How to Configure Magento 2 Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch is an open sourced search engine providing websites with a smarter search interface. It is the most popular enterprise search engine in the industry and is used by companies worldwide. Elasticsearch provides scalable, real-time search that quickly indexes a
How to Install Magento 2 With Softaculous
Throughout this blog we will provide the step by step instructions on how to install Magento 2 using cPanel. At Alpha Hosting, we include a cPanel account in all our hosting packages. We also provide a “one-click” installation tool where
Solving 400 and 500 Error Codes
Error codes suck and can be intimidating especially when you don’t know what is causing them. Oftentimes, the error codes themselves can actually help you navigate the problem and find the solution. Throughout this blog we will be discussing how
How to Install Redis with WooCommerce
Redis is a memory based caching system built to maintain your site speed as your traffic increases. With how heavy some web applications are these days, Redis is available to store cached elements to memory for fast access. Redis is
How to Install Redis with Magento 2
Redis stands for REmote DIctionary Server. It stores a site's full data sets by writing data to a file system every 2 seconds. This constant caching provides a system that gives users quick access to memory. Redis is used by
A Look into the Alpha Hosting Brand Guide
As many of you know Alpha Hosting went through a rebranding process this July. We created a new brand definition, built a new logo, and constructed a new website! As we made these changes we hoped to create a user
What Are PHP Workers?
Everyone seems to be talking about the importance of PHP workers, but what are they exactly? Throughout this post, we will explain what PHP workers are, how they influence your site’s performance, and how to determine how many your site
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 9
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 8
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 7
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 6
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 5
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 4
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
Holiday Guide
Black Friday and Cyber Monday GuideDownload Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 3
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 2
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
How to Make a Maintenance Page for Your Site
When you need to work on your website, but do not want clients who visit the site to have problems while the site is being worked on. A maintenance page is the perfect way to take down the site, while
Recovering Administrator Access on Your X-Cart Site
If you have lost your administrator password for your site, this article will help you recover access. The way most content management systems (CMS) stores authentication data, is within a MySQL database table usually named “user.” Passwords are usually encrypted
A Guide to Navigating Black Friday & Cyber Monday Part 1
Holiday season is a busy time for ecommerce. More and more people are turning to online shopping. Less people are willing to face the big crowds and long lines. This gives businesses like yours a unique opportunity to capitalize on.
Recovering Administrator Access on Your Prestashop Site
If you have lost your administrator password for your site, this article will help you recover access. The way most content management systems (CMS) stores authentication data, is within a MySQL database table usually named “user.” Passwords are usually encrypted
Recovering Administrator Access on Your Joomla Site
If you have lost your administrator password for your site, this article will help you recover access. The way most content management systems (CMS) stores authentication data, is within a MySQL database table usually named “user.” Passwords are usually encrypted
Recovering Administrator Access on Your Drupal Site
If you have lost your administrator password for your site, this article will help you recover access. The way most content management systems (CMS) stores authentication data, is within a MySQL database table usually named “user.” Passwords are usually encrypted
How to Manually Install Drupal Using cPanel
Drupal offers many ways to install their platform to accommodate everyone. The most common method among developers is to use the Drupal command line tool, Drush. While this is a powerful and efficient way of installing Drupal, it may be
Recovering Administrator Access on Your WordPress Site
If you have lost your administrator password for your site, this article will help you recover access. The way most content management systems (CMS) stores authentication data, is within a MySQL database table usually named “user.” Passwords are usually encrypted
Recovering Administrator Access on Your Magento Site
If you have lost your administrator password for your site, this article will help you recover access. The way most content management systems (CMS) stores authentication data, is within a MySQL database table usually named “user.” Passwords are usually encrypted
Troubleshooting HTTP Server Errors
HTTP server errors could mean just about anything, however there are a few files you can check that will usual state what the problem is. The file where the messages are logged may differ depending on the web site, problem,
Inside Alpha Hosting’s Tech Stack
At Alpha Hosting we work to build an environment that allows businesses to thrive. To do this, we make sure our technologies and infrastructures are industry leading. Throughout this post we will explore all these technologies, explaining what they are
Core Values: Creating Legacy
Our final core value is: Creating Legacy. This core value is important to us as a company because our overall goal is to empower businesses and launch growth. We want to build the steps for our clients success. When we
Core Values: Celebrate Success
This week's core value is: Celebrate Success. This spring when we discussed our core values, Celebrate Success, was an important one for everyone. Working in an industry that is constantly focused on problem solving can be difficult. Every day we
Core Values Series: Diversity
This weeks core value is: Diversity. February was groundbreaking for us as we began working on our Core Values. Diversity happened to be one of the six values we settled on. To us, diversity means embracing and seeing the value
Core Values Series: Dedication
This week's core value is: Dedication. Working at a small company means the dedication of every employee is so important! Living out this core value not only encourages people to do business with us, but it also encourages our awesome