MultiSite Module Support Thread

[twi]

Currently, I have 2 .com urls set up with multisite pointing to 2 different templates.

Is it advisable to created multiple "config_sites files" to point 2 other .net urls to the same 2 templates.

eg.
www.mysite1.com and www.musite1.net pointing to template1
and www.mysite2.com and www.mysite2.net pointing to template2

any help is appreciated.

[twi]

I can't access my sites when I use: "sites1.net" and "site2.net" at multisite.
They are only accessible when I type "www.site1.net" and "www.site2.net"

Can anyone provide some input in this?

I remember Design75 mention something about fixing this at the .htaccess files.

The way I tried to correct this was to create 2 extra "config_sites" files without the "www." in it. It does display the sites but seems to create errors in Paypal and UPS mods. (Please see my previous post for files details)
Is this the way to correct the www. problem or is there a different way?

For the greater good of everyone with this problem and to give back after receiving all the help in zencart forum from various members, I have found out the solution based on others input and solutions given before:

In solving the redirect problem the easy way instead of creating 2 config files, I have added the following code to the ".htaccess" file at the zencart root:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.net [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [url]http://www.yoursite.net/$1 [L,R=301]

The above code will redirect traffic from the "non www" url to the "www" url

Hope this will help anyone with the problem I was experiencing.

[simon1066]

Trying to activate CJ Loader (css/js minimizer) with Multisite and the combined css file gives the following errors:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Warning: include_once(includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/configure.php on line 13

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/configure.php on line 13

Warning: ini_set() [ref.outcontrol]: Cannot change zlib.output_compression - headers already sent in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/min/config.php on line 161

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/configure.php:13) in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/min/index.php on line 61
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think these point to the

include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php'); which is on line 13 of my configure.php

Rather oddly, the minimizer seems to work on my local server copy without a problem (I'll compare all local files to the live files in case that highlights something).

Anyone have any ideas?

[simon1066]

The third warning is not related to the sites_switch.php effect.

I've now sorted it so just have the remaining three to go. Should have added that these errors result in a site with no css being loaded at all (except some externally referenced css files)

[support2]

Glad you got it fixed.

Standard it is not possible at this moment to ad a custom prefix, but you could ad some if statement to check on de shop id and according to that show a different prefix.

As I have a large range of cat and subcats - was using Click-Show-Hide Category Menu - http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=615.

The default categories.php lists only categories and sub categories from the relevant 2 sites correctly, but when enabling the above in the layout box controller - displays the total list of categories in both sites. This addon is very useful - any possibility of modifying to suit multistore

[Design75]

Trying to activate CJ Loader (css/js minimizer) with Multisite and the combined css file gives the following errors:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Warning: include_once(includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/configure.php on line 13

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/configure.php on line 13

Warning: ini_set() [ref.outcontrol]: Cannot change zlib.output_compression - headers already sent in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/min/config.php on line 161

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/configure.php:13) in /home/myusername/public_html/mydomain.com/min/index.php on line 61
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think these point to the

include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php'); which is on line 13 of my configure.php

Rather oddly, the minimizer seems to work on my local server copy without a problem (I'll compare all local files to the live files in case that highlights something).

Anyone have any ideas?

Have you already checked, if the file is indeed in place?

[simon1066]

Have you already checked, if the file is indeed in place?

If you're referring to whether I have the sites_switch.php in place, then yes I have it, I didn't believe that to be the issue - more the effect it's function had on the minimizer (or vice versa).

I was really meaning that I would 'blindly' compare ALL files on the two servers to see if there was any little thing that might be causing it. Still got to to do this though.

[simon1066]

Ok, so now I have both live and local copies with the same database and the same files, minimize still breaks my css on the live site.

It must therefore be server related, perhaps to do with the way my subdomains are set up - off to investigate further.

If anyone else has experienced and cured this problem it would be good to hear from you.

[caborela]

hi,
after i installed the multisites for my zencart v1.5.1, the ultimate seo url got problem. when i click any category, it display 404 Error File Not Found but the url is displaying correctly.(i mean the url still can show xxx.com/category-c-1/).
If i disable the ultimate seo url , then the multisites work fine!
Anyone could help me out?
Thanks in advance!

[simon1066]

hi,
after i installed the multisites for my zencart v1.5.1, the ultimate seo url got problem. when i click any category, it display 404 Error File Not Found but the url is displaying correctly.(i mean the url still can show xxx.com/category-c-1/).
If i disable the ultimate seo url , then the multisites work fine!
Anyone could help me out?
Thanks in advance!

I think it might have something to do with .htaccess settings. I only say this because CEON URI Mapping, which I use, has the following code in that file:

## BEGIN CEON URI MAPPING REWRITE RULE

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-z]{2,5}$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite any URIs for some, popular specific file format extensions,
#   which are not covered by main file extension condition above
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(mp3|mp4|h264)$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite any URIs for some specific file format extensions,
#   which are not covered by main file extension condition above
#   Uncomment the following line to apply this condition! (Remove the # at the start of the next line)
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(3gp|3g2|h261|h263|mj2|mjp2|mp4v|mpg4|m1v|m2v|m4u|f4v|m4v|3dml)$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my_admin [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite cgi-bin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi\-bin/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite css directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/css/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite logs directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/logs/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite OLD directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/OLD/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite sitemap directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sitemap/ [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (its index.php)
RewriteRule .* index.php [QSA,L]

## END CEON URI MAPPING REWRITE RULE

Removing this gives a 'file not found' error (with the url displaying correctly), so perhaps Ultimate SEO needs something similar?

That's as much as I know.