Use same shopping cart for different site?

[afo]

It's very much like duplicating your site and you can do the same thing to create the new site. Backup your current Zen Cart folders, files and database and restore them to the new location. Then it would just be a matter of changing some of the info in the admin and editing the configure files to point to the new database and reflect the new domain.

If you have separate databases, changes to one will NOT effect the other, so you don't have to worry about that issue.

[pts3227]

It's very much like duplicating your site and you can do the same thing to create the new site. Backup your current Zen Cart folders, files and database and restore them to the new location. Then it would just be a matter of changing some of the info in the admin and editing the configure files to point to the new database and reflect the new domain.

If you have separate databases, changes to one will NOT effect the other, so you don't have to worry about that issue.

I am trying to accomplish the same thing but everytime we do it, all heck breaks loose and I can't figure out why. I install zencart after setting up the database, log in to admin, make sure everything is peachy, etc.... Then we go and restore our database to the new cart so we can avoid inputing all the products all over again and once we do this, we can no longer log in to admin. I have verified the config files and even uploaded the clean ones that I backed up just incase. We have done this 3 times and evertime the same thing, why?!?!?

[afo]

By restoring the database, you're probably restoring the admin log in info from the other installation. If you set up different IDs and passwords, you'll have to log in with the ID and password used on the original site and then set them up again.

[pts3227]

By restoring the database, you're probably restoring the admin log in info from the other installation. If you set up different IDs and passwords, you'll have to log in with the ID and password used on the original site and then set them up again.

So just verify I'm at the right admin site and use the other (1st) admins login, then go to admin setting and fix it? Or would it just be easier for us to just have everything th same and save us the hassle?

[afo]

Whether you want to have the information the same on both sites is up to you. If the same people will be working on both sites, it's probably easier that way, but avoid assigning different people the same login information or they may accidently start fiddling with the wrong site.

Did you try the "old" admin ID/password on the "new" site?

[pts3227]

Whether you want to have the information the same on both sites is up to you. If the same people will be working on both sites, it's probably easier that way, but avoid assigning different people the same login information or they may accidently start fiddling with the wrong site.

Did you try the "old" admin ID/password on the "new" site?

I did at one point but i was assuming that it was taking me to the 1st site because of the password, they are identical in templates for now, i was so frustrated I didnt even pay attention to the address bar. I will now though. I will try again, hopefully it will work this time, thank you. If not I will be back.

[pts3227]

Ok, now it seems to have worked, but I want to verify, i can delete customers from one site and products and not effect the other site, right?