We are going to use the free version, Community, which will allow us to create our e-commerce from scratch. In these articles we are going to provide a step-by-step guide on how to install Magento, but we are also going to focus on certain characteristics that we have to take into account when it comes to making the experience of ig data the end user, of the person who is going to buy our products, as rewarding as possible, which will increase our sales, the ultimate goal of any business.
The main drawback that Magento can have is its slow operation, as it is a very heavy system. We are going to offer you a series of simple “tricks”, in this and the next article, to try to improve the performance of the platform. They do not require extensive knowledge and can help us reduce the loading times of the platform.
My first “trick” is an important recommendation: Install your e-commerce with Magento on a dedicated server rather than on a shared one.
Using Memcached with Magento, we will define a memory pool that will allow us to save the operations performed and the session variables. This will allow us to load our store faster, by not having to access the hard drive and our databases as frequently.
In order to use Memcached in Magento, we must have the extension installed on our server. Normally, it will already be present on a shared hosting, but not on a dedicated one. If we do not have the extension installed, a simple search on the Internet will allow us to locate it and then proceed to install it.
