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09 January 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Zen Cart vs Magento Comparison

Zen Cart vs Magento Comparison

“What cart do you recommend?” is the number one query we get. An easy enough question, but the answer depends on your business and your requirements. To make your choice simpler, we’ve compared the features of our two most popular carts, Zen Cart and Magento, plus our in-house ReadyCart.

Read below for comparison or if you have have experience with either cart, leave a comment about the good and bad bits.

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26 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Upgrading Magento

Upgrading Magento

We’ve been asked how easy it is to upgrade Magento. So, there I was thinking, hey – they’ve got this Magento Connect Manager, a few clicks and we’re done. Wrong. Very wrong. Go on to read the tale of the dreaded “500 Internal Server Error” problem (= your permissions are wrong), a small issue with Url.php and why not taking backups is really bad for your health.

The upgrade test was carried out on a standard Magento v1.3.0 install on a Linux with PHP5.2.9. Note that Magento does not allow gradual upgrades, at least not via the Magento Connect Manager. If you use the Manager, it’s all or nothing.

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03 October 2009 ~ 16 Comments

How to install Magento on a PC with XAMPP

After wasting hours yesterday trying to get Magento working on XAMPP, I finally hit a winning combination. So here’s the summary of how to get a local copy of Magento running on a PC. Tested on Windows Vista (32bit) with XAMPP v1.7.1 and Magento 1.3.2.4.

Quick tips

  • Use XAMPP 1.7.1 – the version is important! v1.6.8 may also work.
  • Enable curl in php.ini
  • Install from http://127.0.01 and NOT localhost

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