MultiSite Module Support Thread

Depending on what your host has provided in your cPanel, you would go to the Domains section and click on Redirects.

You will want to keep this as a 301 and your three domains should be listed in the https?://(www.)? dropdown.

You will need to do two redirects. Domain 1 being the host for the sites, you would redirecct 2 to 1 and 3 to 1.

You would probably leave the space marked with / blank.

In the Redirects to enter the URL of your main site. If your site is 100% SSL, be sure to enter the link as https://yoursite.com. No www here ever. ANd, you shouldn't have to worry about where the store is located as the configure.php files will point the browser to the right spot on yoursite.com.

NOTE: I'm not familiar with the mod. If all domains go to the root of Zen Cart, nothing else is needed. IF domain 2 and 3 go to different folders in domain 1, you would need to show that in the Redirects to spot like https://yoursite.com/store2.

The www. redirection: is important in that the result should match your SSL certificate. www is antiquated and not really needed BUT, a lot of certificates still list www on the certificate.

If the redirect does not match the certificate, you can have problems connecting. If your certificate contains www, use the Only direct with www. Otherwise, use the Do Not Redirect www option.

Click on the Wild Card Redirect and then click the add button.

Repeat for the third domain.

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Originally Posted by nicksab

Hello,

I have installed this plugin andconfigured as per the instructions. However, I have this thread over and over but i still really confuse on how to setup the server with cPanel.

i have 3 domains ( not subdomains) that are hosted on the same server. It is not a dedicated server so I am not sure if i can enable the DNs wildcard.

Here is what I have so far:

domain 1 ( main domain ) inside the public_html folder which contains the zen cart installation.
domain 2 and 3 are empty folders at the same level of public_html.

All 3 domains point to the same IP.

Domain 1 works but domain 2/3 do not. When they are access, nothing is displayed.

I am probably missing some basic steps but i am completely confused about it.

What am I missing? Can someone help me and/or direct me on how to set it up?

Thank you very much

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ok, here we go.
I have some pictures to help.

now i have using multi-site off and on for a very long time.

ok. the first step is to sign in your Cpanel

and go to Domain Section
and click on 'add on Domains"

and fill in the info.. see attached,

here is how my shop is. I did not what to put my main store on the root so I created a folder called shop. so for example
my store name is Herasonlinemarket.com/shop.
so I have to point all my add-ons to /public_html/shop

so if your main shop is in a folder you have to point all your domains to that folder.


ok do that will all your domains,

if you need any more help let me know.. I probably had same thing happen to me,
Naomi

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Originally Posted by noppie

ok, here we go.
I have some pictures to help.

now i have using multi-site off and on for a very long time.

ok. the first step is to sign in your Cpanel

and go to Domain Section
and click on 'add on Domains"

and fill in the info.. see attached,

here is how my shop is. I did not what to put my main store on the root so I created a folder called shop. so for example
my store name is Herasonlinemarket.com/shop.
so I have to point all my add-ons to /public_html/shop

so if your main shop is in a folder you have to point all your domains to that folder.


ok do that will all your domains,

if you need any more help let me know.. I probably had same thing happen to me,
Naomi

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Originally Posted by dbltoe

Depending on what your host has provided in your cPanel, you would go to the Domains section and click on Redirects.

You will want to keep this as a 301 and your three domains should be listed in the https?://(www.)? dropdown.

You will need to do two redirects. Domain 1 being the host for the sites, you would redirecct 2 to 1 and 3 to 1.

You would probably leave the space marked with / blank.

In the Redirects to enter the URL of your main site. If your site is 100% SSL, be sure to enter the link as https://yoursite.com. No www here ever. ANd, you shouldn't have to worry about where the store is located as the configure.php files will point the browser to the right spot on yoursite.com.

NOTE: I'm not familiar with the mod. If all domains go to the root of Zen Cart, nothing else is needed. IF domain 2 and 3 go to different folders in domain 1, you would need to show that in the Redirects to spot like https://yoursite.com/store2.

The www. redirection: is important in that the result should match your SSL certificate. www is antiquated and not really needed BUT, a lot of certificates still list www on the certificate.

If the redirect does not match the certificate, you can have problems connecting. If your certificate contains www, use the Only direct with www. Otherwise, use the Do Not Redirect www option.

Click on the Wild Card Redirect and then click the add button.

Repeat for the third domain.

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Thank you very much to both , noppie and dbltoe.

I could not have asked for a better explanation.

This is obviously a retrofit application. The main domain has been running for awhile now and i am adding the 2 other domains.

The main domain is using Ceon URI mapping mod and Multisite seems to be using cPanel redirect.

Is there any known issues between Ceon URI and Multisite?

Thank you again for all your help

i use Ceon URI mapping mod with this with no uses

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Originally Posted by noppie

i use Ceon URI mapping mod with this with no uses

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Thank you

Z.C 1.5.6 c

site: www.kentfield-florist.com

I installed the mod on my site but i am facing a few issues.

I am getting an error 500 when accessing the site but no logs generated.

If I remove include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php') from includes/configure.php, the site comes back but it is displaying the wrong template.

It shows ZC classic templates instead of my modified version of ZC responsive template.

On the admin side, on categorie/sitepart of the multisite add-on, after inserting the site and clicking "add to all", it is getting populated in a strange manner ( seescreenshot)

Attachment 19989

Thank you for your help.

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Originally Posted by nicksab

Z.C 1.5.6 c

site: www.kentfield-florist.com

I installed the mod on my site but i am facing a few issues.

I am getting an error 500 when accessing the site but no logs generated.

If I remove include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php') from includes/configure.php, the site comes back but it is displaying the wrong template.

It shows ZC classic templates instead of my modified version of ZC responsive template.

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This is perfectly normal - the siteswitch line is what activates multisite - so without it your site is running without the modifications.

You will obviously need to reinstate this line to get multisite running once you work out the problem.

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Originally Posted by nicksab

Z.C 1.5.6 c

On the admin side, on categorie/sitepart of the multisite add-on, after inserting the site and clicking "add to all", it is getting populated in a strange manner ( seescreenshot)

Attachment 19989

Thank you for your help.

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Your image is not hi-res enough for me to read - however this will NOT be the cause of the issues - you have a file missing or coding error somewhere.

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Originally Posted by royaldave

This is perfectly normal - the siteswitch line is what activates multisite - so without it your site is running without the modifications.

You will obviously need to reinstate this line to get multisite running once you work out the problem.





Your image is not hi-res enough for me to read - however this will NOT be the cause of the issues - you have a file missing or coding error somewhere.

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Sorry about the picture. screenshots did not quite work obviously.

Here is another closer look:
Attachment 19997
Attachment 19996

Since i am not getting error logs, the other issue is a lot harder to pinpoint.

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Originally Posted by nicksab

Sorry about the picture. screenshots did not quite work obviously.

Here is another closer look:
Attachment 19997
Attachment 19996

Since i am not getting error logs, the other issue is a lot harder to pinpoint.

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I think the picture you uploaded was where you show the categories to store.

i uploaded a picture to show you what needs to be done to show your different stores

I also uploaded another picture to show where you get the template name. each store your want created needs its own template.

I hope I understood what you were asking
naomi

Here's the picture to show you how to add the store (template name) to the categories in multi-site.

naomi