Scheduled Maintenance 4/27 9:00pm PST

Author storesecured Posted on April 21, 2016September 17, 2025Categories Scheduled Maintenance Notices

Scheduled maintenance period Wednesday 4/27 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm Pacific time for email server hardware upgrades and migration.   During the maintenance window there will be expected email downtime of between 30-60 minutes.  During the email downtime users will be unable to login, retrieve or send email.  Incoming emails will be stored in our backup email server and delivered to your inbox shortly after the maintenance is complete.   After the email server maintenance is completed, there will be … Continue reading “Scheduled Maintenance 4/27 9:00pm PST”

CloudFlare, Caching, Bandwidth & Speed

Author storesecured Posted on April 19, 2016September 17, 2025Categories Hints Tips and Tricks

Recently we have gotten a few queries from customers after the switch to using the CloudFlare services and I wanted to take a explain caching for those of you who are curious.   Part of the service that CloudFlare offers by default is a caching mechanism which saves your stores images, css and js files across the globe. This makes the sites load very quickly as the files can come from a server that is located very geographically close to … Continue reading “CloudFlare, Caching, Bandwidth & Speed”

Merchant Action Requested – DNS Change

Author storesecured Posted on April 13, 2016September 17, 2025Categories Important Changes, Notices

===================================================== **Merchant Action Requested for Custom Domain Names** ===================================================== If your store uses a custom domain name, for instance www.mystore.com the following instructions apply to you. If your store is only available at a subdomain, for instance, mystore.storesecured.com or mystore.easystorecreator.com the below information does NOT apply. ===================================================== In order to take full advantage of the planned upgrades and for a more seamless transition we urge all customers who are currently using Rackspace nameservers to update your domain nameservers. If your … Continue reading “Merchant Action Requested – DNS Change”

Scheduled Maintenance 4/15 9:00pm PST

Author storesecured Posted on April 11, 2016September 17, 2025Categories Notices, Scheduled Maintenance Notices

Scheduled maintenance period Friday 4/15 9:00 pm – 2:00 am Pacific time for server hardware upgrades and migration. During the maintenance window there will be expected downtime of between 30-60 minutes during which a maintenance message will be shown in place of the sites. For the remainder of the maintenance period sites will be running but with expected slower then normal response times. The manage portal and ftp servers will be set to maintenance mode during maintenance and store owners … Continue reading “Scheduled Maintenance 4/15 9:00pm PST”