Prestashop 1.5.6, new storage system

I have found on Prestashop 1.5.6 there is a new storage system. To enable the move of images to this new system you have to: 1.- Edit your config/settings.inc.php file and set shop creation date “in the past” earlier than 2013-03-26. Why? The stores more recent to this date will already use the new storage … Read more

Prestashop, suhosin.post.max_var issue

We have this issue on the Prestashop front office language,   It requires to increase suhosin.post.max_var and suhosin.request.max_var to a minimum of 1441. In our case, I need my hosting provider to increase these values on the php.ini file. This post is very useful to understand basic concepts about the PHP configuration. Example of php.ini … Read more

Mobile applications are stealing your personal data

You download a free application to your mobile and use it for play to a game, access to weather channel, see stock price or whatever you use it. This is an interesting article that talks about the abusive situation that exist around the lack of protection of the data stored in your mobile phone. I … Read more

Upgrade Joomla 2.5 to 3.0

If you were working on Joomla 1.5 and tried to do the upgrade to 2.5, I’m sure you remember the big fiasco that the upgrade was. Joomla team promised a decent upgrade to the next one. So here we are. I have followed the steps to upgrade, and this is my personal experience.Till here, easy. … Read more

.httpaccess

Learning about .httpaccess, some notes I would like to remind Options -Indexes # joapen, redirect no www ReWriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^joapen.com RewriteRule (.*) http://www.joapen.com/$1 [R=301,L] # avoid perl issues RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww-perl.* RewriteRule .* – [F,L] # joapen ends

The perfect storm on an opportunity

You are evaluating an opportunity and all the different components of the opportunity are there. The customer has a pain, you have the right solution and some technical people understanding the issue working for them. You know you can build the solution in a couple of weeks, that you are competitive in that niche. You … Read more