Tips Archives - Alpha Hosting

28 Aug

How Magento 2 Deployment Modes Can Impact Your Site

As a Magento user, you may have wondered what the different deployment modes do, and if switching to a different deployment mode could help optimize your site. The different modes are optimized for different uses, so it may merit a second look! A Brief History of...

16 Aug

Transport Layer Security

For as long as people have been communicating, there has been a need for two parties to conduct their communications securely. Pulling aside someone and whispering in their ear is a form of “secure communication,” although to what degree the conversation is “secure” is up...

14 Aug

PHP Sessions

What are PHP sessions? One feature of PHP is a way to track and store information about visitors to the site by a session ID. The session ID, by default, is passed to the client in a cookie named "PHPSESSID," but can also be passed to...

08 Aug

Adjusting PHP Configuration in cPanel

Sometimes you may find it necessary to adjust a PHP configuration, such as when you are installing a web application and it requires that PHP be configured in a special way, or if one of your applications reaches a timeout or memory limit. Luckily, it's a...

24 Jul

PrestaShop Update v1.7.4.1 Released

PrestaShop has released an important update, version 1.7.4.1. Per the PrestaShop website, some of the highlighted bug fixes in this website are: Back Office: Fix error while duplicating a product when catalog specific price rules are stored Fix display when a module uses $this->bootstrap =...

06 Jul

Important WordPress Security Update 4.9.7

WordPress has released an important security update, version 4.9.7. Per the WordPress.org website, the highlighted bug fixes in this version are: Taxonomy: Improve cache handling for term queries. Posts, Post Types: Clear post password cookies when logging out. Widgets: Allow basic HTML tags in sidebar...

06 Jul

Preparing for Magento Upgrades, Patches, and Improvements

When looking to make changes to your store such as installing security patches, themes, importing products, or module removal/installation, it is important to take measures to aid recovery in the event that things go wrong. Here at the Alpha Hosting office, our technical team takes the...

13 Jun

Install ssh2 pecl package on cPanel

PHP developers may want to use SFTP to transfer website assets and code to a cPanel server with their favorite programming language. This scenario may seem impossible if php throws an error when attempting to call the underlying SFTP software and server refuses to install the necessary dependencies.

21 May

Ten things that cripple your Magento Store (that you might not even realize you’re doing)

The first thing your potential customers see of your site will normally be the blank browser window that displays as your site begins to load after they clicked on a search result link to your website. That’s the moment the countdown begins: from that moment...

20 Apr

How to Make Site Backups

If you're human like most of us, then you have probably had the unfortunate experience of losing hours (or even days) worth of work due to an accidental coding mistake or mis-typed command. When this happens, the end result is spending even more time trying to duplicate the work that was lost. Wouldn't it be nice if there was an "easy" button that could be used to instantly revert such a mistake? This article will explore how you can create your very own "easy" button by manually backing up your site which will allow for instant rollbacks when needed.