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.

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…

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 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…

I installed a new plugin, went the plugin config page and got a 404 error page.  This is another issue with Magento, you need out of Admin and login again.  Really annoying when you don’t know what is going on!