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19 Mar 2021

SEO Basics: 7 best practice essentials for your website

SEO can sometimes be a complicated and technical process.

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11 Mar 2021

Does your M2 site need support?

Whether you’re migrating from another platform or you’ve had your Magento 2 store built from scratch, the length of an M2 project from conception to launch can be a long and complex one.  Just some of the in...

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29 Sep 2020

We’re finalists at the 2020 eCommerce Awards

Absolute are delighted to announce we are finalists at the 2020 eCommerce Awards.

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30 Apr 2020

It’s not too late to move to M2 and stay PCI compliant

As you are no doubt aware Support for Magento 1 stops on 30th June 2020. There is still time to migrate to M2 and remain PCI compliant.

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03 Apr 2020

Latest Magento 1 update from Visa - ACTION REQUIRED

To help you plan for the successful future of your Magento site, we thought we’d share the latest communication from Visa stating the actions required by Merchants prior to Magento 1 end of life on 30th Jun...

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02 Apr 2020

What is a PWA (Progressive Web Application)?

What is a PWA (Progressive Web Application)?

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27 Mar 2020

Confirmation - M1 support stops 30 June ‘20

This is a reminder that support for Magento 1 will end on June 30, 2020. In light of rapidly evolving world events, we know how critical this is to your business. We are here to help. We have a broad set of ...

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28 Feb 2020

Magento 1 End of Life - Security and Performance

The 30th June ‘20 was Magento 1 ‘End of Life’ but what does this mean for retailers who choose to stay on M1? 

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24 Feb 2020

Only 99 days to go until Magento will cease supporting its Magento 1 platform.

Reasons why you should act now

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16 Jan 2020

Downgrading Magento Commerce

Sometimes the use of an 'off the shelf' CMS or eCommerce platform doesn’t support the business strategy of our clients. Or, such platform may provide a range of features that are surplus to requirements

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09 Dec 2019

Absolute have been recognised as a Magento Business Solution Partner

We are are delighted to announce that we have been appointed as a Magento Business Solution Partner, making us one of only 43 approved partner agencies with offices in the UK.

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04 Dec 2019

Absolute deliver a global marketing plan in China

Over the last six months we’ve been developing the global marketing plan for WinTech Racing, a leader in the manufacturing of rowing racing boats, with production based in China.

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09 Oct 2019

Improving M2 Content Pages with Widget Extensions

The Situation If you’re using Magento 2 Open Source, you’ll be relying on developers to setup a way for you to edit your content. You can often be at the mercy of time and budget constraints, which can hamp...

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30 Sep 2019

We won BIG at the 2019 Ecommerce Awards

Absolute are thrilled to announce that we scooped the award for “Best Leisure, Fitness & Outdoors eCommerce” at the 2019 Ecommerce Awards.

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24 Sep 2019

Retail vs trade pricing, and a mixed-basket deal

Our client Weavers Wines had a particular requirement when it came to their pricing structure.

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21 Sep 2019

Custom catalog rule banners on product pages

We recently launched a new website for Weavers Wines which had been rebuilt in order to migrate them from Magento 1 to Magento 2.

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06 Sep 2019

We're finalists at the 2019 Ecommerce Awards

Absolute are delighted to announce we are finalists at the 2019 Ecommerce Awards.

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28 Jun 2019

Top 5 reasons to migrate to Magento 2 now!

Differences between Magento 1 and Magento 2

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19 Jun 2019

Using NGINX for SSL Termination with Varnish and Magento 2

Configuring NGINX for SSL termination with varnish can be tricky to get your head around...

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06 Jun 2019

Estimating for migration from M1 to M2 what you need to know

There is still a great deal of confusion when it comes to migrating your Magento 1 site and with the ‘sunset’ of M1 in June 2020, we thought we’d explain how we go about this to help our existing and future ...

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01 May 2019

The Absolute Magento 2 Image Slider Module. Now available for free on the Magento Marketplace

As a Magento Business Solution Partner, we wanted to create a module that enabled our developers to easily integrate and style a carousel for a bespoke build, without including unnecessary libraries and exce...

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25 Jan 2019

Magento PWA Studio Released

At the end of 2018 Magento released Open Source version 2.3, which included a number of long awaited features both for developers and merchants.

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12 Dec 2018

Giftpup

We are delighted to announce Absolute were the winner of the ‘Retail & Ecommerce’ award at the UK Business Awards, hosted at the Park Plaza, London.

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10 Dec 2018

Why should you update your PHP version?

If your store is using Magento 1 and running on PHP 5.6, your site will be vulnerable as from the 30th December 2018. PHP provides security support for various versions of PHP, and version 5.6 is the latest ...

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