FAQ Category: Basics

How Magento applies locales ?

When the locale is changed for a store, Magento searches and applies translations in the corresponding dictionaries in the following sequence: Module translations: <module_dir>/i18n/ – LOWEST PRIORITY Translation package: app/i18n/ Theme translations: <parent_theme_dir>/i18n/ (iterated through all ancestor themes) <current_theme_dir>/i18n/ Magento database – HIGHEST PRIORITY

What is the difference between PCI-DSS and PA-DSS?

The main difference is that PCI-DSS applies to every company and entity that handles credit card data. Organizations that store, process or transmit credit card information are required to comply with PCI-DSS. PA-DSS, on the other hand, only applies to vendors that produce and sell payment applications. Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS)

What is difference between Up-Selling and Cross-Selling ?

Cross-selling is an eCommerce practice where retailers offer a user additional products that complement those that they have already purchased or are about to purchase. Up-selling, in its turn, is the strategy that consists of suggesting a user more expensive or upgraded products compared to those that they have initially chosen. Case Cross-selling example Up-selling …

What is a DDoS Attack?

In a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack), the incoming traffic flooding the victim originates from many different sources. This effectively makes it impossible to stop the attack simply by blocking a single source. A DoS or DDoS attack is analogous to a group of people crowding the entry door of a shop, making it hard for legitimate …