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Learn how to create manual backups as well as schedule regular backups of your store.

Optimize your website by enabling system error logging in Magento 1. Follow our guide to generate Magento logs and investigate errors efficiently.

Various methods of hardening your Magento store’s security, though many of these apply to any content management system (CMS).

How to set the proper permissions for files within a Magento 1 installation.

Learn about Turpentine, developed by Nexcess to improve how Magento and Varnish work together.

If you have a need to conserve disk space with regard to your Magento store, consider the list of safe candidates for deletion in this article — all of which take up large amounts of disk space.

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 to address the Credit Card Hijack security breach by applying the latest patches and performing other critical tasks.

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.

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