On September 18th, Magento have released an extensive range of security updates and performance enhancements for Magento 1, 2.1 and 2.2. Amongst hundreds of updates here are the main highlights:
E-Commerce Show North will take place at Event City, Manchester, from 6-7th November! As the largest gathering of e-commerce experts outside of London, we are excited to exhibit at the event, alongside partners like GMCC, Adyen, Brightpearl, Dotmailer, Klarna, Nosto and many more.
Drupal Europe: The Big Announcements
14 September 2018, 16:00
Drupal
drupal 8
OpenSource
Event
Community
Update Release
Drupal Europe is an entirely volunteer-led event, welcoming hundreds of people to celebrate the power of the open source community.
Digital Transformation at Drupal Europe
12 September 2018, 12:52
Drupal
Digital Consultancy
Drupal Planet
drupal 8
Event
This week, thousands of members of the Drupal community have come together to share insights and to celebrate the power of open source. Embracing knowledge transfer, the Digital Transformation and Enterprise track stands out as accessible for developers, marketers and business owners alike.
9 Nominations at the DADI Awards 2018!
7 September 2018, 16:49
Web Development
e-commerce
Event
Awards
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists at this year’s DADI Awards. Our work has been recognised amongst the industry’s best not one, not two, but 9 times over!
Malware on Magento: What to Do & How to Stay Safe
7 September 2018, 12:22
Magento
e-commerce
data protection
Malware (malicious software) that skims card details from customers has compromised thousands of unsecure Magento-based e-commerce businesses in 2018.
The breach was first noticed in late August, but is believed to have been impacting businesses for the last 6 months, with attackers planting skimmers on over 7000 stores to date.
Magento 1 End of Life Announcement: Planning for the Future
6 September 2018, 18:00
Support
Magento
e-commerce
Update Release
Migration
Today Magento have officially announced the end of life date for Magento 1. After over a decade's worth of development, the Magento 1 platform will reach ‘End of Life’ in June 2020.
Today the release of Drupal 8.6.0 was announced by the Drupal Association! This release is set to be one of the biggest updates in the history of Drupal, signalling a shift towards a more comprehensive, marketing-centred stack. See the full statement at the end of this post.
Postcode Lookup Contribution
3 September 2018, 10:54
Drupal
Web Development
CMS Websites
Drupal Planet
Update Release
...And the story of how two unlikely organisations drove innovation in the Drupal Platform.
While delivering continual support for an energy clients Drupal website, we wanted to implement a Postcode Lookup feature, with auto-complete functionality. Existing solutions were either too basic or needlessly expensive, but we couldn’t justify building a new solution from scratch. As luck would have, I discovered at our weekly Drupal 8 meeting that my colleagues working on a Not-For-Profit site required autocomplete capabilities for the address lookup on the donations page.
Google Text Ad Limits: August 2018 Update
23 August 2018, 12:08
Digital Marketing
Google
PPC
Update Release
Full Service
Google has recently rolled out a new feature that allows users to add a 3rd title line and 2nd description to text ads. This feature will be available to use for all advertisers from the end of August 2018. The update will allow businesses to identify themselves effectively and test different combinations of ad copy, whilst leaving room for unique selling points in that make-or-break title space.
