MultiSite Module Support Thread

[PearceStephens]

Hi Guys,

For everyone out there who is having trouble using EZ-Pages with the multi mod, this addon seems to fix all issues.

http://www.gjbenterprises.com/uncate...z-pages-add-on

I am using 1.5.1 with Latest multi site module.

[Design75]

It will only work if you have one language with ID one

[PearceStephens]

Has anybody had much luck with making this mod work with sub directories opposed to sub domains.

I have came across this yet for whatever reason I cant seem to get it to work.

"http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?141009-MultiSite-Mod-amp-Sub-Folders-vs-Subdomains"

I know this has been discussed before in the past, but that was a while ago, and this is a new version.

Cheers

[lidlchris]

Has anybody had much luck with making this mod work with sub directories opposed to sub domains.

I have came across this yet for whatever reason I cant seem to get it to work.

"http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?141009-MultiSite-Mod-amp-Sub-Folders-vs-Subdomains"

I know this has been discussed before in the past, but that was a while ago, and this is a new version.

Cheers

my programmer is in the process of making it work with my sites, which are subdirectories of my main site... so mainsite.com/site1 and mainsite.com/site2 are the 2 new sites she set up and both are working when you enter site1.mainsite.com and site2.mainsite.com

[tyankee]

templates --templates, templates..

change it you the name of the template you want to change.to to tools.
select the template you want to change..
made sure the correct boxes are in the correct template.
the look and feel is driven by the template.

can someone please translate this for me.. i am having the same problem as some of the overrides (order of new, featured, specials) for the home page are not working when i put them in the _config.php file

[tyankee]

I appreciate the comment Noppie, im afraid i struggled to make sense of it.
Im assuming your making reference to the sideboxes governed by each template? (TOOLS - LAYOUT BOXES CONTROLLER)

I think my question was referring to the changes made to the default under
CONFIGURATION - INDEX LISTING

Show New Products on Main Page 3
Show Featured Products on Main Page 1
Show Special Products on Main Page 2
Show Upcoming Products on Main Page 4

which i didn't think had anything to do with the template. Could you Clarify perhaps?

did you get a resolution to this as i have the same problem.. in fact the overrides won't even let me turn off any of them from showing up - let alone change the order..

[tyankee]

Hi Zenners..
Apologies if this is a repeat post.. this is such a HUGE topic..

Have been running the Multisite successfully for a while now, loving it.. I recently introduced a new product range however and have products separated between different sites.
So in short:
SITE 1 - sells products a,b,c,d
SITE 2 - Sells Products E,F,G,H
SITE 3 - Sells Products Z,X,C,V

No products from site 1 show on site 3. Works GREAT! HOWEVER, the specials for all the sites seem to be linked somehow and there doesnt seem to be a differentiation/separation in specials between each of the sites.

For instance when i click on the specials tab (at the bottom of the category tab), it shows me ALL the specials from ALL the site not just for SITE 1. Has anyone managed to come up with a solution for this.

Or does anyone know where i might find the file that controls these specials.. Im assuming it would simply need the addition of the config_sites function somewhere... but where?

Thanks in advance.
Brit

wow you are having all the same issues as i am.. the ordering of the specials, featureds, new, etc. on the home page and now this - the specials showing up for all products for 1 of my sites.. can we talk?? i need to find answers..l

[tyankee]

OkiDoki

Ive managed to fond the file:
tpl_specials_default.php (in the template file) when i delete the template version of the file it works DANDY-SUPER,

But for those who wish to keep the template version of this file, the for visual appearances etc..etc.. you will need to edit the following bit of code:

$specials_split = new splitPageResults($specials_query_raw, MAX_DISPLAY_SPECIAL_PRODUCTS);
Replace by:
$specials_split = new splitPageResults(cat_filter($specials_query_raw), MAX_DISPLAY_SPECIAL_PRODUCTS);

great this helped a lot with 'special' products but now i have the same problem with 'featured' and 'new' and there is no similar file that i can find for them - similar to tpl_specials_default.php

[Design75]

in the latest version (in the downloads section)

$specials_split = new splitPageResults(cat_filter($specials_query_raw), MAX_DISPLAY_SPECIAL_PRODUCTS); 

, is already in includes\modules\pages\specials\main_template_vars.php

the other values you search are already in

\includes\modules\pages\featured_products\header_php.php
and
\includes\modules\pages\products_new\header_php.php

[staft]

The instructions sound more difficult than they really are. You only need a main domain (SITE1.COM) and then you park the other domain names at that site (from within your CPanel or equivalent). Then you make a template for each of the domain names, including the main domain name. Your config file must have the folder name. I named all of my websites thisdomain_net and then the template is called thisdomain.net. You need a config file for each domain name to call upon the template. In this config file you can make everything different if it can be assigned in the admin (IE:shipping can be different for each site).

You should then only have the images for each website in the template file. You should make a copy of the pictures for each website, but you can use the image from anywhere in your website.

This works really good and I have about 15 websites running on my copy. I am about to update to the latest zen cart and I am not looking forward to this!

Sean

i'm still leery to use this because of a few reasons..

#1.. i really don't understand why i have to have duplicate zen cart files on both sites - especially the image files.. since i have so many images and 10 sites that i'd like to use this module on, it's hard to believe i have to duplicate zen cart 10 times and all my image files 10 times also.. i sure wish i knew how to do this without duplicating..