MultiSite Module Support Thread

[thegoodlifestore]

After another "wonderful" afternoon trying to get my head around this, I've actually found that each site_config file doesn't actually work, even though they are configured as per the instructions. I REALLY need a fresh pair of eyes to look at this guys........so if anyone feels like a challenge (and I'm sure it'll take someone apart 10 secs to resolve!), I'm happy to give someone admin access/ftp access etc and pay them for their time......its actually got to the stage where I simply need a small nudge in the right direction and I'll be fine........
So if anyone wants to make a few bucks (payable via PayPal) PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP :-)
Many thanks

I was having trouble with the config_sites files as stated in the intsall instructions.

I actually made TWO site_config files and that made it work (somehow).
YOURDOMAIN.com_config.php
www.YOURDOMAIN.com_config.php

[ebaysoho]

I have a question, when I try use multisite links 3 webs with one cart,the shopper have to login for each website,is there any way only login one time?
Thanks you for attention and I am waitting for reply!

[RWerksman]

Ok, I believe that I've solved the issue with linked products showing up more than once. Here is what you need to do:

/includes/classes/split_page_results.php

Find:

function splitPageResults($query, $max_rows, $count_key = '*', $page_holder = 'page', $debug = false) {

Replace:

function splitPageResults($query, $max_rows, $count_key = 'p.products_id', $page_holder = 'page', $debug = false) {

/includes/modules/pages/featured_products/header_php.php
(and pages/product_all, and pages/product_new)

Find the first SELECT statement. Add the word DISTINCT right after the SELECT.


This works for me, YMMV. Backup stuff first!

[matt2397]

So I needed add support for ssl and wanted to have all of the store domains goto one main domain.

I did search a bit but didn't find too much besides getting a wildcard certificate.

I did found that in sites_switch.php if you update HTTPS_SERVER to your ssl domain like:

//The order for this site will be seen for ORDER_SITE from the admin section
define('ORDER_SITE',SITE_NAME);
define('HTTP_SERVER', "http://$default_server_name");
define('HTTPS_SERVER', "https://ssl.domain.com");

it seems to work using just the the one domain.

So just seeing if there are any know problems with doing this. Thanks!

[dovzamir]

So I needed add support for ssl and wanted to have all of the store domains goto one main domain.

I did search a bit but didn't find too much besides getting a wildcard certificate.

I did found that in sites_switch.php if you update HTTPS_SERVER to your ssl domain like:

it seems to work using just the the one domain.

So just seeing if there are any know problems with doing this. Thanks!

Although this sounds exactly like what I want to do, it doesn't work on anything other than the main domain. After going to ssl.domain.com, it just goes to the main domain when it goes back to http://

But if you come up with something which works...
I'm also trying to do this. I want the payment gateway to come from the same sub-domain no matter which store you come from, since my gateway charges me for each sub-domain he supports.
If I solve this, I'll post back...

[johnnylazerball]

Have been trying to get multisite working for 2 days now.

After all this time, when I click "online cataloge' I get an error message that says my site doesn't exist.

I am not a programming genius as a matter of fact not really good at all.

Can somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong as I really want to use this mod. I really makes sense for what I am doing.

thanks for any help
Johnny

the site is www.zencart-programming.info if that will help

[heimskr75]

but....yet....... you........ have a domain that is zencart programming.

2 words for ya

config files

[johnnylazerball]

I thank you for your gracious reply.

It always helps when you know "we're all in this together".

I will go over my config files again, that is where I have had my problems and still don't know what is wrong.

Although I will point out, that after reading 60 plus pages on this forum, I don't feel too bad for trying to get some help, for I am not the only one who has had problems trying to figure out how to make this module work.

The concept is of multi site is very good, just a little hard for some of us to figure out on out own.

[dovzamir]

So I needed add support for ssl and wanted to have all of the store domains goto one main domain.

I did search a bit but didn't find too much besides getting a wildcard certificate.

