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Now and then when we come across a great idea or service we like to...

We are happy to announce that we have added 7 new free modules to our...

You might have noticed I have not been blogging as much lately. Its because we...

Is your PrestaShop site secure from hackers? In e-commerce security should be one of your...

If you are not aware, on 6/19/2016 a hack was released for the most popular...

× Get a free PrestaShop basic optimization if you purchase an Essential or above PrestaShop...

Is your PrestaShop website safe from bad bots could be copying your content or trying to...

Every few months we have a client coming to us that is recovering from a...

If you are in the UK you might have noticed that the latest PrestaShop PayPal...

Being in e-commerce I am sure you know the value of product reviews. They literally...

Are you excited about the new version of PrestaShop 1.7 that has been announced? It...

This blog post is a bit different from our normal blog posts. This is a...

This is a post I really wanted to get out last month, but we had...

We are happy to announce that we have started offering SEO packages aimed at PrestaShop...

Does your site ever get high traffic spikes that start to bring the site down?...

Sometimes getting people to your site is not the problem, it might be getting them...

One of the hardest aspects of e-commerce is customer service. You have to reply in...

Today was an exciting support day, if you find things like that exciting. About 30...

SEO and performance support or our two biggest requests for support. We realize the needs...

I debated around what to name this post, there were so many different ways to...

Did you know that your PrestaShop site is more than likely hurting you in Google...

It was announced last week that PrestaShop had discovered a security vulnerability in all current...

In our quest to help the PrestaShop community we our proud to announce that we...

Hey Everybody! In case you didn’t know we have made a super awesome knowledge base...

Page speed is becoming a very important aspect of e-commerce now. If your site is...

We get asked a lot where we recommend clients to host their PrestaShop sites at....

× We have released an Algolia module since this post was published. If you could...

If you are like most of our clients you might have bugs in your Prestashop...

We are proud to offer a new service to our clients of load testing your...

With another great year coming to a close I thought it might be helpful to...

I had an interesting experience with a module this week and I think it deserves...

Have you heard that on December 3rd that most installations of PrestaShop that use Paypal...

If you have read my blog before you know that I am all about optimizing...

Lately I have had a few clients inquire as to how scalable PrestaShop is and...

Support with PrestaShop is one of the main issues my clients bring up to me,...

You might not know what a cron job is, but it would make your life...

If you are not using Prestashop 1.6 yet, you really should check it out. It...

Have you ever had to debug your shop while it is live? Maybe you installed...

If you follow my posts on reddit or the Prestashop forums, you know I am...

A couple of months ago I was talking with a colleague and I asked him...

You have a Prestashop site and it is running smooth, but what happens if your...

Maybe you have heard about debug profiling for Prestashop, but do not understand what it...

Have you seen Heartbleed in the news, but you do not really understand it or...

Are you wanting to set up a Prestashop store, but are confused about SSL certificates?...

Are you wanting to break into the world of e-commerce, but you don’t know what...

1.7? But 1.6 just came out! I know, but you have to look forward into...

Pretty profound title, but more than likely it does if you own and operate and...

Rarely is it I ever write an article about a module that I did not...

It is rare that I write a blog post talking trash about another company, I...

So you have launched your shop, but now you need traffic and sales. How do...

I think most of you know me as a Prestashop developer. In the beginning I...

Twitter is a great way to let your followers learn about your new products, but...

There is no easy way to make small changes to the CSS of your Prestashop...

Social media powers most businesses if you are not harnessing it, you are behind your...

If you are not using Pinterest yet to promote your products, you are already behind...

Are you using heat mapping to track visitors on your website yet? If you answered...

If you are not familiar with Optimizely you are missing out on sales. Optimizely is...

The easiest way to get more subscribers to your mailing list is to make them...

In the last month I have seriously been considering closing my MOZ account down.  The...

Using media servers with Prestashop is a great idea to speed up your site, but...

Earlier this week I was talking to a client and they mentioned to me that...

I have seen many people ask about how not to display the free shipping method...

Here is a free Network Merchants module that works with Prestashop versions 1.4x and, 1.5x,...

This article is a little different from the others I write. I find myself talking...

I think most of you that read my blog regularly know that I usually do...

With Black Friday fast approaching, here is some advice to maximize your sales for the...

If you do not already know, at dh42 we specialize in optimizing websites. We understand...

Now that you have set up your shop, you need customers visiting your shop to...

Optimizing Prestashop is something I spend a lot of time on, in fact it is...

Normally my posts are centered toward Prestashop, but this is good advice for every platform....

What happens to your site if your server crashes? You could lose all of your...

Have you ever wanted to know how to manually back up your Prestashop store? This...

× We have released an Algolia module since this post was published, it has the...

If you have not heard Bitnami released a version of Prestashop with their auto installer...

I am proud to announce in conjunction with Prestashop we are going to offer a...

It seems more and more lately I am running into unusual request with Prestashop. Earlier...

Someone approached me the other day with an interesting question. They wanted to remove their...

Importing CSV files into Prestashop can be very power and an amazing time saver, but...

Using APC you can greatly speed up Prestashop. If you are familiar with APC, it...

A couple of weeks ago I had a client with an unusual request. Their shop...

Sometimes when you are working with Prestashop things just go wrong. The best way to...

The guys over at Entrepreneur.com have compiled a list of the 200 ranking factors that...

The other day while working on one of my clients shops, I noticed something. In...

I kind of lied in the title, doing this will actually speed all php programs...

Here is an interesting infographic from our friends at Quick Sprout about how page load...

SEO, like most other industries, is results driven. I encounter prospective clients every week that...

In a past article I have shown you how to set up the Open Graph...

Are you having abandonment issues? You have people coming to your site, they are putting...

2012 was a good year, but where is 2013 leaning? Hopefully it is going to...

Everyone has something different in their toolboxes, some like this, some like that. Some use...

Here is an interesting infographic from our friends at Wordstream showing the direction that Google...

So you have seen Prestashop and you want to try it out, but maybe you...

Whether your shop is your main income or just a hobby, you need to protect...

If you read the article on 8 things that you can do to increase your...

In ecommerce conversions mean everything. You can have millions of visitors a month, but if...

We have all heard that using CDNs like Cloudflare will speed up your site, but...

We all have the tools that make our world go round. Today I was wondering...

In the world of e-commerce conversions are everything. What can you do to make your...

Whether you design e-commerce sites, business sites, or anything in between here are 9 awesome...

Here is an interesting infographic by our friends at Zing broadband about how site speed...

Is your shop slow? Have you noticed high page load times? With e-commerce sites speed...

If you went through the optimizing Prestashop articles your site should be pretty quick now,...

In the first article we learned how to take the query string off the logo...

One metric that search engines use to rank your site is speed. Not only do...

It seems like everyone is on facebook these days. They share sites and products with...

What are Google Rich Snippets?  They are Google’s new way of organizing the web. You can use...

We get clients who ask us to quote SEO services for their e-commerce sites everyday....

I came across this about a month ago. A client wanted his background image to...