thanks for the idea but this does present a licensing problem the rule is the products can't be mixed on the same site but the sites can link to each other... site3 will have links to site1 and site2. very weird i know but i did not make the rules for this game!

i will post live links once i have things on public servers and it will make more sense. i am confident i can get this to work... the question is what is the best way.

i wouldn't say site3.com was in showcase mode, site3.com has no categories or products assigned to it and i have the categories sidebox turned off for this template right now i can checkout on any one of the 3 domains.

i am thinking i may be able to add

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://site3.com');

to each sites config file but i would rather just the checkout button and any shopping cart links go to https://site3.com as i dont care if they update their account info on either site.

i am looking at using htaccess to rewrite any for the cart or checkout and login to links to site3.com or even a case if else in the index templates for site1 and site2 to go to site 3 if its for the pages i want on site3

Sean