Performance
Description
In this section, the performance of the shop can be edited.
QA
Common Components
Search input (todo link)
Bell icon (todo link)
Clear cache CTA button
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | - | - |
Help text | - | - |
Tool tips | Clear cache | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Smarty block
Template compilation
The section starts with a bag-style icon and a title Smarty.
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Never recompile template files | - |
Help text | - | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Cache
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Enabled | - |
Help text | Should be enabled except for debugging. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Multi-front optimizations
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | Should be enabled if you want to avoid to store the smarty cache on NFS. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Clear cache
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | - | - |
Help text | Clear cache everytime something has been modified | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Debug mode block
The block starts with the bug-style icon and the title Debug mode.
Disable all overrides
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | Enable or disable all classes and controllers overrides. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Debug mode
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | Enable or disable debug mode. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Modules block
The block starts with the bug-style icon and the title Modules. Next to the title, there is a hoverable helpbox component from the Helpbox UI Kit. The hovered text is:
This feature allows you to identify modules that might be causing bugs on your store. Disable all non-built-in modules (not listed in composer.json). Then, re-enable each module one by one and check that everything works properly before moving on to the next one.
Disable non built-in modules
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled CTA | - |
Help text | - | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Optional features
The block starts with the puzzle-style icon and the title Optional features. Next to the title, there is a hoverable helpbox component from the Helpbox UI Kit. The hovered text is:
Some features can be disabled in order to improve performance.
Combinations
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | YES | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Enabled | - |
Help text | Choose "No" to disable Product Combinations. You cannot set this parameter to No when combinations are already used by some of your products | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Features
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | YES | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Enabled | - |
Help text | Choose "No" to disable Product Features. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Customer groups
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Enabled | - |
Help text | Choose "No" to disable Customer Groups. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
CCC (Combine, Compress and Cache) block
The block starts with the arrow-style icon and the title CCC (Combine, Compress and Cache. Next to the title, there is a hoverable helpbox component from the Helpbox UI Kit. The hovered text is:
CCC allows you to reduce the loading time of your page. With these settings you will gain performance without even touching the code of your theme. Make sure, however, that your theme is compatible with PrestaShop 1.7+. Otherwise, CCC will cause problems.
Smart cache for CSS
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | YES | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | - | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Smart cache for JavaScript
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | YES | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | - | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Apache optimization
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | YES | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | This will add directives to your .htaccess file, which should improve caching and compression. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Media servers (use only with CCC)
The block starts with the arrow-style icon and the title Media servers (use only with CCC). Next to the title, there is a hoverable helpbox component from the Helpbox UI Kit. The hovered text is:
CCC allows you to reduce the loading time of your page. With these settings you will gain performance without even touching the code of your theme. Make sure, however, that your theme is compatible with PrestaShop 1.7+. Otherwise, CCC will cause problems.
Media server #1
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Empty input | - |
Help text | Name of the second domain of your shop, (e.g. myshop-media-server-1.com). If you do not have another domain, leave this field blank. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Media server #2
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Empty input | - |
Help text | Name of the third domain of your shop, (e.g. myshop-media-server-2.com). If you do not have another domain, leave this field blank. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Media server #3
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Empty input | - |
Help text | Name of the fourth domain of your shop, (e.g. myshop-media-server-3.com). If you do not have another domain, leave this field blank. | - |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Caching
Use cache
| Description | Value | Error message |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | NO | - |
Allowed/Forbidden values | - | - |
Default value | Disabled | - |
Help text | - | |
Tool tips | - | - |
Lower limit | - | - |
Upper limit | - | - |
Behavior | - |
Behavior descriptions
Clear cache CTA button behavior
Component is from the Buttons Basics UI Kit. Clears the all Prestashop caches instantly, success message (Alerts Basics UI Kit) appears right after the page reload.
Template compilation behavior
Component is from the Dropdown Basics UI Kit. There are 3 values of the dropdown:
Never recompile template files - after there are some design template files changes in the webshop, the design template of the webshop will not be recompiled.
Recompile templates if the files have been updated - after there are some design template files changes in the webshop, the design template of the webshop will be recompiled.
Force compilation - after any of the webshop files changes, the design template will be fully recompiled.
Cache behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. This functionality enables to load some sort of files much faster in some pages in the webshop. Once this feature is enabled, there are the Multi-front optimizations and Clear cache functionalities right after the Cache behavior. If the switch is Disabled, those 2 fields are not displayed.
Multi-front optimizations behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. This type of caching is a way of improving a Web page's performance by saving the executed version of a page as a static file. This allows the server to handle multiple requests for the same page with only one execution of the underlying PHP script.
Clear cache behavior
Component is from the Dropdown Basics UI Kit. There are 2 values of the dropdown:
Never clear cache files - system saves the cache every file change, and cache continues to fill up.
Clear cache everytime something has been modified - system clears the cache every file change, so that the user will notice the latest front-end and back-end changes in the UI.
Disable all overrides behavior
This functionality enables or disables all the classes and controllers overrides.
Debug mode behavior
Enable or disable the debug mode in the webshop. Debug mode helps to detect the errors in a programmatic way.
Disable non built-in modules behavior
Component is from the Buttons Basics UI Kit. Clicking the button Disable, disables the all non built-in modules in the webshop.
Combinations behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. By default this option is enabled. If there are used combinations already, the user can not set the option to disabled.
Features behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. Ability to Enable or Disable the Product Features.
Customer groups behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. Ability to Enable or Disable the Customer Groups.
Smart cache for CSS behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. Enables or Disables the smart cache for CSS. This cache is referred to the front-end design rules caching.
Smart cache for JavaScript behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. Enable or Disable the smart cache for JavaScript. This cache is referred to the JavaScript code recurring usage.
Apache optimization behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit. Enable or Disable the smart cache for Apache server usage. This cache is referred to the better server performance and updating the .htaccess file with appropriate links and directives.
Media server #1 behavior
This component is from the Forms Normal UI Kit. Ability to name the second domain of the webshop, if there is one, and to connect that domain to the main domain.
Media server #2 behavior
This component is from the Forms Normal UI Kit. Ability to name the third domain of the webshop, if there is one, and to connect that domain to the main domain.
Media server #3 behavior
This component is from the Forms Normal UI Kit. Ability to name the fourth domain of the webshop, if there is one, and to connect that domain to the main domain.
Use cache behavior
The component is from the Forms Switch UI Kit.
Multistore functionality
No ability to change the settings for separate multistore. Multistores independent page.
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