I did found that in sites_switch.php if you update HTTPS_SERVER to your ssl domain like:

it seems to work using just the the one domain.

So just seeing if there are any know problems with doing this. Thanks!

Hi again,

OK I managed to get mine the way I wanted. Tell me if it's what you wanted to do, or if anyone else is interested in this.

Motivation: My CC charges me a flat monthly fee (+ percentage of course) for every https:// site I ask him to approve. Since I have several stores, I would have to, pay him extra for each one.

Note: All my domains are sub-domains of the main domain. i.e. www.domain.tld, store1.domain.tld, store2.domain.tld, etc.

Solution: Added some lines of code to checkout process to see if the transaction is originating from the main site. If not, remember which sub-domain it came from -> switch to the main site -> process -> switch back to the sub-domain.

If anyone is interested, it's generic code provided you use the main domain/sub-domain approach. I wouldn't want to do it any other way, since it would be a security risk if it worked for just any domain.

Here's the doctored header_php file for checkout_process. Comments welcome!

<?php

/**

* Checkout Process Page

*

* @package page

* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team

* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce

* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0

* @version $Id: header_php.php 4276 2006-08-26 03:18:28Z drbyte $

*/


// Added by Dov Zamir on 6/4/2009 - saves the original sub-domain and goes to the main site for procssing
if (isset($_SESSION['been_here'])) {
$server_name=$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$len=(strlen($server_name));
$domain=substr($server_name,strpos($server_name,'.'),$len);
$origin='www'.$domain;
if ($server_name != $origin) {
zen_redirect('https://www'.$domain.'/index.php?main_page=checkout_process');
$_SESSION['been_here']=1;
}
}

// End of addition


// This should be first line of the script:
$zco_notifier->notify('NOTIFY_HEADER_START_CHECKOUT_PROCESS');



require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('checkout_process.php'));



// load the after_process function from the payment modules

$payment_modules->after_process();



$_SESSION['cart']->reset(true);



// unregister session variables used during checkout

unset($_SESSION['sendto']);

unset($_SESSION['billto']);

unset($_SESSION['shipping']);

unset($_SESSION['payment']);

unset($_SESSION['comments']);

$order_total_modules->clear_posts();//ICW ADDED FOR CREDIT CLASS SYSTEM



// This should be before the zen_redirect:

$zco_notifier->notify('NOTIFY_HEADER_END_CHECKOUT_PROCESS');



// Changed by Dov Zamir - 6/4/2009 - Return to original site after processing.
if (isset($_SESSION['been_here'])) {
unset($_SESSION['been_here']);
zen_redirect('https://'.$server_name.'/index.php?main_page=checkout_success');
}
else {
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SUCCESS, '', 'SSL')); }





require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php');

?>

[margecc]

This fix worked GREAT on the customer side. It put the subdomain in so the links in the email perfectly.

Problem comes when I try and get into my order section through admin. This is the error I get:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CASE in /home/actforms/public_html/cart/admin/orders.php on line 176

I suck at php, so any ideas??

MotoDelta,
Ok here's what I did. It works for me.

Create a file in your admin folder called "multisite_order_settings.php". You have to change YOUR_DOMAIN.COM to your domain name of course. So for "mystore.example.com" you would just use example.com. If you look through this the idea is that it should accomodate one domain with a bunch of subdomains *.example.com and if, like me, you have some FQDN's that you use with Multisite ex. www.mystore.com

<?php
if (isset($_GET['oID'])) {
    $oID = zen_db_prepare_input(trim($_GET['oID']));
    $domain_name = "YOUR_DOMAIN.COM";

