MultiSite Module Support Thread

Yes Robbie, but I don't think this mod supports different currencies, but I certainly could be wrong about that.

I did something similar to what you are suggesting but with accounts. Different accounts are charged different pricing, and the account number is defined in the sub-domain config file. However, this took a moderate amount of hacking on my part to make it all work. It was worth it for me because we create quite a few sub-domain stores this way. I don't think it would be worth the effort for you.

If you find this module doesn't support different currencies then I would probably suggest you don't use this module at all. I would just duplicate your zen cart database and keep it up to date with a nightly dump/import of the necessary tables (products, categories...etc). During this process you could modify the pricing so that it's accurate when it gets to the other store.

Robbie,
Actually after re-reading your post I think you just want to setup different currencies on the same store. Right? Multisite would be to create different sub-domains or domains on the same zen-cart install.

You could probably just use:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=79
You can use whatever exchange rate works for your store, do don't have to use the actual US/CAN rate.

I have the mod up and running great.. I have a few items in a catagory and created a new root catagory for the second store. When I link a product from a category that is not visible in the first store, it does not show up in the 2nd store. The category is there but empty in the second store. Looks like linked products dont work..

Any thoughts?

I have the same problem and posted earlier about it with no reply :(

Everything looks good in admin for me, they just don't appear on the actual sites.

Yup... Same here. What I cant figure out is the category shows but the linked products in it wont.. I thought the filter only affected the categories not the products???

Looks like the author of this Mmod has not been here since February. Maybe someone else has an idea about how to fix this.

Ok so I have read over this whole post and could not find an answer to my Question so here it is.

I have a site that has been live in zencart for about a year now we get about 20 orders a day. Now we would like to do another site that would sell some of the same items under a different name but dont want to have to load up the items 2 times. So how can I make this work with out messing up site #1? Does site #2 need to use the same data base as site #1?


Thanks for any help

This module can do that.

You'll use the same database. It will serve up a different template to the end-user based on the different domain/name.

It's NOT an easy install so prepare to migrate code by hand and debug.

It is really not that bad to setup. Once you have it figured out it can do some pretty interesting things.

The following two sites are on the same cart using the multi site mod. They are not finished and not available for orders but you can check out what we did with the mod.

We are even using seperate favicon's

http://store.naturalleafinc.com

http://store.highgradetreezwrapper.com


Steve

That'll depend on if you just want to copy over the files. If you have to edit them it can be a real pain.