MultiSite Module Support Thread

Like isnt there a way to link the shared ssl to all your site with some added code. Like make it think that all those links is one link. I hope some can somehow get this one. I been trying and getting a headache. haha.

Hi, have been searching for a while, but can't still get it working -
how is it possible to filter the featured products and new products list for the index page of a particular site? The sideboxes are working well!

I have tried adding $products_new = $db->Execute(cat_filter($products_new_split->sql_query)); to tpl_modules_products_new_listing.php but with no results... The products shown there are random from all the sites but not particular one. I have added the site names to categories via Multisite Tools...
Could someone help me out with this?

Using Zen-cart 1.3.8 and multi-site module beta 0-4-1

Thanks!!!

Hi all ...

I have gotten this module installed in our base location and that site is coming up fine. Now I am not too sure how it is that I get our other domains to point back to this install of Zen Cart and if any additional things are necessary to make those additional sites show up.

Our base site that carries everything we offer is:
http://thegoodlifestore.com/store/

Now I need to have various sites that specialize in certain products point back to the Zan Cart install & base database:
swingcardstore.com
harmonykingdomstore.com
swingcards.com
moonrivercardstore.com
switchablesstore.com
seapalsworldstore.com

I am pretty sure I have a handle on how to deal with the templates for the different sites and how adding products is handled handled as well.

This Multi-Site Module is great and gonna be a God send (as we have 6 separate stores with similar inventory) ... if I can get it working. I have found that the official install instructions leave a lot to be desired and this support thread (though really helpful) is a little unwieldy to find answers quickly.

:frusty:

[Just had to vent a little!]

Thanks in advance for any help/answers!

Charles
http://thegoodlifestore.com/store/

interesting mod. last updated was 2007 , wonder how stable this is , and if the author still working on it .

i have multiple domains, they just parked , with only single zc install selling lab equipment and thinking to use this mod rather installing zc for every domain the sells same items.

any thoughts on how stable this is and if this project still alive ?

Thanks.

Hello.

I am intrested in this module, but, before I install it I want to ask you this question:

I have 2 domains, one domain .com and one .fr. and I want to use one data base for both domains.

• Wen the visitor goes to site.fr the site will load french language, french html pages (like shipping, terms of use etc) and all products with french description.
• Wen the visitor goes to site.com the site will load english language, english html pages (like shipping, terms of use etc) and all products with english description.

Is it possible to use this module for this purpose?

Thank You.

Hi Everyone,

I posted a question here a while ago (about page 72 or 73). I am running multi-site with eight domains at the moment and all is well. The question was however 'can i stop products from all sites appearing in new products, special products listings etc.'

I would like to be able to filter the new products,special products etc modules so that they only display products relevant to each site and not from any other sites.

The answer i received was to integrate the cat_filter code into each of the new products, special products etc modules code. After several attempts at this i have had no joy. My php knowledge is limited so please any help here would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I`v just installed this module and I want to thank to all developpers for this great and very helpful module.

I had only just one small problem. wen I type https://www.site.com the site loads ok, but wen I type only site.com in browser, the site displays : "the domain does not exist".
I solved this problem by adding for each site in inludes/config_sites folder another file site.com_config.php with this code: <? include ('www.site.com_config.php'); ?>.

So, in my config_sites folder, I have now for each site 2 files:

1. www.site.com_config.php (with all the configuration necessary for this domain to work)
2. site.com_config.php with the code above (so wen I type site.com in browser the site can work now and do not display "the domain does not exist".

My question is: is this a good solution for solving this problem or there is a more efficien/sophisticated solution to solve this problem?

Thank you again.

Adder:

I`v just installed this module and I want to thank to all developpers for this great and very helpful module.

So, in my config_sites folder, I have now for each site 2 files:

1. www.site.com_config.php (with all the configuration necessary for this domain to work)
2. site.com_config.php with the code above (so wen I type site.com in browser the site can work now and do not display "the domain does not exist".

My question is: is this a good solution for solving this problem or there is a more efficien/sophisticated solution to solve this problem?

Thank you again.That's the way it works, you did the right thing. They can share the template too.
JOhn ><>

Adder

you should use an .htaccess file to direct all traffic to one or the other versions of your domain to eliminate duplicate content which hurts your SEO

put the .htaccess file at the root of your site

  RewriteEngine on

  # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
  # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
  # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
  #
# To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
# (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
# uncomment and adapt the following:
 RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.site\.com$ [NC]
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://site.com/$1 [L,R=301]

jvoce:

I've uploaded and configured the new version: 0.4.1 and I replaced all files as suggested, after making sure none were edited, and configured the site switches appropriately. However, when I go to the site store1.salvationarmy.ca this is what appears on the screen:

1054 Unknown column 'CATEGORIES_ROOT' in 'where clause'
in:
[select cd.categories_name from categories c, categories_description cd where cd.categories_description LIKE '%-SITE_NAME-%' AND cd.language_id=1 AND c.parent_id = CATEGORIES_ROOT and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='1' and c.categories_status=1]

Any ideas of how to fix this?

