Magento critical security patch SUPEE-5994 ftp install without SSH

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.

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…

I had issues with a new installation of Magento 1.8.1.0 CE for a test store: Fatal error: Class ‘Zend_Log’ not found in /home/MyStoreName/public_html/shop/app/code/core/Mage/Core/functions.php on line 247 I set up this domain with the minimum package, I changed the package to a larger package from my cpanel reseller hosting control panel and it did the trick.  There is another…

To update the customer e-mail templates follow this guide to create new templates from the originals if desired.  Don’t forget to assign the new template to e-mail, in my case Settings>Config>Sales>Sales E-mails click the drop down and select the new template.

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…