority of WordPress users […]
-
MAGENTO RELEASES AND SECURITY UPDATES MARCH 26TH
The release of Magento 2.3.1 is to include the Page Builder content editing tool, inventory and performance enhancements as well as developer and security updates. Updated versions of Magento 1, 2.1 and 2.2 are to be made available on the same day. Page Builder Exclusive to Commerce 2.3.1. No coding required to design and build […]
