Magento is one of the fastest growing e-commerce platforms and the Magento Community Edition is available free, under the open source OSL 3.0 license. The flexibility, scalability and wealth of features available make Magento one of the most popular shopping carts available. Please be aware that this software is recommended by Magento for expert developers and highly technical enthusiasts. For optimum performance with Magento we recommend upgrading from a business hosting plan to a dedicated hosting environment ( i.e. VPS or Dedicated Server ).
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This is the amount of data transferred to and from your site. Data transfer is a measurement of all traffic such as when ever someone visits your website or sends you an email.
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Important Note: Web applications not included in softaculous can still be installed on your hosting account. You will need to download the latest version from the authors website and upload it to your website using an ftp program such as FileZilla. Digital Pacific can install web applications for a nominal fee. See our extended support options for more information.
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This allows you to create email addresses with your domain name extension, for example if your domain name is www.yourchosendomain.com.au and your name is Lisa you could have an email address like lisa@yourchosendomain.com.au
All accounts can be accessed via web mail using any of the following web based programs which are automatically accessible once your control panel has been set up.
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Need to host a powerful web based application that requires a database? MySQL is the world's largest open source database engine; there are literally thousands of applications such as PrestaShop, Drupal, Wordpress, Magento and many more that utilise this database engine.
With all hosting plans you can have a choice of either MySQL version 4 or 5. Version 5 comes on all plans by default, so if you require version 4 please request it from one of our sales staff.
The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. PHP is basically used for developing web based software applications.
With all hosting plans you can have a choice of either PHP version 4 or 5. Version 5 comes on all plans by default, so if you require version 4 please request it from one of our sales staff.
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Magento includes an extensive list of features for both end users (customers) and administrators. For a full feature list, download the PDF below.
Personalise your Magento website by installing different themes.
Themes allow you to skin your site, giving it the look and feel that web users see when visiting. Since Magento is open source software, there are many themes to choose from on the web - we recommend themeforest.net. More customised templates will require you to consult a web designer.
Unfortunately Digital Pacific does not offer web design services however, due to the popularity of the Magento application, using themeforest.net or a quick Google search will reveal many themes that can be quickly downloaded and installed on your website.
Keeping Magento updated needs to be a priority if you do decide to use this software. Not updating Magento can leave your website open to security attacks and vulnerabilities, and that can be detrimental to your website and / or business. Beyond keeping the site safe, completing updates will leave you with not only better running software, but often additional features as well.
The Magento Release News section provides notices on the latest version of Magento, along with a list of all the additional features and links to update instructions.
The Magento community support forum is composed of hundreds of thousands of members. The forum is a great place to ask questions about Magento.
Magento states that usage of the community edition of the software is unsupported, so you may need to spend some time solving any problems yourself. The Enterprise and Professional editions of Magento are paid versions which include support services. These editions are suited for larger online retailers.
Please be aware that Digital Pacific is not in any way affiliated with Magento. It is also left up to you to perform website maintenance and upgrades to keep your shopping cart secured.