We all know that the best ecommerce platform is Magento, but this knowledge doesn’t prevent us from discovering new solutions that simplify online retail. The Internet is full of alternative tools utilized by the best ecommerce sites, and in this post you will find the most prominent Java ecommerce platforms and CMS. Continue Reading
In case of brick-and-mortar retail, store audit is an examination of information about the effectiveness of different parameters such as price, sales, or advertising campaign compared to any competitors or common standards. As for ecommerce in general and Magento in particular, this process is more complicated, since it consists of a wider number of variables that require different approach to calculation. Luckily, there are a lot of tools and materials, that can help you with a Magento store audit. The following guide offers a store audit checklist, resources, and techniques necessary for running the procedure. Being useful for all kinds of Magento specialists and store owners, it teaches how to estimate efforts, collect information about your Magento website, and keep the installation clean and healthy. Continue Reading
Today, we are going to explore such an important topic as web security. Since there are a plethora of problems related to the IT sector, it is impossible to cover all network security issues in a single article, so we are going to shed light on key aspects only. The following post contains some facts about the most common security threats of the Web. Please note that major security issues in ecommerce are often similar to other segments of the Internet, so this guide is aimed at online retailers, bloggers, and all other kinds of web users. Continue Reading
Shoplift is a dangerous Magento bug. It allows hackers to take e-commerce store under a full control. The threat was discovered by Check Point. You can easily fix it with the help of patch SUPEE-5344. A lot of Magento stores are still vulnerable, because they haven’t applied the patch yet. Below, you we show how to fix the problem.
UPD (15.05.15): SUPEE-5994 Magento security patch
UPD (08.07.15): SUPEE-6285 Magento security patch
UPD (08.07.15): Magento Security Alert Registry
UPD (05.08.15): SUPEE-6482 Magento security patch
UPD (17.09.15): SUPEE-3762 Magento security patch
UPD (09.10.15): Magmi and Nginx
UPD (21.10.15): Guruincsite Magento Issue and SUPEE-6788 Magento security patch
UPD (24.11.15): Magento Security Patch SUPEE-6788 Performance Issues
UPD (28.01.16): SUPEE-7405 and SUPEE-7616
In order to structurize our articles about Magento modules, we’ve decided to create this post. Below, you will find links to all Firebear’s materials about the best Magento extensions. If you are looking for Magento 2 plugins, follow this link: The Best Magento 2 Extensions. Continue Reading
Ready to reach a new level of search engine optimization? Then you’ve come to the right place because below we’ve collected all of Firebear’s articles related to DIY SEO.
If you’re not getting the traffic you want there is no need to hire a team of specialists for making your ecommerce website or blog SEO-friendly. Patience and attention are only required investments since we’ve already gathered all crucial search engine optimizations below. Choose a topic you like and implement all improvements described there to start your e-commerce business and maintain its best SEO results. Continue Reading
A new Magento malware has been discovered and it is a malicious script by . Unfortunately, a new attack vector is not identified, but we already know that the disease makes Magento websites vulnerable to a code execution issue. Below, we shed light on how to prevent your ecommerce store from Guruincsite Magento disaster.
UPD (21.10.15) SUPEE-6788 will help you solve the Guruincsite issue
Typographic hierarchy is an extremely important method of design. It is used for making information more readable, sorting text information by importance and helping with structure and usability of the design peace so the consumer could navigate through the piece easily, finding what he or she needs fast and easy.
If you are wondering how to increase Google ranking you’ve come to the right place. Below, we discuss such an important topic as on-page SEO; other useful articles related to search engine optimization are listed here: DIY SEO on Firebear. Continue Reading
Most SEO companies and specialists will agree that keyword research is the foundation of SEO, which is impossible without keywords. While figuring out expectations and desires via search queries, your customers create combinations of words, which are extremely important to know and use in your texts if you are going to increase your current Google ranking. Even the best SEO tools will not optimize your website if you don’t utilize keywords, therefore we recommend you to examine the following article, which provides information related to keyword research in 2016. Continue Reading