    $orders = $db->Execute("select order_site from " . TABLE_ORDERS . " where orders_id = '" . (int)$oID . "'");
    if ($orders->RecordCount() > 0) 
    {
        $order_template = $orders->fields['order_site'];
        $config_folder = DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'config_sites/';
        $subdomain = $order_template .".". $domain_name ."_config.php";
        $dotcom = "www.". $order_template . ".com_config.php";
        if (file_exists($config_folder . $subdomain))
        {   
            include($config_folder . $subdomain); 
            $store_url = $order_template .".". $domain_name;
            $store_name = $store_url;
        }
        else if (file_exists($config_folder . $dotcom))
        {   
            include($config_folder . $dotcom); 
            $store_url = "www.". $order_template .".com";
            $store_name = $store_url;
        }
        else
        {   
            echo "Error pulling site config file.  Is the config file using a non-standard domain name or filename? Can't find:<br>"; 
            echo $config_folder . $subdomain . "<br>";
            echo $config_folder . $dotcom. "<br>";
        }
        $invoice_link = "https://". $store_url . DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG . "index.php?main_page=account_history_info&order_id=". (int)$oID ."\n\n"; 
        $store_image =  "http://". $store_url . DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_INCLUDES . "templates/". $order_template . "/images/email_header.gif"; 
        $email_from_name = EMAIL_FROM;
        $email_from_name = $store_url;
    }
}
?>

I'm kinda going for a config_sites type config file here, but of course it's completely based on the order id instead of the domain your visiting. As you can see there are some variables being set here that you can control. Set them to whatever applies for you. For example the email_header.gif image is a naming convention I use, so you may just use logo.gif.

Then include that file from admin/orders.php. Make sure it's after the other require/include statements

  require("multisite_order_settings.php"); 

finally look for the email code in orders.php starting with this:

        //send emails
          $message = STORE_NAME . "\n" . EMAIL_SEPARATOR . "\n" .
etc etc... 

replace it with this:

          //send emails
          $message = $store_name . "\n" . EMAIL_SEPARATOR . "\n" .
          EMAIL_TEXT_ORDER_NUMBER . ' ' . $oID . "\n\n" .
          EMAIL_TEXT_INVOICE_URL . ' ' . $invoice_link . "\n\n" .
          EMAIL_TEXT_DATE_ORDERED . ' ' . zen_date_long($check_status->fields['date_purchased']) . "\n\n" .
          strip_tags($notify_comments) .
          EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_UPDATED . sprintf(EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_LABEL, $orders_status_array[$status] ) .
          EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_PLEASE_REPLY;

          $html_msg['EMAIL_CUSTOMERS_NAME']    = $check_status->fields['customers_name'];
          $html_msg['EMAIL_STORE_NAME'] = $store_name;
          $html_msg['EMAIL_HEADER_IMAGE'] = $store_image;
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_ORDER_NUMBER'] = EMAIL_TEXT_ORDER_NUMBER . ' ' . $oID;
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_INVOICE_URL']  = '<a href="' . $invoice_link .'">'.str_replace(':','',EMAIL_TEXT_INVOICE_URL).'</a>';
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_DATE_ORDERED'] = EMAIL_TEXT_DATE_ORDERED . ' ' . zen_date_long($check_status->fields['date_purchased']);
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_COMMENTS'] = nl2br($notify_comments);
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_UPDATED'] = str_replace('\n','', EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_UPDATED);
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_LABEL'] = str_replace('\n','', sprintf(EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_LABEL, $orders_status_array[$status] ));
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_NEW_STATUS'] = $orders_status_array[$status];
          $html_msg['EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_PLEASE_REPLY'] = str_replace('\n','', EMAIL_TEXT_STATUS_PLEASE_REPLY);
          $html_msg['EMAIL_FOOTER_COPYRIGHT'] = 'Copyright (c) ' . date('Y') . ' <a href="http://'. $store_url .'" target="_blank">'. $store_url .'</a>.';

          $customer_notified = '0';
          if (isset($_POST['notify']) && ($_POST['notify'] == 'on')) {
            zen_mail($check_status->fields['customers_name'], $check_status->fields['customers_email_address'], EMAIL_TEXT_SUBJECT . ' #' . $oID, $message, $email_from_name, $email_from, $html_msg, 'order_status'); 

Let me know..