MultiSite Module Support Thread

[Gerome]

My version of Zen has already been modified several different times. Can someone assist me with the files that need modifications? The instructions are for a clean version of Zen. The zip file contains ADD_FILES (easy enough) and MODIFY_FILES (not as easy). Are there instructions for the files that need to be modified?

Hi,

Not yet but this is something that should be done in a short period of time.

For now, I advice you to use WinMerge in order to compare your Zencart folder with the MODIFY_FILES folder and then you will see what to modify in each files.

[Gerome]

Hi!

Is it possible using this contribution to:

1) Share customers between sites (ie: members of one store can sign into the other store etc)

2) Have a minimum order threshold on Store 1 but no minimum on Store 2

3) Offer FREE Shipping on Store 1 and Flat Rate Shipping on Store 2

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I would like customer to shop their first order at Store 1 and then subsequent orders on Store 2 (because there's a tricky shipping/minimum order combo that a single store can't handle). So we may separate stores!

Thanks
Ernie

1) Yes, the customers' table is the same for all the shops, it means that any account is the smae between the two. However, the basket is also shared, it means that you can actually buy products from the two shops in the same order. It can be quite handy for some shops but maybe not for others.

2) Here again, it is technically possible, but it would make some problems with the common cart. Somebody could add to cart on one shop and then pay on a different shop. I guess that this could be solved by changing the table of the session to a different one so the cart of customers won't be common between shops, but this is something I have never tried yet, so it is not guarantee to work. Appart from that, it is technically possible to have different payment module for the different shop.
A good solution of this problem would be to have different shipping in function of the categories of the products. In this way, the shipping would be equitable no matter on which shop it has been payed.


3) sams for that, it could be done by checking that alll the products of a cart are from the "free shipping categories". Then you can facturate free shipping for the cart... The problem would come when you say that the same products would be either free shipping and charged for shipping on two different sites. I is possible but look a bit strange to me...

[Gerome]

xzc, what you want is Google Analytics.
Google Sitemaps is a tool to help Google index your pages.
Search for the mod in the downloads.

Gerome, you've done a fantastic job putting this mod together. Thank's for the great work.

I've found an error when using the automatic update currency mod and as soon as i take a look at it i will post it here.

Best regards

This is why this module is still a "Beta". It still need to be tested for compatibility with other modules.

In fact, I have never used the "automatic update currency".

Let us know if you can give more details about how this bug...

Thanks.

[marknew]

Hi, this looks like a great mod, just what i need. I have set the multi sites up on two subdomains and the tamplate side of things works but only one site is filtering the categories. The other shows all active catogories. any ideas anyone?

I have added <!--agents.newmediastudio-retail.newmediastudio--> to Action category description only.

This one works OK
http://www.agents.newmediastudio.com.au/

This one should only show "action' catogory, but it shows both available categories.

http://www.retail.newmediastudio.com.au/

[Gerome]

Hi, this looks like a great mod, just what i need. I have set the multi sites up on two subdomains and the tamplate side of things works but only one site is filtering the categories. The other shows all active catogories. any ideas anyone?

I have added <!--agents.newmediastudio-retail.newmediastudio--> to Action category description only.

This one works OK
http://www.agents.newmediastudio.com.au/

This one should only show "action' catogory, but it shows both available categories.

http://www.retail.newmediastudio.com.au/

are you sure that you have
define('SITE_NAME','agents.newmediastudio');
in the config of one, and
define('SITE_NAME','retail.newmediastudio');
in the config of the other ?

[pfabrick]

First I want to congratulate you on a job well done!! "Job" because you put A LOT of work into this, "Well" because the code looks clean and doesn't require tons of core changes and "Done" because you actually made it to a finished mod!

I have my test sites up and running, but the only problem seems to be that the template isn't being chosen based on which site you're at. I can still choose the template from within the admin and that is the actual template that appears at BOTH sites. Catorization is working but I just can't get the templates to "stick."

Here are my sites: http://testsite.onlinecatholicstore.com and http://testsite2.onlinecatholicstore.com

Here's the content of my testsite.onlinecatholicstore.com_config.php

<?php
    define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
	define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
	$template_dir = "testsite";
	define('SITE_NAME','testsite.onlinecatholicstore.com');
?>

And the content of testsite2.onlinecatholicstore.com_config.php

<?php
    define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
	define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
	$template_dir = "testsite2";
	define('SITE_NAME','testsite2.onlinecatholicstore.com');
?>

And, of course, I've included site_switch.php at the top of my configure.php file.

Any idea what's going on? I appreciate anything you can do...I've hit a brick wall

Thanks,
Patti

[Gerome]

You have to make sure that you have this file:

includes/init_includes/overrides/init_templates.php

The only change of this file is to comment the part where the $template_dir is defined from the database. in this way, template_dir of the config file will be the one used.

/*
 * Determine the active template name
 */
/*
  $template_dir = "";
  $sql = "select template_dir
            from " . TABLE_TEMPLATE_SELECT . "
            where template_language = 0";
  $template_query = $db->Execute($sql);
  $template_dir = $template_query->fields['template_dir'];

  $sql = "select template_dir
            from " . TABLE_TEMPLATE_SELECT . "
            where template_language = '" . $_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'";
  $template_query = $db->Execute($sql);
  if ($template_query->RecordCount() > 0) {
    $template_dir = $template_query->fields['template_dir'];
  }
*/

[glemigh]

Is there a sane way to deal with the SSL problem where SSL is used and on the primary domain, and not on the additional domains, and checkout must occure within the SSL under the primary domain?

George

[pfabrick]

Gerome- Thank you so much for your help. Yep, for some reason that file was missing.

We currently have both sites running in test and everything is testing out well. We did have a little question about the favicon: Where does the favicon file need to be located for each of the sites?

P.S. We plan on implementing this with our 10 current sites and probably more in the future. We'll let you know how it goes...

Thanks,
Patti

[Chrome Orange]

hi

this looks like a great mod, perfect for my needs but I have one question

how do I 'point' my domains?

What do I do DNS wise?

Lets say I have

site1.domain.com and site2.domain.com

what do I do in my dns to get site2 to work?

I've read this thread and the install stuff but I am not clear at all.

It's my server so I have full dns access but there are several other domains on the server all dong different things

Thanks

Andy