MultiSite Module Support Thread

[gazag]

Ok after much trial and error and reading hundreds of pages in this forum i have got everything working except the images!!

Can anyone help????

[Keezee]

Hello!

I am having a hard time determining if this MultiSite Module is what I need.

I currently manage a site for a client who essentially wants three additional sites.

Essentially, they want to manage four sites from within one admin panel.

A site dealing with auto parts, another dealing in hobby supplies, another dealing with children's clothes, etc... four very different sites with central management.

Also, is this MultiSite Module conducive to SEO?

If four domains with different product lines can be linked together, will the domain promoting auto parts be distinguished from hobby supplies from an SEO perspective?

Thanks for any info.

[sandihudson]

This is definitely the most complex mod I've worked with but I'm getting through it! Just a couple more fixes and we're there. Right now we have just one main site and one child site - will be adding more once we work out the last issues.

First issue is on the second site where all the products showing actually link back to the main site. For example there's a product called Shoe 1 in the products shown on the home page; instead of linking to site2.com/product_info it goes to mainsite/product_info. All the products in all categories show on both sites (for now) but shouldn't products on site2 link to site2 pages? It actually happens with ALL the links - categories, shipping info, conditions, contact, etc.

Second problem is that at the top of the home page just under the breadcrumb on site 2 it says "Main Site" as the page title text and underneath it says "Site 2". How to make the text show the name of Site 2? The two templates are very different so I'm pretty sure it's being called in the admin but can't seem to find where to change it for individual stores.

Thanks for any help anyone can offer!

[noppie]

the answer is
includes/module/sideboxes/site_links.php

you have change it in the code line 17-18

//add_site_link(DISPLAYED NAME OF THE SITE , URL OF THE SITE);
add_site_link('Example Shop -- Edit site_links.php...','http://www.example.com');

This is definitely the most complex mod I've worked with but I'm getting through it! Just a couple more fixes and we're there. Right now we have just one main site and one child site - will be adding more once we work out the last issues.

First issue is on the second site where all the products showing actually link back to the main site. For example there's a product called Shoe 1 in the products shown on the home page; instead of linking to site2.com/product_info it goes to mainsite/product_info. All the products in all categories show on both sites (for now) but shouldn't products on site2 link to site2 pages? It actually happens with ALL the links - categories, shipping info, conditions, contact, etc.

Second problem is that at the top of the home page just under the breadcrumb on site 2 it says "Main Site" as the page title text and underneath it says "Site 2". How to make the text show the name of Site 2? The two templates are very different so I'm pretty sure it's being called in the admin but can't seem to find where to change it for individual stores.

Thanks for any help anyone can offer!

[noppie]

that is what is so great about this software addon.. is you have have all those stores and one admin..

this is why it was created.

Hello!

I am having a hard time determining if this MultiSite Module is what I need.

I currently manage a site for a client who essentially wants three additional sites.

Essentially, they want to manage four sites from within one admin panel.

A site dealing with auto parts, another dealing in hobby supplies, another dealing with children's clothes, etc... four very different sites with central management.

Also, is this MultiSite Module conducive to SEO?

If four domains with different product lines can be linked together, will the domain promoting auto parts be distinguished from hobby supplies from an SEO perspective?

Thanks for any info.

[sandihudson]

Noppie,

Thanks for you quick response and assitance!

Actually the problem I'm having is a bit different than site-links.php as I'm not giving customers the option to move between sites or any external sites.

You can see the problem at softball-baseball-bats.com (don't knock the template, I'm still working on that LOL). All the links and products show up correctly but they link back to the main site which is worthsoftballbats.com.

I did manage to get rid of the second site name at the top in the languages/english/html_includes/MY_TEMPLATE/define_main_page.php in case anyone else has the same problem. However, the main site name is still there as the page title.

Any suggestions would be helpful!

[gazag]

any idea why images don't show up on my site1 and site2??? only on my main site!! PM me for a link if it helps!!

[frank18]

Hello!

I am having a hard time determining if this MultiSite Module is what I need.

I currently manage a site for a client who essentially wants three additional sites.

Essentially, they want to manage four sites from within one admin panel.

A site dealing with auto parts, another dealing in hobby supplies, another dealing with children's clothes, etc... four very different sites with central management.

Also, is this MultiSite Module conducive to SEO?

If four domains with different product lines can be linked together, will the domain promoting auto parts be distinguished from hobby supplies from an SEO perspective?

Thanks for any info.

In short: the four sites will have only one bit in common, namely the database. Everything else like domain name, template, content etc will be different (depending on your imagination and design capabilities)

[noppie]

this may help
this is my config_sites.php for my second site..
Maybe that will help.

[QOUTE]//define('PRODUCTS_OPTIONS_TYPE_SELECT','0'); //Product option type Select
//define('UPLOAD_PREFIX','upload_'); //Upload prefix
//define('TEXT_PREFIX','txt_'); //Text prefix

$template_dir = "Mystic";
define('SITE_NAME','Mystic');
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://buykandibracelets.com');
//define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://herasonlinemarket.com/');
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');
define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','0'); //root categories is 1 for this site
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/shop/');
//define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'templates/');

// define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
//the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'XXXXXXXXX/XXX/shop/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_UPLOADS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'uploads/');
define('DIR_FS_UPLOADS', DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_UPLOADS);
define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');[/QUOTE]

Noppie,

Thanks for you quick response and assitance!

Actually the problem I'm having is a bit different than site-links.php as I'm not giving customers the option to move between sites or any external sites.

You can see the problem at softball-baseball-bats.com (don't knock the template, I'm still working on that LOL). All the links and products show up correctly but they link back to the main site which is worthsoftballbats.com.

I did manage to get rid of the second site name at the top in the languages/english/html_includes/MY_TEMPLATE/define_main_page.php in case anyone else has the same problem. However, the main site name is still there as the page title.

Any suggestions would be helpful!

[sandihudson]

Thanks again Noppie, I appreciate your help with this!

My config file is softball-baseball-bats.com_config.php (and one for the www.) and looks like:

<?php
define('STORE_NAME','Softball Baseball Bats'); //Store Name
define('STORE_OWNER','Softball Baseball Bats'); //Store Owner
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
$template_dir = "softballbaseballbats";
define('SITE_NAME','softballbaseballbats');
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://softball-baseball-bats.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://softball-baseball-bats.com');
define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','0'); //root categories is 1 for this site
?>

We have some differences but it looks pretty much like the sample that came with the mod.

I suspect it's probably the category_root thing but all the products should show on all the sites so that *shouldn't* be an issue - or - it's in the add-on setup.

The addon points to the root cuz that's where Zen is installed, and all the categories have been assigned to both sites.

Then again I'm the one with problems so what do I know? :)