Magento Paypal IPN error
I was receiving messages from Paypal regarding incorrect IPN setup,
This link has a workaround
I still seemed to be getting my orders anyway and the orders showed correctly as processing in Magento.
I had an issue with the main category and sub category not displaying products when the main category is clicked on, I only got a page with 0 products in category. The solution found here was simple but unbeknown to me: Go to Admin -> Catalog -> Manage Categories -> “Select Category” -> Display Settings ->…
Using the Magento backup tool from within magento 1.9 causes my store to show an internal server error. To reset this I had to change the permissions of the index.php file in the root dir to 644 from 666. It is a known issue. There is an alternative is to upload a php file called…
I wanted to disallow access to image dir from a browser, rather than put in a black index.html page I found this solution here In the main .htaccess file add the following code, save and upload. Options -Indexes
Another critical patch install click here
I was stressing about my new store install and installing the critical patch, I found this excellent guide and download to patch via FTP. I first tested my site at shoplift.byte.nl and I got the dreaded red warning that my site was vulnerable. I followed the instructions below and made a backup first. Applying Magento patches via…
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1205 Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction I have been receiving this error for a few days and couldn’t figure out what the problem was. It wouldn’t let me update products and save to SQL. I found this site which gave the following instructions: Login to cpanel and phpMyAdmin, click on…