MultiSite Module Support Thread

**loop4ever** · 2 Dec 2007, 06:28 PM

utomo,

Here is the codes of my configuration. I don't know if my configuration will be suitable for others. If most people find that it is useful and workable to them, I can contact Gerome later to let him know my changes.

Re: Please refer to my previous post in case you don't know why I am including my codes here.

The primary site is http://YOUDOMAINNAME.com which is redirected to http://YOUDOMAINNAME.com/primarystorename
The sub-site can be http://subsitename.YOUDOMAINNAME.com, http://www.subsitename.YOUDOMAINNAME.com, http://YOUDOMAINNAME.com/substename, or http://www.YOUDOMAINNAME.com/subsitename.

One copy of zen-cart is installed under public_html/primarystorename.

The file structure is like:

Code:

public_html
   |__primarystorename
         |__admin
         |__includes
            |__configure.php (3)
      |__includes
         |__config_sites
            |__sites_switch.php (1)
            |__yoursubsitename.YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php (2)
         |__templates
            |__tpl_subsitename1  (template for subsitename1) 
            |__tpl_subsitename2  (template for subsitename2)
            |__tpl_subsitename3  (template for subsitename3)
         |__configure.php (4)
   |__subsitename1
      |__.htaccess (6)
   |__subsitename2
      |__.htaccess
   |__subsitename3
      |__.htaccess
   |__.htaccess (5)

NOTE: I don't know too much about .htaccess. I may have done something wrong. They worked fine on my website.

The code for supporting different shippings and payments are not included yet.

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(1) code in my includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php:

Code:

/* Since I have set rules in .htaccess (included at the bottom of this page), my uri is guaranteed to have something like YOURDOMAINNAME.com/primarystorename or YOURDOMAINNAME.com/subsitename */
    $site_name = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
    if ($site_name[1] == '' || $site_name[1] == 'primarystorename') {
        $template_dir = 'tpl_primarystorename';
        if(file_exists("includes/config_sites/www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php")) {
            include("includes/config_sites/www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php");
        }
        define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/primarystorename/');
        define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/primarystorename/');
        define('SITE_NAME', 'primarystorename');
    } else {
        $template_dir = 'tpl_' . $site_name[1];        /* set before 'include'; if you don't want to use the default template, you can overwrite it in yoursubsitename.YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php */ 
        if(file_exists("includes/config_sites/$site_name[1].YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php")) {
  include("includes/config_sites/$site_name[1].YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php");
        }
        /* define DIR_WS_CATALOG, DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG and SITE_NAME after 'include';  If you don't want to use the default settings, you can overwrite tehm in yoursubsitename.YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php; If the file was not found, the default settings are used. */
        define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/'. $site_name[1] . '/');
        define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/' . $site_name[1] . '/');
        define('SITE_NAME', $site_name[1]);
        define('STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS', $site_name[1] . '@YOURDOMAINNAME.com'); /* optional */
        define('CONTACT_US_LIST', STORE_OWNER . '<' . STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS .'>'); /* optional */
    }
    
    //The order for this site will be seen for ORDER_SITE from the admin section
    define('ORDER_SITE', SITE_NAME);

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(2) possible codes for each subsite - includes/config_sites/yoursubsitename.YOURDOMAINNAME.com_config.php; This file is optional. If you don't need to have different definitions, you don't have to have this file. The major definitions are done in the site_switch.php. If you want to have different db for each site, put your db settings here.

Code:

    define('STORE_NAME','John Doe');                // used in tagline
    define('STORE_OWNER','John Doe');
    define('COLUMN_RIGHT_STATUS','1');
    define('COLUMN_LEFT_STATUS','0');
    define('COLUMN_WIDTH_LEFT', '200px');
    define('BOX_WIDTH_LEFT','200px');
    define('STORE_NAME_ADDRESS','<strong>'. STORE_OWNER . '</strong><br/>123 xyz Ave.<br/>New York, NY 12345<br/>');

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(3.1) In admin/includes/configure.php, insert the following code at the beginning of the file

Code:

$site_name = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
  if ($site_name[1] == '' || $site_name[1] == 'primarystorename') {
   define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/primarystorename/admin/');
   define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/primarystorename/');
       define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/primarystorename/admin/');
       define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/primarystorename/');
       define('SITE_NAME', 'primarystorename');
  } else {
       define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/'. $site_name[1] . '/admin/');
       define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/'. $site_name[1] . '/');
       define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/' . $site_name[1] . '/admin/');
       define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/' . $site_name[1] . '/');
       define('SITE_NAME', $site_name[1]);
  }
  unset($site_name);

(3.2) Change the definition of DIR_FS_ADMIN & DIR_FS_CATALOG

Code:

  define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/whatever/whatever/public_html/primarystorename/admin/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/whatever/whatever/public_html/primarystorename/');

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(4.1) In includes/configure.php, add the following code at the beginning of the file

Code:

include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php');

(4.1) Change the definition of DIR_FS_CATALOG

Code:

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/whatever/whatever/public_html/primarystorename/');

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(5) In publc_html/.htaccess, add the following code.

(5.1) # point "http://YOURDOMAINNAME.com/subsitename" to "http://YOURDOMAINNAME.com/subsitename/"

Code:

RewriteRule /subsitename$ /subsitename/ [R]

(5.1) # redirect http://YOURDOMAINNAME.com or http://www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com to http://YOURDOMAINNAME.com/primarystorename/; There might be better way to do this. If so, please let me know.

Code:

RedirectMatch temp ^/$ http://YOURDOMAINNAME.com/primarystorename/
RedirectMatch temp ^www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com$ http://YOURDOMAINNAME.com/primarystorename/

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(6) In publc_html/subsitename/.htaccess, add the following code. These point sub-site (sub-domain) to the primary site. Only one copy of code is needed!

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} subsitename.YOURDOMAINNAME.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} www.subsitename.YOURDOMAINNAME.com$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com$
RewriteRule /(.*)$ http://www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com/subsitename/ [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /primarystorename/$1 [L]

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