MultiSite Module Support Thread

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From what iv read multisite will support different languages but will it support different currencies and prices on different sites?

Thanks.

Hi

If I have two sites using the Multisite module and a user manually changes the product_id in their browser URL to that of a product that shouldn't display in the current store, will they be able to see the product detail for that product when they shouldn't?

Hope that makes sense :)

Thanks

Simon

Hi All,

Ive got this module installed and working beautifully! Makes life soooo much easier to keep everything under 1 admin screen.

Ive managed to set it up for different domain names, but im a bit confused about how to set this modul up for different directories.
I want to have a different style on https://www.funkyfancydress.com/fancy-dress-shop but i cant save this name for the _config.php file.

How do i get around this?

Cheers

Paul

Does anyone have a live site that they are using this on? I'm not seeing how this works on the big depot site. Or, maybe I'm not seeing what I expect to see. I may have the wrong idea about what this mod can do. I know this mod can do a cross basket. But, I'm not seeing how each storefront relates to the others. Is this a "many stores, one admin" thing? Is there the ability to have a "parent" store with "sub' stores? What I want is a parent store where users can pick/shop by store/vendor/manufacturer or by product categories. If they shop by store/vendor/man, then they get to that storefront, which could look entirely different then the parent store. then, once a product is found and placed in the cart, they could check out or click on a link back to the parent store an look at other stores or products. Is this how it works?
Thanks?

nakins,

This module does exactly what you need. I have my parent store with separate categories accessible from different domains. You can also change the appearance of each store just as easily as selecting a different template. The shopping cart wroks across sites provided you use the links in the sidebox provided and the is only one admin. To answer your question, yes, that is how it works. My website has it. https://www.2fastonline.com the links to other stores are in the channels sidebox

Ok, I did a fresh install of zen and uploaded/overwrote the multistore files, and uploaded the tools. How do I create a second store? and instructions for that around? I'm just testing/learning this, so I won't have a second domain, but I can create a sub domain. Thanks

What you have to do is once you create a sub domain and point it to the same folder where your zen cart is located. (You can ask your site host to do this) Or you can upload index.php and the includes folder to your subdomain.

Once You've done that you have to make a sub.yourdomain.com_config.php in the "includes/config_sites/" folder

Not sure if that's clear enough. It took me a while to get mine to work the way I wanted

Hi,

I am so far quite pleased with this contrib!!

one small thing i stumble accros, and hope you have a simple solution for:

I am trying to use function cat_filter() to make css flyout menu from jade v1.3 work with multisite.

When I work with " regular" folders and assign a couple of top categories and their children to a site, it works fine. But i am trying to create a root folder for each store with your new option CATEGORIES_ROOT. Your categorybox displays the correct categories. However, even though i used the cat_filter(), css menu now shows nothing, no categories at all.
edit: i have now also assigned the root folder as well, and i now see the top category as menu item with the children as menu dropdown items. Just for the record.

Is there something i have overlooked?

Help is very much appriciated. Thanks!

Lenny

Hi,

I have found the cure in the css menu module.

THanks anyway!

Lenny

what was your cure I have the same problem

Hello guys,

I think I installed everything right but I guess I mist a step somewhere I get the message "the domain www.example.com does not exist" how do I fix this?

you have to create www.example.com_config.php in "includes/config_sites"

KThompson:

you have to create www.example.com_config.php in "includes/config_sites"

Thanks for the reply KThompson, I was uploading the file to the includes folder and not the includes/config_sites, I think that fixed it thanks

Does anyone no one how to get Ultimate SEO Urls to work with this mod. It works for my main website and changes the links for the others sites but the links on the others give a 404 error.

KThompson:

what was your cure I have the same problem

In multisite module you can configure the site root category by defining var CATEGORIES_ROOT in the config_site files

Changes to file categories_ul_generator.php from the css menu mod:

About line 25
find

class zen_categories_ul_generator {
var $root_category_id = 0,

replace with

class zen_categories_ul_generator {
var $root_category_id = CATEGORIES_ROOT,

about line 56:

multisit mod has a cat_filter function for compatiblity with other mods

find

$categories = $db->Execute($categories_query);

replace with

$categories = $db->Execute(cat_filter($categories_query));

and about line 63:
find

function buildBranch($parent_id, $level = 1, $submenu=false) {
if ($parent_id != 0) {

replace with

function buildBranch($parent_id, $level = 1, $submenu=false) {
if ($parent_id != CATEGORIES_ROOT) {

Have fun!

Grtz Lenny

Ok one more question, it does not seem to be loading in the templates right for some reason it's going out a folder my cart is in a folder called store in my main root folder the site should be looking for templates in:
http://www.mystore.com/store/includes/templates/

But it's looking for the templates in:
http://www.mystore.com/includes/templates/

Anyone know why it's going out a directory and how to fix this?

Thanks for the help guys.

Thanks Lenny!

I've been trying to get this thing going and I'm having problems. I uploaded a new install of zen cart, ran the ALTER TABLE query, then I added the NEW/ADD_FILES and then I uploaded the MODIFIED files. I thought that I could then test load the cart to see if it would load the index page, but I got the following error.

1054 Unknown column 'CATEGORIES_ROOT' in 'where clause'
in:
[select cd.categories_name from STORE_categories c, STORE_categories_description cd where c.parent_id = CATEGORIES_ROOT and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='1' and c.categories_status=1]

What did i do wrong? It would seem that I missed a database modification somewhere. But i didn't anything about this in the instructions. Help!

nakins:

I've been trying to get this thing going and I'm having problems. I uploaded a new install of zen cart, ran the ALTER TABLE query, then I added the NEW/ADD_FILES and then I uploaded the MODIFIED files. I thought that I could then test load the cart to see if it would load the index page, but I got the following error.

1054 Unknown column 'CATEGORIES_ROOT' in 'where clause'
in:
[select cd.categories_name from STORE_categories c, STORE_categories_description cd where c.parent_id = CATEGORIES_ROOT and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='1' and c.categories_status=1]

What did i do wrong? It would seem that I missed a database modification somewhere. But i didn't anything about this in the instructions. Help!

Hey Nakins,

I did the same thing, I forgot to upload the configuration file it's step 4 http://www.medea.co.uk/dev/multisite_instructions_0.4.html
Step 4. Create the configuration files of your sites
you need to upload the file "includes/configure.php".

Hi, this module looks promising for me.
But is it usefull for me as a webdesigner?

Now i have to update ZC and modules from each shop from every customer. Is it possible to have totally separate admin's to with sharing the same code?

I coud't find it sorry..