OpenCart SSL: How to Load All Pages with HTTPS

August 8, 2018
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You can apply an HTTPS connection for your OpenCart store by including this small change in your website's .htaccess file so every page loads with a secure SSL connection.
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How to Remove Common/Home in OpenCart 2.3.x and 3.x

August 29, 2017
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So, you’ve enabled your SEO URLs in OpenCart. Everything is looking fine and you’re happy about the new, shorter URLs. However, there’s this one, last annoying URL that keeps bugging you. The index.php?route=common/home appearing after you click your home page logo.
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How to ban visitors by IP address in OpenCart 2.0.x

June 23, 2015
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Access control is a vital part of the management process of a website, an online store, etc. We all know that there are people on the Internet who we don’t want on our website. Whether they are just annoying spammers or mischievous hackers representing a considerable threat to our website’s security, it is without doubt very important to know a way or two to block them off.
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Restrict admin access to your IP addresses

March 7, 2015
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A quick and powerful security tip on your admin panel - secure it to be accessible to certain IP addresses only.
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