• MAGENTO TIP: PLACE CATEGORY IMAGE ABOVE MAIN LAYOUT BELOW NAV

    MAGENTO TIP: PLACE CATEGORY IMAGE ABOVE MAIN LAYOUT BELOW NAV 7 Jun 2013 Sometime the default position of the category images (top of the main col above product grid) breaks the design of a site. Ideally what we want is a full page banner that runs the full width of the page. Desired Layout Default […]

  • Magento security update

    Emergency patch for Magento 2

    Summary Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. These updates resolve a vulnerability rated critical. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. Adobe is aware that CVE-2022-24086 has been exploited in the wild in very limited attacks targeting Adobe Commerce merchants. Affected Versions Magento Open Source 2.4.3-p1 and earlier versions 2.3.7-p2 and earlier […]

  • Changes to EV ‘Greenbar’ SSL Certificates

    Updates to EV (Extended Validation Certificate) SSL certificates. EV or Green Bar’ SSLs were 1st introduced in 2007 as a means of showing that the owner of the site had gone through extensive checks by the certificate providers to prove that there were indeed the owner of the domain in question. The idea was to […]

  • Magento Patch Update: Open Source 2.3.4, 2.2.11 & Security Only Patch 2.3.2-P2 Now Available

    Magento Patch Update: Introducing several security enhancements including PSD2-compliant core payment methods.  It is strongly recommended that you upgrade your site to ensure you continue to benefit from the most up to date security compliance and performance. Important notice: This is the last update for Magento 2.2.* and no further updates will be released. Introducing: […]

  • Apple browser Safari to ignore TLS/SSL certificates
    that are valid for more than 13 months

    Apple have made a significant announcement regarding how the Safari Browser treats SSL certificates.  From September 1 2020 certificates older than 398 days will not be accepted as valid.  Older certs, issued prior to the deadline, are unaffected by this rule. Tim Callan, senior fellow at PKI and SSL management firm Sectigo, stated “This week Apple […]

  • Magento 1 EOL

    As you will know Adobe announced that Magento 1 (M1) will reach end of life June 2020.   Store owners will be quite rightly concerned about how this impacts their site and what they should be doing now. While we know that many of you have re-platforming well in hand we are aware that others will […]

  • Magento 2 Page Builder

    Magento 2.4.3 launch was a halo event for the community.  Included with a host of improvements to Magento, major updates to Page Builder were introduced. Page Builder has been in continual development for many years.  In October 2020 the Magento Commerce 2.4.1 displayed a huge shift in its development. This version included Immersive full screen […]

  • MAGENTO 2.3.3: THE LATEST RELEASE OF MAGENTO COMMERCE AND A PATCH!

    Magento 2.3.3 and Patch 2.3.2-p2 This new release introduces a number of key benefits from changes to native integrated payments to PHP 7.3 support* We also see the implementation of almost 100 security fixes, faster loading times by displaying text while loading fonts in the background. Non-critical CSS tasks are now loaded at the end of the queue and a […]

  • 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 […]