This is mostly for my reference since you can find the instructions on Zend’s Website here: http://files-source.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-Community-Edition/zend-server-community-edition.htm
I follow the instructions for Manually “Installing Zend Server Community Edition” here http://files-source.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-Community-Edition/zend-server-community-edition.htm#rpm_installation.htm
log in as root, disable SE Linux, make sure you have Apache and MySQL installed. »Read More
Over the years I have always been on the lookout for inexpensive hosting. If your hosting needs are basic, shared hosting is fine (this site is low volume and runs on GoDaddy). Once you want to run more powerful applications and need more control, the only way to go is a dedicated server. Dedicated servers can cost a lot to keep up and running, so the next best thing is a Virtual Dedicated Server. »Read More
I just installed Magento 1.5.1 and could not log in with IE (Internet Explorer 8). I did a bunch of searching and found a whole bunch of garbage about commenting out Varien’s code. The final solution was setting the correct time on the server. »Read More
It took me a fair amount of time to figure this out. So in the hope that it will save someone the trouble here it is.
Using Magento’s Cron functionality is fairly simple. Creating a module that allows the cron job to be configured in the admin is a little trickier. This post will demonstrate how to create a module that runs a Magento cron job. The job can be enabled or disabled and frequency/time can be configured all through the admin. This module was tested with Magento 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5. For simplicity the job will clear Magento’s cache, but could just as easily be something more usefull. If you are looking to clear Magento’s cache it would be much easier to run a shell script that deletes the cache, one line of code vs all this.
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