I'm new to opencart and am really thinking about switching all my stores to it especially if I can figure out the multi-store thing and it works like I think it does. Can someone give me dummy 101 instructions on how to do this? I've done a lot of browsing on here and the web and cannot find anything specific to do this.
I have multiple domains (some 53 registered though 10 active stores using other software right now each with their own url and cart and database though all hosted on 1 account with unlimited domains/database ability).
What I want to do is set up opencart on my main business domain (which I've already done and am playing with at http://www.labeshops.com/shop - it's a fresh v1.5.1 install). I want to put all products I carry on all my stores in this one database (over 20,000 products eventually) and have discreet stores with their own domains. (one question too - will opencart be able to handle that many products and potentially more? Or should I break down stores by type (apparel or home decor for example) with more than one setup?
I understand I can specify which store each category and product displays on and give each a unique layout - exactly what I want! And that all customers will be globally registered though which is great - they would have individual shopping carts on each store, right?
What I don't understand is how I set it up. Do I need to install multiple copies of opencart on each of my domains (they are subdomains of my main hosting account) as I read in one post or was that for an older version? Or do I just need to somehow point each of my domain names to the shop? I found where I can set up a second store on opencart, but just don't understand how it then displays to the world.
So confused! All help greatly appreciated! :-)
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
create 2 demo sub domains
subA.domain.com
subB.domain.com
and "point" both sub domains to the same folder on your web host.
i.e. public_html/shop
Install opencart to the first sub domain and then go through the admin and add an extra store.
So you'll have Shop1 subA.domain.com and Shop2 subB.domain.com both running the same code.
Hope that makes sense.
So basically I'm looking to have opencart installed on labeshops.com/shop (as it is now)
but then http://www.allwicca.com would go to the store named allwicca in opencart,
fetish-fashions.com would display its correct store from opencart
etc.
So right now I have opencart set up with the default store for all products, allwicca as a secondary store pulling from its database and fetish-fashions as a third store pulling from its database. What I don't know how to do is make http://www.allwicca.com display that store, etc. I already have a allwicca subdomain on my hosting account (and an install of my current cart software as I was trying to figure out how to do this using it).
Do I need to copy files or something from opencart into it? What settings do I need to change in opencart to make it work?
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
even if you have domainA.com & domainB.com
the principle is the same, "point" both domains to the same folder within your hosting. Then opencart does the rest.
When you set up a category or product you can then enable that product for a specific store.
now http://allwicca.com goes correctly to the opencart store BUT http://www.allwicca.com does not
Ideas?
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
Same shipping methods is not an issue as I do all my shipping by weight anyway.uksitebuilder wrote:Only limitations currently with multistores is they share the same shipping and payment methods
The payment methods might be, but I'm thinking I can modify the template for the stores I want to offer only certain ones - hard code them instead of letting it dynamically pull the choices. I'll see how it goes
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
Both are the same so far as I can see.labeshops wrote:http://allwicca.com goes correctly to the all wicca store BUT http://www.allwicca.com is going to the labeshops.com/shop store instead of the allwicca one.
*sigh*
Hate weird things.
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
Sorry to jump on this conversation but I have been playing around with this today. And all of your help has been great. But how would you go about this when using SSL on your default site.
Because the default site example.com has ssl, when example2.com tries to access it over a http 80 port it recieved either a no index file error, so when you force https on example2.com it recieved an error saying the SSL cert is for a different domain which is example.com which is correct because it is lieing to the SSL cert all along.
How can we get round this? Both websites are on a Virtualmin shared environment, all sharing the same global IP address.
Cheers
I'm using Labeshops.com as a common checkout for all my stores as it is the domain for my company itself, so in my case this works. If you wanted totally unique, unconnected domains using multistores though, you'd probably need a separate SSL certificate for each.
It's working for me other than a few weird layout issues and link problems I'm still working on.
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
I believe if you had an SSL or each domain, you could specify them per store and the checkout would be cohesive. I really still don't understand SSL very well and might change this in the future, but it works for me as my email, payment receipts and everything is branded to LABEShops so it helps re-enforce it as my company name. I am hoping future releases of opencart will add better support for multistore design though as there are a bunch of little things I've worked around by using the common checkout.
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
Not everyone needs to use SSL, especially if you are using 3rd party payment providers such as PayPal Standard.
However, for customer piece of mind it is advisable to use SSL.
I always used Mals-e.com to collect my card info before opencart so never messed with SSL before. Since opencart doesn't have an option for Mals, I switched (which actually speeds up my order processing a lot too since I don't have to manually run each card in paypal website payments pro).
When I switched to opencart, I switched my hosting to include a static IP address and the positive SSL just for labeshops.com.
I agree blackhalo, setup was amazingly fast in opencart - I had my first few store designs done within a day - still adding a ton of products and opening my other stores, but as I had been looking for this kind of multistore setup for years, have been uber impressed with opencart.
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
That may work out fine for you
You would still use labeshops.com but would be able to setup subdomans for it
store1.labeshops.com
store2.labeshops.com
etc
At least then you will be able to keep the them running through each of your sites as you will be able to specify separate ssl domains for each multi-store
Hadn't thought of it that way. That might work out very well as it still supports my branding for labeshops.com but would give each store its own checkout identity. hmmmmmm
Running Opencart v3.0.3.2 with multi-stores and the default template from https://www.labeshops.com which has links to all my stores.
Users browsing this forum: Amazon [Bot] and 116 guests