MultiSite Module Support Thread

MotoDelta,
You shouldn't have to actually remove the subdomain code. Just use some domain that you'll never actually use. Say google.com or whatever.

JackA,
Yes, sounds like your scenario fits it exactly.

Thanks Cable,

I only skimmed the code so I must have misread the intent of that portion. I'll take a look at it in more detail this weekend.

wonder if its possible.....

I have 4 sites currently running very well off this module, but i'm needing to tweak it a little, so that i have 3 satellite sites, and one main site.
Problem is that i don't want to display the top category on each of the satellite sites.

Is there any easy way to do this without creating more categories, then creating linked products between them all?

I've had a play around in the site config files and see that there is a categories_root setting, is there a categories_list or similar setting?

For example Main site to be:

Top Cat A
----- subCat aa
------subCat aaa
------subCat aaaa
Top Cat B
----- subCat bb
------subCat bbb
------subCat bbbb

1st Satellite site to display:

Subcat aa
Subcat bb

2nd Satellite site to display:

Subcat aaa
Subcat bbb

Thanks

J

Calljj,
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but at first glance it seems you could do what you want to by using the Multisite Category Filter? I've actually taken this functionality out of Multisite in replace for a bit more granular approach, so it's possible I don't know the details you're struggling with.

http://www.medea.co.uk/dev/multisite...tions_0.4.html
Section 5

CableSimple is right. The category-filter functionality will do this. It's cumbersome but it would work for what you want to do.

I have also removed it.

Problem is that you have to have the top category enabled in order to see the sub categories underneath it. what i wish to do is display a subcategory without seeing the top category for the 2 satellite sites....or am i being blind?:unsure:

Calljj,
I thought you could just pick and choose what categories you want. For example the instructions seem to indicate you can do this, which I believe is what you want:

Supercat1
- subcat1
Supercat2
- subcat2

Supercat1 description:
<!--site1--> Description of a category

subcat1 description:
<!--site1-site2--> Description of a category

Supercat2 description:
<!--site1--> Description of a category

subcat2 description:
<!--site1-site2--> Description of a category

nope, won't work like that, the top category has to be enabled before you'll see the subcategory for each site - i.e if you want to see sub catgeory in site2, you have to enable top category for site2 also. This is the reason i'm trying to find another way round it.

Calljj,
Is it not there, or is it just not reachable? For example. Do what I suggested in your category descriptions, then go to your main site (site1). Browse to a sub category page that is to be enabled on site2. Then replace the domain in the URL with site2's domain. Does the category page still show up when you do that?

If so then it shouldn't be too much work to make the sub categories visible. You'll have to modify includes/modules/sideboxes/categories.php

and possibly includes/templates/sideboxes/tpl_categories.php