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    PHP 5

    I would not move from Magento to Wordpress / woo personally, it is several steps backwards on all fronts. Security, functionality, growth potential.. the only positive is reduced dev costs as wordpress is an easier platform and costs a lot less in dev spend and hosting etc. Shopify is an...
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    Log out timer Magento 2

    Just be careful not to keep sessions alive too long, as it increases security risks for session hijacking, and also can have an impact on server performance (if you have many staff accounts). I also use the free version of lastpass password manager to set very secure passwords and it also auto...
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    Captcha not stopping spam?

    I've fixed two different aggressive spam bots recently using two different methods. 1. install the honeypot module, set the hidden field value to "web_url" and set the spam index setting / value to 7. This stopped a certain type of bot. google "magento-hackathon/ HoneySpam" 2. A second bot was...
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    Why is Minify Html off by default?

    html minfy is off as it can sometimes cause issues with html rendering, and only needs to be enabled on production / live environments really. It's also easier to work with properly formatted html in the development phase. As soon as the site is live, enable it and test.
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    Magento Sudden Slow add to cart + Checkout

    Consider installing newrelic if you can afford it, We use it to monitor every database process, php script and API connection and it really helps pinpoint any problems quickly.
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    Magento official security scan tool

    Magereport scan seems better to me, the official magento scan is flagging up a missing security patch which i know to have been applied, whereas magereport is showing it as ok.
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    Then you could create a new plugins folder (make sure owner and permissions are correct / match...

    Then you could create a new plugins folder (make sure owner and permissions are correct / match the old version).. then simple copy the individual plugin folders across one by one. Low tech but works in a fix.
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    Hi, Just in case you missed my reply and you get hit with that plugin error again do the...

    Hi, Just in case you missed my reply and you get hit with that plugin error again do the following: Just FTP / SSH or log into a file manger via cpanel or whatever, then rename the plugins folder to plugins.off (or similar) That will break the path to the plugin folder therefore disabling all...
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    Woocommerce plugin broke my site - anything i can do??

    In cases like that, just FTP / SSH or log into a file manger via cpanel or whatever, then rename the plugins folder to plugins.off (or similar) That will break the path to the plugin folder therefore disabling all plugins and get the site back to default functionality. Then you could create a...
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    What's the right code

    Years ago the term progressive enhancement was all the rage, and it holds true today. mobile bandwidth is much slower than desktop and screen real estate much more valuable that mobile views need to be planned for as a separate entity. large image sliders and modal popup boxes often don't...
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    What's the right code

    Don't slide content sideways on mobiles (unless there is a very good and specific reason to). Try and collapse it down so it stacks, also look at selectively removing unneeded content from the mobile view (i'm looking at you sliders). As mentioned above, try and design mobile first and think...
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    What's the right code

    Yep I agree with Alan's post above. Everyone is a "web designer" these days, even multi millionaire footballerSergio Agüe built his own website in Wix hahaha (yeah sure he did).
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    Which Web Server 2017 - Poll

    Also if you use a different server, if you wouldn't mind leaving that as a comment below that would be great. Appreciate it
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    What's the right code

    My work is primarily fairly high end ecommerce using magento, custom API and App development and other bespoke systems using laravel python, node.js and angular. Modern web development methods make extensive use of frameworks, API's, and preprocessors etc, but maybe these builders can work for...
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    Which Web Server 2017 - Poll

    Hey all, I'm doing some research into the current webs server trends, I am developing a Node.js app and have been asked by the client to think about refactoring it for other servers in future. Cheers
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