Monthly Archives: April 2012

mkdir(): Too Many Links – What It Is and How to Fix




Recently, I was notified of an “out of disk space” error message which showed up in one of our applications while trying to send an email. I knew right away the source of the problem and while the short term … Continue reading

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Support Docs Make a Comeback




Over the last several months, we have dedicated considerable time and effort in revamping our Support Knowledgebase (KB). This undertaking includes updating existing content, adding new content, and organizing information into a more logical and intuitive structure. Also, for those … Continue reading

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Magento Used on 20% of E-Commerce Sites




A survey of e-commerce sites in the Alexa top million websites has found that, as of the first quarter of 2012, Magento is by far the most popular e-commerce solution. Alexa Internet Inc. tracks the web use of millions of … Continue reading

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Simple Magento Sort Optimization Patch




While doing some profiling and benchmarking of Magento to test PHP-FPM I found that Magento was spending roughly a quarter of the run time for some page loads on comparing attributes. This struck me as odd, and so I looked … Continue reading

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