MultiSite Module Support Thread

Will some kind soul please explain to me how to "point" my domains to the main site? I've read many referances to this, but they seem a bit vague to me, so I still just dont get it.

I have a single zen cart instalation with Multisite Module on a dedicated linux server. (main site, eg: www.mainsite.ext).

I have another domain (eg www.mainsite2.ext) hosted on a shared linux server, which has no content, templates, databases of any sort.

What settings exactly, do I need to change, and where do I change them, to get this domain to point to the main site, the way it should for this module to work so customers can cross shop between the differant domains?

Maybe the answer is so obvious that i cant see it, but i have not been able to find this answer in the forum yet.

Thanks

Hi guys, I'm about to dig into this multi-site mod...
I just have a few questions I couldn't find answers for by searching:

1) Is there a way to distinguish which orders came from which stores?

I'm asking partially from an IRS/tax perspective, but also simply from a tracking perspective...
how can you track your sales from one store to the next? How do you identify which domain a sale came from?
If everything is lumped into one big pile, how do you know what your business is doing?

2) How is Paypal Website Payments Pro (enter credit card on site) affected by a multi-domain setup?

I already have an established ZenCart site, which complicates things a little...
I'm uncertain how to proceed with this multi-site mod when it comes to dealing with Paypal's WPP service.

3) Since I intend to use multiple unique domains, I assume I'll need multiple SSL certificates for the checkouts... or do I?

Anyway, appreciate any insight...
I'm 90% motivated to start working on this project, but the support thread itself is quite daunting...
I'm really just trying to uncover any surprises BEFORE I start, I can't afford major downtime.

Thank you!

Hi all,

I used this pack to filter out ezpages and got stuck -> http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=855999#post855999

If anybody can help me out I'd appreciate it very much!

TheGuest:

Has anybody tested this?
It look like filter for ezpages is alredy there...

I'm not sure just how to do this, the documentation is not very clear. I have a site, lets call it "Gallery" and it is https://www.Gallery.com. My zencart install is a subdirectory called 'store1'. Does the subdirectory 'store1' need to be a subdomain? Note: I'm running on a LAMP system.

Is the "new admin tool" to be loaded over the "Beta 0.4.1" version or is it included in the download, or superseded by the "Beta 0.4.1"?

I'm not clear on some things. What I want to do create a set of stores all being driven off of the same database. Do I need to create a main store and then store_paintings and store_etchings or just the stores store_paintings and store_etchings?

Next ,

I've setup two subdomain names and I put the main zen-cart install in a folder called store. So what would be the URL be for the stores?
https://www.domainname.com or www.store_paintings.domainname.com?

Please help. :unsure:

I've downloaded the latest version of the mod and installed it at my site http://laptopbatteryfuel.com/ . I am having a problem with not getting any subcategories to display . If you look on the left you will see one category (Acer) has one subcat which in turn has one product. I cannot seem to drill down and see the subcat or the product.

Thanks in advance for any help. Been working on this for awhile and not making any progress.

OK, silly question time. I've installed the mutisite and I can see my main store just fine, now how do I get to the other stores I have two subdomains, autographs & moviemem.

Beau91324:

OK, silly question time. I've installed the mutisite and I can see my main store just fine, now how do I get to the other stores I have two subdomains, autographs & moviemem.

Read one of my previous posts here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=822630&postcount=989

You'll find the answer right there. :smile:

here is my www.moviemem.dejavugallery.com_config.php

<?php define('SITE_NAME','Movie Memerablia'); define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/'); define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/'); $template_dir = "memorablia"; define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','2'); //root categories is 2 for this site define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.moviemem.dejavugallery.com/galleryStore'); ?>

As you can see, it is much like your examples (which I've been using). I still only see my main site when I enter the URL https://www.dejavugallery.com/galleryStore.

I lost ya...

Where is ZenCart installed?
What subdomains do you have?
What do you want to do?

Sorry, i'm a bit sleepy...

I just re-read your posts.

First of all, did you setup your subdomains to point to https://www.dejavugallery.com/galleryStore as i've described here with screenshots?
If so, what's with the linedefine('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.moviemem.dejavugallery.com/galleryStore'); in your ```
www.moviemem.dejavugallery.com_config.php

tld: dajavugallery.com
Zencart is in dejavugallery.com/galleryStore
1st sub domain is at dejavugallery.com/autographs.dejavuallery.com
2nd sub domain is at dejavugallery.com/moviemem.dejavuallery.com

Hello,

How can I send email to my customers from second store (not the main)?

Thanks,
THeGuest

I know I can switch the template and then refer to Send Email option in Tools but emails are send from store1 (main store). Is there a workaround?

Thanks,
TheGuest

TheGuest:

Hello,

How can I send email to my customers from second store (not the main)?

Thanks,
THeGuest

Thanks for the help balihr, but I'm still getting a 404 error. Below is what I have in both my www.autographs..dejavugallery.com_config.php & autographs..dejavugallery.com_config.php

<?php
	define('SITE_NAME','AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS');
 	define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
	define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
	$template_dir = "autographs";
	define('CATEGORIES_ROOT','1'); //root categories is 1 for this site  
	define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.autographs.dejavugallery.com');
	define('STORE_NAME','Autographs'); //Store Name
?>   

This is really driving me crazy. MultiSite is just the solution my clients site(s) need.

Any help out here?

TheGuest:

I know I can switch the template and then refer to Send Email option in Tools but emails are send from store1 (main store). Is there a workaround?

Thanks,
TheGuest

The layout of my directories is as follows:
|-dejavugallery.com
| |-galleryStore
| | |-includes
| | | |-config_sites
|-autographs.dejavugallery.com
|-moviemem.dejavugallery.com

both autographs.dejavugallery.com and moviemem.dejavugallery.com are subdomains of dejavugallery.com

I created four *config.php files called www.autographs.dejavugallery.com config.php, autographs.dejavugallery.com_ config.php, www.moviemem.dejavugallery.com_ config.php and moviemem.dejavugallery.com_ config.php.

The www. moviemem.dejavugallery.com_ config.php & moviemem.dejavugallery.com_ config.php
code is:

The www.autographs.dejavugallery.com_ config.php, autographs.dejavugallery.com_ config.php code is:

Can anyone tell me why I can't access the store sites? I get nothing when I enter the URL autographs.dejavugallery.com?

TheGuest:

Any help out here?

It seems you do not understand the working of this module.
This module only creates the illusion that there are multiple stores. In fact the data in the background is all kept and managed on a single database and managed using a single interface. Unless you do some custom coding you will not be able to send e-mails to customers from a specific store-front. The back office system views them as customers for the "Company" and not "per store".

i have been looking for a way the make the RSS Feed 2.1.4 from Andrew Berezin work with the MultiSite Module, i have searched an not found anything other than a few questions about its compatibility,

looking at how the other core files have been modified i believe i have it working, there are about 8 changes made to 1 file

/includes/modules/pages/rss_feed/header_php.php

all that was necessary was to add cat_filter( to all 7 of the $db->Execute and one zen_random_select

don't forget the closing parentheses :blush:

i have it attached my modified copy.