Page speed is an important factor for how visitors perceive your website as well as being important for SEO since the major search engines uses page speed as a part of their ranking algorithms. Magento is a flexible eCommerce solution but this also makes it resource intensive which in turn can translate to a slow […]
Magento Server Optimization
How to optimize hosting for running Magento? Basic guide on how to optimize a VPS or dedicated server for running Magento. Use PHP5.4 or newer. Example of some php.ini settings: realpath_cache_size = 32k realpath_cache_ttl = 7200 max_execution_time = 90 max_input_time = 90 memory_limit = 256M default_socket_timeout = 90 pdo_mysql.cache_size = 2000 output_buffering = 4096 Use […]
Magento Speed Optimization
How to make Magento faster? Basic guide on how to optimize Magento for speed. Magento Admin Changes: – Enable Cache In the Magento Admin, select System > Cache Management Enable all the Caches – Combine CSS and JS Files In the Magento Admin, select System > Configuration > Developer Under Javascript Settings, change Merge Javascript […]