MultiSite Module Support Thread

[Calljj]

Can somebody tell me if Multistore will do this ?

check this site

http://rc-mushroom.com/index.php

see how you can jump from "car" to "helicopter" .. it's the same store .. but when you jump, only the categories from each section show up .. very seamless

so it's not 2 sites with one db, but one db, one site, 2 stores ?

Yes, you can do that with multisite.

Any one managed to do this and can supply an overview of how to do it?
Struggling to get my head around this!

[tanik]

To the includes/config_sites directory per the instructions.

Yea i found that out later on. I dont know how i missed that. but i got it working. thx

[tankha]

I have same problem as makenoiz
installed MultiSite, set all categories to current site via tools->multisite tools but don't see categories in main page. May be i missed sum sing in configuration?

Steps, that i done...
updated SQL
copied all files (new and modyfied) as written in the FAQ.
Make site config file
set in tools->multisite my host name (test server so this is localhost)

Thank you

[MotoDelta]

I'm stuck!

So here's the problem.. I've got my 3 front ends working fine and tuned up nicely...

...then comes SSL. I want to use a common site, http://secure.site.com as my checkout area common to all front-ends. I'm using subdomains as my various front ends with these directories being virtual to the main directory.

In other words:

Store1.site.com, Store2.site.com, Storen.site.com, all point to secure.site.com

Now when I enable ssl on secure.site.com and a user clicks on login, the statement in Switch_sites.php $default_server_name = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; doesn't understand the "parent" site. So I lose my template.

I'd like secure.site.com to respect the referring template for a seamless user experience. I tried using $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] but at the next click that is lost too.

My thought was then to use a session variable to store the parent site, this variable would be invoked in the original store1.site.com_config.php file. However whenever I try and use a session variable, the site crashes. As soon as I start a session. Even if I use !isset to check the session it still crashes if I invoke session_start();

SO what gives? How can I store the parent site from the unsecured browsing in such a way that when the user hits the secure site I still know where he came from and can dynamically configure the secure.site.com_config.php to use the proper referring template?

I can't find any good documentation on zen_Session_start which I feel may be the answer.

THanks for any help.

[MotoDelta]

Anyone? Beuhler? Beuhler? Beuhler?

[KThompson]

Hey MotoDelta,

When I used this mod I actually settled for having a "checkout template" but maybe there is some way for you to implement this...

http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/cart/index...ain_page=index&template_dir=classic

note the last part of the url it will display whatever template you tell it to (using the directory name)

for example if you say &template_dir=template_default it will use the default template.

Maybe you can use that somehow

Keep us posted on what you come up with. I'm curious

[makenoiz]

HI there.... any updates on this? I also am having problems with multi site ssl.

I have vps and I cert for all domains on VPS such as https://www.mymainsite.com/~addonaccountSite

Thanks

[juliartz]

[FONT="Arial"]I don't mean to sound "dumb", (eh hemm, but I am! ) but is this "multiSite Mod" meaning that this mod will allow you to use your googlecart account on more one website? I have 3, and need to have the same account working for/on all three?[/FONT]

[KThompson]

You can use the same account on all three.

[stellarweb]

As far as I can tell, I have followed the instructions to a T - but I get this error when trying to go to the website:

include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php');
1054 Unknown column 'CATEGORIES_ROOT' in 'where clause'
in:
[select cd.categories_name from zen_categories c, zen_categories_description cd where cd.categories_description LIKE '%-SITE_NAME-%' AND cd.language_id=1 AND c.parent_id = CATEGORIES_ROOT and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='1' and c.categories_status=1]

The admin area works - but not the website

Can anyone help me get this resolved?

THANKS in advance!