MultiSite Module Support Thread

MotoDelta,
You shouldn't have to actually remove the subdomain code. Just use some domain that you'll never actually use. Say google.com or whatever.

JackA,
Yes, sounds like your scenario fits it exactly.

Thanks Cable,

I only skimmed the code so I must have misread the intent of that portion. I'll take a look at it in more detail this weekend.

wonder if its possible.....

I have 4 sites currently running very well off this module, but i'm needing to tweak it a little, so that i have 3 satellite sites, and one main site.
Problem is that i don't want to display the top category on each of the satellite sites.

Is there any easy way to do this without creating more categories, then creating linked products between them all?

I've had a play around in the site config files and see that there is a categories_root setting, is there a categories_list or similar setting?

For example Main site to be:

Top Cat A
----- subCat aa
------subCat aaa
------subCat aaaa
Top Cat B
----- subCat bb
------subCat bbb
------subCat bbbb

1st Satellite site to display:

Subcat aa
Subcat bb

2nd Satellite site to display:

Subcat aaa
Subcat bbb

Thanks

J

Calljj,
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but at first glance it seems you could do what you want to by using the Multisite Category Filter? I've actually taken this functionality out of Multisite in replace for a bit more granular approach, so it's possible I don't know the details you're struggling with.

http://www.medea.co.uk/dev/multisite_instructions_0.4.html
Section 5

CableSimple is right. The category-filter functionality will do this. It's cumbersome but it would work for what you want to do.

I have also removed it.

Problem is that you have to have the top category enabled in order to see the sub categories underneath it. what i wish to do is display a subcategory without seeing the top category for the 2 satellite sites....or am i being blind?:unsure:

Calljj,
I thought you could just pick and choose what categories you want. For example the instructions seem to indicate you can do this, which I believe is what you want:

Supercat1

• subcat1
  Supercat2
• subcat2

Supercat1 description:

subcat1 description:

Supercat2 description:

subcat2 description:

nope, won't work like that, the top category has to be enabled before you'll see the subcategory for each site - i.e if you want to see sub catgeory in site2, you have to enable top category for site2 also. This is the reason i'm trying to find another way round it.

Calljj,
Is it not there, or is it just not reachable? For example. Do what I suggested in your category descriptions, then go to your main site (site1). Browse to a sub category page that is to be enabled on site2. Then replace the domain in the URL with site2's domain. Does the category page still show up when you do that?

If so then it shouldn't be too much work to make the sub categories visible. You'll have to modify includes/modules/sideboxes/categories.php

and possibly includes/templates/sideboxes/tpl_categories.php

yes its all available, but i'm trying to see if there is another way round it rather than rewriting the cat_filter function which controls it all.....i guess there isn't.

Hi everyone thanks for your assistance. I have 3 sites i want the same products on each, but different site name, address, tel, EZ pages, "news and article" manager etc. Landing pages. So i can have each site look completely different although selling the same goods. Is this MultiSite module the best option for me?
I have installed, Ultimate SEO URLs, Live Help, Simple RSS, "News and Article manager".
How complex is this to install and set up and understand how to use?
The main site is Furniture Northern Ireland
And i am just releasing Furniture Dublin and hope to release this one soon Furniture London

Any help or advice would be gladly welcomed. Eunan.

Installed this mod in a fresh install of Zen Cart 1.3.8a, and overwrote the files with the modified files. For the first domain, I created a config file and pointed it to the classic template, using a very basic setup:

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
$template_dir = "classic";
define('SITE_NAME','xstore');

I then added this site to all categories using the Admin tool.

The page did not completely display for the site. After troubleshooting, I was able to fix by disabling the whats_new.php and the featured.php sideboxes. Any ideas on what might be the problem?

DuncanR,
What do you mean by "The page did not completely display for the site"?. Did you enable all the sideboxes you want for each store you setup by first selecting the store template in the admin, then enabling the sideboxes?

I have loaded the multisite files, etc., as per instructions, made the database change, and then checked to see my core site run OK. For whatever reason, my page fails to load completely. Nothing loads beyond the left column. I have tried reverting to classic templates, although the site worked fine on the template I developed. I have made no major changes to any pages. The multisite category function is working fine in the left hand column, so I suspect it is a problem unrelated to the mutlisite setup.

Whatever template or stylesheet I load the result is the same:

https://www.oilzonline.com.au/09/

Went back to point #0 and started again. In the process of doing so I noticed I had not uploaded all files. Might help.

Coop1979:

Someone can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Zen-Cart 1.3.8a breaks the Multi-Site module if you are simply over-writing files from the base ZC installation with the "Modify" files from Multi-Site. Specifically, includes/functions/functions_categories.php has some major code changes when you compare the version included in ZC 1.3.8a and the one in Multi-Site. If you re-upload the includes/functions/functions_categories.php file from the base ZC 1.3.8a, it should work, but you can't exclude categories from showing up on your Multi-sites.

I have isolated my problem to this issue identified by Coop1979. As soon as I upload the multi-site 'functions_categories.php' my site (1.3.8a) dies. No page loads fully. Has anyone resolved this issue? Is there a workaround?

godt,
There was a 1.3.8a version uploaded by someone, I assume that's the version your trying to install? I installed Multisite onto my 1.3.8a store before that though and just used WinMerge to make the necessary changes to the mod. Worked fine for me.

Thanks for that cablesimple - I'll go back to the beginning and install the February 23 2008 version.

I have a problem in the shop, http://cajovna.hulici.cz - categories in the multi-display fine, but do not receive the goods, but when I give a direct link to the goods and will appear