Extendware Blog

11/27/15

We all know that patience is a virtue; unfortunately we all know that many customers do not care about waiting around for your store to load, they want it NOW! Even the …

10/26/15

Managing your products can be a time intensive task. Imagine if you wanted to raise all your price by 5% or to make them 30% over their cost (cost plus pricing). If …

10/25/15

The Magento admin product grid is probably one of the most viewed screens in the Magento admin area. Unfortunately, it is not very flexible in meeting the needs of store owners, to …

10/22/15

Magento has released a new security patch that affects many parts of Magento and as a result will affect your store. You should use various good practices when installing this patch or …

10/14/15

Sorting products by best sellers is an important way to increase revenue. The way that your products are ordered is very important if you want to increase conversions. It makes sense that …

9/30/15

Let me guess. You were browsing your own Magento store and found the experience frustrating. You thought to yourself "should I be worried about this?" and started Googling and landed on this …

9/24/15

Automatic currency switching by geoip is a great way to improve store usability international. Imagine if you sell products in USD, but someone from the the United Kingdom visits. Of course they …

9/17/15

At Extendware we specialize in Magento performance extensions and as a result we have learned some things about speeding up Magento along the way. These are 10 easy steps to make Magento …

9/10/15

Minifying HTML in Magento is one of those hidden Magento performance tweaks that few stores do. Almost everyone is minifying javascript and css thanks you our Minify Javascript / CSS Magento extension. …

8/26/15

Google Analytics has hundreds of reports and this one is often overlooked even though it is one of the most important reports. The report tells you how quick your Magento store is …

7/27/15

Minifying javascript is a very important aspect of a faster Magento store. For many stores, it is their greatest weakness on their Google page speed tests. It is important to minify your …

7/14/15

Two-Factor Authentication is a great way to secure your Magento admin area. Imagine if a hacker or someone else gains access to your backend? Not only could they destroy data and harass …