Design75:
Did you check the file is writeable on the server when you are editing it (chmod 644, 664 or even 666)
yes of course.. so i hired a programmer and finally got it working.. this is NOT in the instructions (as there is a lot of stuff inaccurate there i found), so for anyone else having trouble here is what i had to do:
installed all of the modules per the instructions in the readme file. don't be concerned that some files don't exist that they say to overwrite, just move all of the files.
in the includes/config_sites folder do NOT use the example file or it will not work. use this:
<?php
$template_dir = "template_name";
define('SITE_NAME','Site 2');
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://site2.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://site2.com');
?>
the define http statements are not in their example and ARE needed if your multi sites are stand alone domain names on the same server.
the next step, and this is NOT documented anywhere, is to update the includes/configure.php on the multi sites - site2, site3, etc to point to the database for site1: these statements need to be changed or used when you install zen cart on the additional sites:
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'username');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'database_name');
they need to point to the main database in site 1 for all additional sites..
hope this helps someone avoid the 5 days of frustration and cost of a programmer that i endured.. :ohmy:
