How to ReIndex your Magento 1.6 Website Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 53 Seconds to Read Magento 1.6 indexes all of your content in order to speed up how fast it accesses it. If you make changes to your store such as editing products, you’ll want to re-index the content so the changes will display on your front end. By default, if you have never indexed your data you’ll need to index it since none of the content will be indexed to start. Re-indexing your content in Magento 1.6 is done through your Magento Backend. Magento will notify you if you need to re-index your content. If you have installed Magento 1.6 Sample Data, none of the sample products will show until you re-index your content. Log into your Magento Admin Backend Go to System ->> Index Management If re-indexing or updating is rewuired the “Update Required” field will be labeled “Yes. You need to select “Reindex Data” on the right side You will receive a system notification like the one below to let you know what has been reindexed If you need further assistance please feel free to ask a question on our support site. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles 10 Magento Security Tips Changing the Magento 1.6 Login to Case Sensitive How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6 Changing the Year-To-Date Report Dashboard in Magento 1.6 Adding Store Email Addresses to Magento How to stop Displaying Product Reviews in Magento 1.6 How to Install Magento Manually Merging Javascript Files in Magento 1.6 How to Edit the Footer in Magento 1.6 Changing the Default Welcome Message in Magento 1.6