Hi.
I had this problem. I upload the congig files and i have another problem:

When i visit main shop (esmar.eu) i get a message:the domain esmar.eu does not exist.

when i try to visit domain with domain alias to esmar.eu (http://digitalne-vahy.eu/) i get the same error:
the domain digitalne-vahy.eu does not exist.

when i go to domain with www (http://www.digitalne-vahy.eu/ or http://www.esmar.eu/) i get the instalation page, but zen is instaled and admin part going correctly :frusty:

The problem with domain dont exist is maybe i dont upload digitalne-vahy.eu_config.php files but why i dont see categories on adress with www???

i try to make completly new instalation of zen, but when i instal zen i get the error mesage (include_once('includes/config_sites/sites_switch.php'); define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','21'); //root categories is 21 for this site are not in config file).

when i add this code to includes/configure.php and try to visit shop, i get instalation page of zen cart and i dont know how to fix this. db info on config files is ok, admin going ok but shop part dont work.

or i must add the db info into each config file for each domain?

Please can anyone tell me how to alter the credit card processing to use a different Authorize.net account. As I am using the multisite module to run 2 separate businesses and the credit card processing company tell me I need to have a separate account for any new type of transaction (aka if I open an account selling health products and I want to also take creditcard charges for consulting I have to open a separate account. But I still want to use my single multisite setup to run both businesses, so does anyone know how I could alter the program to detect which site the transactions coming from and send the charge though the appropriately linked authorize net account?

The thing is I have to manually charge each card through my second Authorize.net account because I cant figure out how to merge the new account into the zencart multisite system. Any assistance with this would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

i delete all files and db and then make total new instalation of zen and multishop and it going. but i have big problem with themes:

when i set up some category with any product i dont see midle and right bar. but when i set up category without products theme going good. this problem start when i reset the boxes and i dont know why :no:

shop without any products:
http://www.digitalne-vahy.eu/

shop with categories with products:
http://www.esmar.eu/

can somebody help???

I have a simple question: How do I turn off the category filter?
I placed this line in my site config and it does not seem to do anything:

define('SHOW_CATEGORIES_ALWAYS','1');

I hoped the switch would fix this issue?

I fixed the issue I was having with the categories by replacing the modified files with the original files. The site seems to work fine without them. I am still running into issues with the templates but will ask for help if I cannot figure it out. AWESEOME addon THANKS!!:clap:

I cannot get the templates to work and all my sideboxes are missing!! Here are my sites: http://www.lullabynow.com and https://www.ebookkb.com These are just test sites for my major site I am trying to get this working on. I have followed all the directions and the missing ones but still cannot get my sideboxes to show up. What could I be missing?

cheapmanuals:

I cannot get the templates to work and all my sideboxes are missing!! Here are my sites: http://www.lullabynow.com and https://www.ebookkb.com These are just test sites for my major site I am trying to get this working on. I have followed all the directions and the missing ones but still cannot get my sideboxes to show up. What could I be missing?

You have probably the same problem like me. but your lullabynow.com going good, and all my shops dont working.
i dont know why, but when i reset boxes via tools-layout boxes controller where i select theme for any domain i have problem.

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Hi, apologies for posting but I've searched through virtually every post in this thread but can't seem to find an answer to my particualr problem.

I'm running a new installation of ZC1.38 and have managed to get 3 sites working from a template and sub-domain point of view. These are:

http://www.dominicanrepublicexcursions.com
http://outbacksafari.dominicanrepublicexcursions.com
http://hitchddr.dominicanrepublicexcursions.com

But, even though I have set up the categories correctly with the <!--site name--> for each category I can only see the same category on ALL THREE SITES.

In addtion I've had to disable the categories side box as I can only see the header of each site if this box is turned on.

I'm sure theres some simple explanation to this, but its driving me mad :-)

Any advice would be most appreciated....

Many thanks in advance,

Pete

themes dont working when this sideboxes was on:
sideboxes/whats_new.php
sideboxes/featured.php

After another "wonderful" afternoon trying to get my head around this, I've actually found that each site_config file doesn't actually work, even though they are configured as per the instructions. I REALLY need a fresh pair of eyes to look at this guys........so if anyone feels like a challenge (and I'm sure it'll take someone apart 10 secs to resolve!), I'm happy to give someone admin access/ftp access etc and pay them for their time......its actually got to the stage where I simply need a small nudge in the right direction and I'll be fine........
So if anyone wants to make a few bucks (payable via PayPal) PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP :-)
Many thanks