Think you are hiding your Magento 2 store back-end URL?

As you may know, Magento recommends using a unique, custom Admin URL instead of the default “admin” or a common term such as “back-end”. Although it will not directly protect your site from a determined bad actor intending to steal your data, but it can reduce exposure to scripts that try to gain unauthorized access. Even though there is a custom URL set up for Admin, this does not necessarily mean that it will remain unexposed to someone, especially to attackers.

Atwix MageNews - April 2019

Welcome to the April edition of the Atwix MageNews! We’ve prepared a roundup of the most exciting news that happened in Magento Community over the last month.
PageBuilder and Magento 2.3.1 releases, code quality tools, security updates and much more. You’ll find it all below, so let’s get started!

Content spoofing

Can you be really sure that all visitors of your site see it the same way as you do – design and content? In the era, when content matters more and more, one type of hacker attacks became particularly popular – content spoofing. You will find out the algorithms and tools that hackers use to perform such attacks, specifically replacing website’s content for particular visitors.

Where to learn about Magento

Magento is a great eCommerce platform to work with. Many solutions are available out of the box, ready for you to use them and grow your brand online. Your Magento solution partner will always help you develop the best-in-class online store, but there is basic knowledge you should acquire when managing a Magento store – from knowing how to use the admin panel to doing little Magento 2 SEO tweaks and security checks.

Magento-Sandboxes

It is always good when you can test your features fast. But sometimes it’s literally hard and takes a lot of time to test something in Magento. When you make one little change in code and want to test it, it can take much more time to test it rather than make the change itself. Nevertheless it’s a common situation taking into account the complexity of Magento.

Docker-development-environment-for-Magento

It has never been easier to create a development environment. No meter what operation system you use with Docker you can build the exact configuration you need. In this post we will provide steps for creating a sample Magento development environment configured in a single docker-compose.yml file.

Magento Security Patches. Why should you install them?

When Magento releases new security patches, we often get questions from clients like why they should invest money into having those patches applied to their Magento installation. In this blog post we’ll describe the importance of the patches and emphasize their role in having your Magento website functioning properly.

Refresh order grid table in Magento 1

Recently, we’ve faced a data inconsistency in the Magento sales_flat_order_grid db table. Some of the values in custom columns look like they were shifted. This issue may occur if the order grid has multiple custom fields and when a user archives orders in the Enterprise Edition.

Testing checklist after Magento upgrade

It is important to keep your online store updated to the latest Magento version, as it has the most recent improvements, security updates, and other fixes. And every time such upgrade is performed, the website should be carefully tested to make sure that all issues or conflicts are fixed after the upgrade.

Today we want to share with you our test cases after Magento upgrade that we normally use testing Magento stores.