Melinda Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Hi,I have installed the svn2925 test version of 1.4.0.2 and need some understanding on parts of the new stuff. What do these do and how do they affect the store and store owner?1. Tools -> Webservice2. Preferences -> media server 1, 2, and 3Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I think the web services has to do with the automatic validation in the "European VAT Number" module, though I'm not 100% sure. It will interesting to see what gets added to that tab. The media servers on the Preference tab let you put your images, CSS and Javascript on another server for performance reasons (load balancing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusman2 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hi Rocky,If I create three sub-domains on the same server than my shop and then add them in the back office will it be usefull?Is there anything else to do or Prestashop manages everything automatically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The only thing the media servers option does is randomly choose one of the specified media servers each time a CSS or JS file or image is requested, so if you view the source code of your page, you will see different URLs instead of just the one used for all. I don't see how creating subdomains on the same server would help, since it's still the same server receiving all the requests. I think you are supposed to use different servers, so you are balancing the load between multiple servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusman2 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Thank you for your answer.I checked a bit more and from what I understand it's possible to use this system on the same server with sub-domains. It allows to override the download limit for each domain name from the browser. Browsers seem to limit the number of parallel download for each domain name (usually 2 or 4). Have sub-domains apparently allows to increase the number of parallel download. Now what I wonder : if we use a SSL certificate and we use as well this option we might have some problem about images from other domain names not being secured ? If we don't have a wildcard SSL certificate it might cause this case of problem (?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The WebService is an semi-open service for other programmers to program against. For example, programatically retrieving your latest orders and processing it through a PHP script on another server to send you an SMS when an order is paid. Or to manage your store through an iPhone App. Or to tie in directly with your FreshBooks account. Etcetera..It basically gives you the ability to open your store's backend to non-humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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