Posts Tagged increase performance
Enable GZip compression to increase Zen Cart performance
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 30 November, 2010
GNU GZip is a popular data compression program used to compress web pages before they are transmitted from the web server to the visitor’s browser. The smaller, compressed data results in a much quicker delivery to the browser. Compression is a simple and effective way to save bandwidth and speed up your Zen Cart store. [...]
Disable Text Pricing by word or letter to increase Zen Cart performance
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 29 August, 2010
If you’re not using the Text Pricing by word or letter feature in Zen Cart, setting Enable Text Pricing by word or letter to False will stop unnecessary calculations and related queries and therefore speed up the rendering of your store’s product pages. To disable text pricing by word or letter in Zen Cart: Log [...]
Disable Qty Price Discount to increase Zen Cart performance
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 18 July, 2010
If you’re not using the Quantity Price Discount feature in Zen Cart, setting Enable Qty Price Discount to False will stop unnecessary calculations and related queries and therefore speed up the rendering of your store’s product pages. To disable quantity price discount in Zen Cart: Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin From the [...]
Disable Attribute Images to increase Zen Cart performance
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 17 July, 2010
If you’re not using the Attribute Images feature in Zen Cart, setting Enable Attribute Images to False will stop unnecessary calculations and related queries and therefore speed up the rendering of your store’s product pages. To disable attribute images in Zen Cart: Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin From the Configuration menu, select [...]
Disable Price Factor to increase Zen Cart performance
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 17 June, 2010
If you’re not using the price-by-attributes feature in Zen Cart, setting Enable Price Factor to False will stop unnecessary calculations and related queries and therefore speed up the rendering of your store’s product pages. To disable price factor in Zen Cart: Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin From the Configuration menu, select Attribute [...]
Disable Downloads to increase Zen Cart performance
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 16 June, 2010
If your Zen Cart store does not include downloadable products, setting Enable Downloads to False will reduce the number of queries used to calculate and display product information and therefore speed up the rendering of your store pages in the browser. To disable downloads in Zen Cart: Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin [...]
Turn off the Manufacturers Sidebox
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Sideboxes on 8 May, 2010
The Manufacturers Sidebox displays a drop-down menu of the manufacturers of your current products. The drop-down menu is generated dynamically by additional database queries each time a store page is loaded that includes the Manufacturers Sidebox. All stores have unique requirements and you may feel the Manufacturers Sidebox adds value for your customers. If however, [...]
Remove Category Product Counts from Category Sidebox in Zen Cart
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Sideboxes on 6 May, 2010
The Categories Sidebox in a default installation displays the number of current products within each category or sub-category. The product counts are generated dynamically by additional database queries each time a store page is loaded that includes the Categories Sidebox. In most cases the product counts are not required (in fact they just add to [...]
Subscribe and Share
RECOMMENDS
Coming Soon
Stay in touch to receive sample chapters, bonus content and pre-launch specials.