Nexcess Knowledge Base

This article presents how to set the correct WordPress file permissions for files within a WordPress installation.

Varnish accelerates content-heavy websites and works with both static and dynamic content. It is a reverse web proxy caching system that intercepts all queries before reaching the web server.

Magento 1 cron jobs will occasionally freeze. You may notice the cron job has failed to run at its designated time or times. Find a hanging cron job and flush it so it can run as scheduled.

How Wordpress admins can add, edit, or delete additional users.

Learn how to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and W3 Total Cache plugin.

This article covers how to set up outgoing SMTP email for Magento. Configure your Magento SMTP email settings with our guidance.

Learn how to remove the "index.php" character string from the web address of your Magento store — your Magento site URL. Although mod_rewrite must be enabled, it is by default for Nexcess clients.

Learn how Nexcess clients on physical (non-cloud) accounts can install Phorum, the open source message board system, on their server.

Memcached is an open source distributed memory object caching system used for accelerating applications. It reallocates memory away from system areas with a surplus to the areas with a greater need.

Learn why you may safely ignore the “Client denied by server configuration app/etc/local.xml” error in Magento because it reflects the normal, secure operation of your Magento installation.