How to fix Deprecated Functionality: Function mcrypt_module_open() is deprecated in Magento 2
If you’re like me, you prefer to keep things updated as often as possible. Besides, keeping things updated is a part of preventing security breaches and taking advantage of bug fixes. Unfortunately, this can cause a headache with Magento 2. The issue Magento 2 fails to load and reports 1 exception(s):Exception #0 (Exception): Deprecated Functionality: […]
How to fix Magento checkout redirecting to cart after upgrading to 1.9.3.3 or 1.9.3.4
The fix to this issue is because the form key validation is missing on check out. You can view the fix here How to fix Magento checkout after upgrading
How to speed up & optimize a slow Magento 1.x website (Part 1)
Prerequisites This is part 1 of a series of steps that I take to speed up Magento. With these steps, I’ve managed to get a Magento website to load all elements in under 3 seconds. Visually, it appears to be less than 1 second. I’ve also chopped the loading speed of client websites in half. (Note: […]
What are expires headers and how do I add them to my website.
Prerequisites Thank you for visiting my blog. First, I’d like to point out that this guide does not apply to cloud hosted websites such as Shopify or big commerce. What are expires headers Expires headers tell the browser, which elements of a website to keep in the browser cache and for how long. Every time […]
How to fix Magento 1.x checkout after upgrading to 1.9.3.3 or 1.9.3.4
After you’ve upgraded to Magento version 1.9.3.4 have you noticed that your check out just sits on billing information and doesn’t proceed to the shipping options? Apparently, the Magento team discovered a security issue and added form key validation on check out. What are form keys? Form keys help prevent Cross Site Request Forgery attacks on Magento […]