I followed an article from Magento Support on how to set up a Magento installation with multiple websites, stores, and store views, but it screwed my installation and I couldn't access anything. Thanks to a couple of replies to my post, I was able to get back to some semblance of a working system. I would really appreciate if someone could spot what stupid thing I must have done in my setup.
My requirements for this test setup are:
- One single admin area.
- Two websites.
- First website with 1 store (with 3 store views).
- Second website with 2 stores (each with one store view).
- I'd prefer to access the frontend using URLs like: http://www.firstwebsite.com rather than http://www.firstwebsite.com/magento/index.php
Machine is running Windows XP.
In the stores configuration I have this setup:
Websites:
Name=Main Website
code=base
Name=Paul Website
code=pws1
Stores:
Name=Main Store
Website=Main Website
Name=Electronics
Website=Paul Website
Name=Media
Website=Paul Website
Store Views:
Name=English
Store=Electronics
code=en1
Name=English
Store=Media
code=en2
Name=English
Store=Main Store
code=default
Name=French
Store=Main Store
code=french
Name=German
Store=Main Store
code=german
System/Configuration/General/Web (accessed by URL http://test.pdapache.com/magento/index.php):
Scope=Default Config
Add Store Code to Urls = No
Auto-redirect to Base URL = No
Secure and Unsecure URLs just set to {{base_url}} at this scope
Scope=Main Website
Unsecure Base URL=http://test.pdapache.com/magento/
Secure Base URL=https://test.pdapache.com/magento/
All other secure/unsecure not using default. Also Default Web URL=cms (use Default = No). CMS Home Page=Home Page (use default = no)
Scope=Paul Website
Unsecure Base URL=http://paulsplace.com/magento/
Secure Base URL=https://paulsplace.com/magento/
All other secure/unsecure not using default. Also Default Web URL=cms (use Default = No). CMS Home Page=Home Page (use default = no)
hosts file:
127.0.0.1 test.pdapache.com
127.0.0.1 www.paulsplace.com
127.0.0.1 paulsplace.com
httpd.conf:
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
httpd-vhosts.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot "C:/Applications/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"
ServerName paulsplace.com
ErrorLog "logs/paulsplace.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/paulsplace.com-access.log" common
SetEnv MAGE_RUN_TYPE website
SetEnv MAGE_RUN_CODE pws1
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot "C:/Applications/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"
ServerName pdapache.com
ErrorLog "logs/pdapache.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/pdapache.com-access.log" common
SetEnv MAGE_RUN_TYPE website
SetEnv MAGE_RUN_CODE base
</VirtualHost>
When I go to either of these addresses:
http://test.pdapache.com/magento/index.php
http://www.paulsplace.com/magento/index.php
I get a Magento logo-ed page that just says "There was no Home CMS page configured or found"
The URLs I'd rather be using, i.e.
http://test.pdapache.com
http://www.paulsplace.com
just displays the Apache index.html "It works!" page.
Help! I guess I've made some stupid mistake somewhere, maybe more than one, but I don't know where.
