MultiSite Module Support Thread

rabivens:

will Multisite Module work on Zencart 1.5.4?
Is it still being worked on?
Is there another option for running a multi shop site?
I'm setting up a dropship based e commerce site with a different shop for each dropship vendor?

Yes it works with Zen Cart 1.5.4

The development on this module is stale.
There are other options. I'll send you through PM

So here is my delema.
v1.5.4

I have set up some subdomains
They all point to the original zencart install directory according to my host tech support. Tech support says they are all configured properly to point to
my install directory /mall. The problem is they take me to the root directory which says "site under construction"
Here is the main install https://www.royaltradingcompanies.com/mall both www and naked properly go to cart

Here are some subdomains:

• knives.royaltradingcompanies.com
• picnic.royaltradingcompanies.com
• paddleboards.royaltradingcompanies.com
• spice.royaltradingcompanies.com

Here is one of the config_sites files

$template_dir = "mobishop_blue";
define('SITE_NAME','Knives');
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://knives.royaltradingcompanies.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://knives.royaltradingcompanies.com');
define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','2200'); //root categories is 1 for this site
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/mall/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/mall/');

I've been fighting this for days, hope someone has a solution

rabivens:

So here is my delema.
v1.5.4

I have set up some subdomains
They all point to the original zencart install directory according to my host tech support. Tech support says they are all configured properly to point to
my install directory /mall. The problem is they take me to the root directory which says "site under construction"
Here is the main install www.royaltradingcompanies.com/mall both www and naked properly go to cart

Here are some subdomains:

• knives.royaltradingcompanies.com
• picnic.royaltradingcompanies.com
• paddleboards.royaltradingcompanies.com
• spice.royaltradingcompanies.com

Here is one of the config_sites files

$template_dir = "mobishop_blue";
define('SITE_NAME','Knives');
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://knives.royaltradingcompanies.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://knives.royaltradingcompanies.com');
define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','2200'); //root categories is 1 for this site
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/mall/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/mall/');

I've been fighting this for days, hope someone has a solution

The domain "knives.royaltradingcompanies.com" works, but without any css formatting and images, and when I click on any link I get a 404. Are you the aditional domains are linked to the root of your main domain (public_html), or are they linked to public_html/mall.

Design75:

The domain "knives.royaltradingcompanies.com" works, but without any css formatting and images, and when I click on any link I get a 404. Are you the additional domains are linked to the root of your main domain (public_html), or are they linked to public_html/mall.

Thank you for responding Design75. After trying to figure this out for days and many tickets to my host, we figured it out. With the wildcard ssl cert i have installed, we needed to manually install a cert for each subdomain. After the install, it appears to be working fine. Now onward to the next challenge! I hope to bring the shop live by the 1st of the year.

May your new year be joyful and prosperous

Royce A. Bivens

So, I've made some progress in setting up 3 multisite stores. Still have a few glitches. The problem I'm having now is this.
If a customer saves products in his cart and signs in, It saves the cart till next time they sign in and combines the current cart with the previous cart. This is a problem if they have been to the different sites. It will have products from each site in the cart. This doesn't work for me as the different shops have different shipping calculations coming from different warehouses. So, here's the question how to keep each cart separated according to it's specific site. In other words, I do not want a cross-cart scenario.
Here are the three sites if interested in checking out my installation.
Knives Etc. at Royal Trading Company
Picnics Etc. at Royal Trading Company
Big Toys at Royal Trading Company

rabivens:

So, I've made some progress in setting up 3 multisite stores. Still have a few glitches. The problem I'm having now is this.
If a customer saves products in his cart and signs in, It saves the cart till next time they sign in and combines the current cart with the previous cart. This is a problem if they have been to the different sites. It will have products from each site in the cart. This doesn't work for me as the different shops have different shipping calculations coming from different warehouses. So, here's the question how to keep each cart separated according to it's specific site. In other words, I do not want a cross-cart scenario.
Here are the three sites if interested in checking out my installation.
Knives Etc. at Royal Trading Company
Picnics Etc. at Royal Trading Company
Big Toys at Royal Trading Company
This version of the multi site module does not support keeping track of stores in the shopping cart.

This doesn't work for me as the different shops have different shipping calculations coming from different warehouses.
You can use a shipping module to control all those shipping charges and keep them accurate.

So what I need to do is never to have products from two different shops in the same cart. Is there a way to create sessions based on the sitename like site1,site2,site3. So if a customer logs in in site1, they wont see the saved cart for site2.

rabivens:

So what I need to do is never to have products from two different shops in the same cart. Is there a way to create sessions based on the sitename like site1,site2,site3. So if a customer logs in in site1, they wont see the saved cart for site2.

Sure there is, but it will take a lot of extra coding.

ideasgirl:

You can use a shipping module to control all those shipping charges and keep them accurate.

Any suggestions on a shipping module that will handle combining multiple ship methods and locations.

Replied in PM.

Will this work for v1.54?

samisoaps:

Will this work for v1.54?
Yes it will.

I am almost there. I have multisite combining three sites in one -- let's call them one.com, two.com, and three.com. I can go to one.com and throw stuff in the car. Then I got from there to two.com and it brings my zenid from one.com along with the stuff in my cart. Then I go to three.com and again all is well. But soon as I go back to one.com the cart is empty. I can take my cart from two to three, from three to two, from one to two or to three.... only thing I can't do is, soon as I return to one.com my cart is empty. Zenid remains the same. Cart empty.

Driving myself nutz here trying to chase down what I might have botched. Any bright ideas where to look?

TIA

crickets

Robert Davis:

I am almost there. I have multisite combining three sites in one -- let's call them one.com, two.com, and three.com. I can go to one.com and throw stuff in the car. Then I got from there to two.com and it brings my zenid from one.com along with the stuff in my cart. Then I go to three.com and again all is well. But soon as I go back to one.com the cart is empty. I can take my cart from two to three, from three to two, from one to two or to three.... only thing I can't do is, soon as I return to one.com my cart is empty. Zenid remains the same. Cart empty.

Driving myself nutz here trying to chase down what I might have botched. Any bright ideas where to look?

TIA

Check your configuration -> sessions and your configure.php

Are they all the same?

bislewl:

Check your configuration -> sessions and your configure.php

Are they all the same?

The only item which I spot between the two is the cache directory -- which are the same

Should the multi-site module be able top preserve login status from one site to another?

In other words, if I log in at site_a.com, shouldn't I still be logged in when I hit site_b.com? One registration works for all three. If I log in at site_a.com, switch to site_b.com or site_c.com, then log in there, my cart comes with. But unless I log in on each, nope. zen id is coming with, but customer id is not

Is this how it ought to work?

zc v1.5.1 with recent multi site install driving me crazy.

TIA

Robert Davis:

Should the multi-site module be able top preserve login status from one site to another?

In other words, if I log in at site_a.com, shouldn't I still be logged in when I hit site_b.com? One registration works for all three. If I log in at site_a.com, switch to site_b.com or site_c.com, then log in there, my cart comes with. But unless I log in on each, nope. zen id is coming with, but customer id is not

Is this how it ought to work?

zc v1.5.1 with recent multi site install driving me crazy.

TIA

I can't really remember. I'll need to try and come back later

Ran into an unexpected problem. On the multi site, one is for wholesale customers and one is for retail. No matter which site the person uses, if they are wholesale, they will get the wholesale prices. But on the retail site, there is a shipping method for free shipping. Most wholesalers are unaware that there is a retail site but someone figured it out and checked out on the retail and got free shipping with his wholesale prices. I would think that there should be a way to keep that from happening but can't think what. Anyone got any ideas?