MultiSite Module Support Thread

[wmorris]

I am trouble on my second test site. The web address is http://www.mgs-test.com the problem I am having is this:

look at the categories on left has all categories its suppose to be just "Candle Holders" and the center module is showing all. What could be the problem?

Also when you click on a category or any product it shows the link to http://www.morrisgiftshop.biz

[swilliams88]

Yes, I had the exact same progression of errors and it appears that we are in the same place now: Template issues. Mine is calling the template_default files rather than my designated templates.

My solution was: the Multisite Module could not distinguish which subdomain the user entered the site from and, as a result, displayed the template_default files.

Once I figured out the mapping of my subdomains and edited my hosts (due to working on a testing environment) I had everything up and running.

Minus the few bumps in the road initially, this is looking like it could work nicely.

[metoo]

This is for Swilliams88 and anyone else interested regarding the way one site will have sideboxes and another they are missing.

Go into the zen cart admin area. You are able to change each template's side boxes individually but it's not readily apparent how to do this.

Go to Tools>Template Selection
You will see one of your templates listed next to default(all)...on the right is "edit". Press Edit, in the drop down choose the template you want to change the side boxes for. Press Update. Zen cart will remember which site you are working on...

Now you'll go to Tools>Layout boxes controller. Press RESET at the bottom after switching templates, and check and uncheck the boxes you want and how you want them laid out.
They should then appear the way you configure them.

For the next site, start over (tools, template selection) and pick another site's template....same thing over again.

Hope this helps everyone as confused as I was! You would *think* they would all be listed but they are not - it lets you configure them all - one at a time then remembers your changes somehow.

[sandihudson]

Can you post an updated link to the instructions? When I go to http://www.medea.co.uk/dev/multisite...tions_4.0.html I get a broken link error. Thanks!

[metoo]

I was able to find a copy of the instructions at:
http://www.thisdomain.net/dev/multis...tions_4.0.html

[sandihudson]

So far I think I've got everything set up correctly but a step is missing somewhere. Nothing shows up on my "child" sites except the default directory listing.

Here's what I've done:
1. Installed a clean Zen Cart on domain mainsite.com
2. Uploaded the ADD and MODIFY files.
3. Added the SQL command to the db.
4. Added bl.com and sa.com - the two child stores - as add-on domains to mainsite.com via the Cpanel.
5. Added the switch code to the configuration.
6. Created a template file for bl.com and sa.com.
7. Created a configuration file for all three domains.
8. In Admin, created two categories - bl and sa - and added the comment code for each (that shows up in admin/multisite tools).

All this works in the admin of mainsite.com but how do I get the products to show up on bl.com and sa.com?

Am I supposed to upload anything to the two child domains?

Thanks for any help you can offer !

[fotofx]

There should not be any separate folders for the other domain. The names should point to the same folder as the main site.

[sandihudson]

Which post are you referring to fotofx? If mine, the only separate folders for the add-on domains on the main site are for the templates. The other two domains have no files or folders at all. All that shows up is the default "Index of /".

[metoo]

Perhaps it's my server configuration, but I could never seem to get separate domains to work (sa.com, bl.com etc.)...all had to be SUB-domains of the main domain - in other words....sa.maindomain.com and bl.maindomain.com as well as plain ole maindomain.com.... Not saying it can't work that way, just that I couldn't get it to. I finally gave up and did the subdomains and will use htaccess to forward the domains (sa.com) to the subdomains (sa.maindomain.com). HTH

[sandihudson]

It's not an option for me to use subdomains. In this instance the separate carts HAVE to be on separate domains. I have access to two servers and can move the domains as needed. Currently the main site is on one server, the two other domains on the second.