2 zencart projects on same server

Hi friends,
I have installed zencart on my site and made some changes to it,now i want a installable zip folder of my new zencart project.How to create it.Urgent please help.................

You can create a zip of your altered file set but not make it installable....
If you learn from the downloadble distribution...you could unzip it locally, add your edited/overrideable folders & files to it then re-zip it

Thanks for your reply.Actually my problem is that

I want to give this zencart module as extra support for my merchants.so i want to create seperate domain for each merchant on my server.
Whenever a merchant is created from admin module i have to create a installable zencart project for him.

I have customized my zencart project.

I have created a seperate login called "merchant" same as "admin" but this login have limited menus.

Now i want to install this modified zencart in some other location so what changes i have to make to the "zc_install" folder.

Copy all the Zen Cart folders and files to the new location. Use phpMyAdmin from your webmaster panel to backup the current database and use it from the webmaster panel on the new site to restore it.

Thanks for your reply.

I don't want to manually place the folders in new location i want to install this in the same way as we install zencart.how to do it?

Can we install two zencart projects on same server with different databases

Yes. You'll have to install them in their own directory. All three of the carts in my sig are on the same server.

when installing zencart for the second time it's asking for database upgrade if i choose install it's erasing the previous database.how to solve this issue

Are you installing zencart manually or via Fantastico?
If latter, this is your problem.

misty:

Are you installing zencart manually or via Fantastico?
If latter, this is your problem.

i am installing manually.

For the second time installation it's reading the configuration file of already installed zencart and giving the error

Of course you have to create another database or use a different prefix for your tables. A separate database is the prefered option as it is less confusing later when you want to change things (install modules). The second option should opnly be chosen then you have no more databases available on your host.

There is also a module that allows you to have 2 sites with different templates, but manages within the same admin area. You can create categories that are only shown on one shop. Not sure if you prefer this option. Cant remember the exact name of this module but it is easy to find.

Instead of creating the database manually how to create it through installation screens itself for the second zencart project

it needs to be in a seperate directory
and seperate database
e.g
site1: test.com/test1/zc
site2:test.com/test2/zc
to then load the 2nd site, goto https://www.test.com/test2/zc

gpgoud:

Instead of creating the database manually how to create it through installation screens itself for the second zencart project

Before installing, you have to create the database through your webmaster panel. Simply create the database and assign a user/password to it. When you run zc_install, supply the name, user and password for the new database and Zen Cart will take it from there.

You have to be installing Zen Cart in another directory as spid3r1987 said.

Thanks to all it's solved