Nexcess Knowledge Base

How Nexcess clients can conserve and free disk space in their Magento server environment.

Learn how to issue a reindex to optimize performance in Magento 1 from the admin panel or command line, which requires SSH access and some familiarity with the command line interface (CLI).

Learn how to improve Magento 1 maintenance mode by modifying the index.php file to allow access to a range of IP addresses. Add code to your index.php file to allow you to work on your site.

Cross-origin request blocked (CORS) errors have many possible causes. This article applies to the “Cross-Origin Request Blocked error” that is sometimes the result of a Magento multi-store making use of a CDN.

Learn how to install Magento Community Edition v1.8 and later. For Nexcess clients, this is not the preferred method. We instead recommend choosing an auto-install option when selecting your service.

Learn how to configure Magmi in a way that functions with our security policy at Nexcess.

How to enable and interpret Magento 1’s profiler feature to assist with development.

How to disable caching in Magento 1 for development purposes.

Learn how to enable CAPTCHA for user creation in Magento 1.x. We recommend enabling CAPTCHA for user creation and password retrieval to help prevent malicious attempts that can generate spam.

Learn about Magento, a popular ecommerce platform.