Managing Multiple website stores in Magento

In Basic Installation a magento has one website, one store and one store view. Here it is used for creating a single shop website.
To setup multiple website stores in magento there are a few configuration changes to be done in the backend. Mentioned below are the  instructions to be followed to create  multiple website stores in magento.

  1. Go to the magento admin panel. 
  2. Go to the “Catalog” tab, and select “Manage Categories.” [Now you can see only one root category(Default category), This category is used for the first website store].
  3. Create new root category. This category named as “second_root_category” (This is used for the Second website Store).
  4. Go to the “System” tab and select “Manage Stores”.
  5. Create New Website [Enter Second website name. Then enter code as “second”(The code value will be used later as mentioned in “Step 13”. So don’t forget the code value)].
  6. Create New Store (To create the Store for the Website, select second website from the dropdown. In “Name”, we’ll enter Second Store. In “Root Category”, select the “second_root_category” from the dropdown ).
  7. Create New Store View (For  “Store”, select the scond store from the dropdown. In “Name”, fill second store view. In “Code”,  fill value “second”. In  “Status”, select “Enabled” from the dropdown).
  8. Change Link URL in Configuration.
    > Go to “System” tab and select the “Configuration”
    > Change “Current Configuration Scope” to “Second Website”.
    > Select “Web” from the sidebar on the left under the “General” heading.
    > Edit the Unsecure tab uncheck the Use default box “Base URL” and “Base Link URL”.
    > Enter Base URL is “http://yourwebsitename/”.
    > Enter Base Link URL is “http://yourwebsitename/second/”.
    > Save Configuration.
     
  9. Create a new folder named “second” inside ‘magento’ folder
  10. Copy ‘index.php’ of magento folder into “second” folder.
  11. Change $compilerConfig = ‘includes/config.php’; to $compilerConfig = ‘../includes/config.php’;
  12. Change $mageFilename = ‘app/Mage.php’; to $mageFilename = ‘../app/Mage.php’;
  13. Change Mage::run(); to Mage::run(‘second’,’website’) {Please refer Step 5};
  14. Copy .htaccess file from magento folder to “second” folder.

Finally, you have setup a multi website for your magento shop. Your base magento installation  can be browsed by “http://yourwebsite/” and your second website can be browsed by “http://yourwebsite/second/”.  

Comments

Carlos: Hi guys, Best post ever I was looking for this for a couple of days, working now :) Q: mywebsite.com/second/ works nice and smooth. How can I turn mywebsite.com/second/ into mysecondwebsite.com? Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.".

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  1. cemmac says:
    June 19, 2011 at 11:40 pm

    Having followed this information above, the second site does not work at all….
    I will try and find correct information in relation to having dual sites.
    thanks for the effort … but if you are reading this look else where for info
    cemmac

    Reply
    1. ajasin says:
      August 8, 2011 at 1:46 pm

      Hi Cemmac,

      Sorry for the late reply. I would like to know whether "Managing Multiple website stores in Magento" issue was resolved. If not let me know with more details.

      Thanks

      Ajasin

      Reply
      1. Gopi says:
        March 19, 2013 at 6:47 pm

        I have followed following changes as you said. But css and js file takes current store path

        Reply
        1. keysersosa says:
          November 8, 2013 at 3:07 pm

          same here, second store does not show up. running the index.php ends up showing the base website.

          Reply
      2. Anonymous says:
        December 27, 2013 at 8:33 am

        Hi, i need one help, how to create user and give permission based on multi website in magento. and also if i login as admin using webiste url it redirect to base url of default config

        Reply
  2. Vivek says:
    December 15, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Thank You Very Much ……
    This article is very helpful for me. I got success to create the multiple website…..

    Reply
  3. Susan says:
    February 25, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    Great tutorial. Thank you, however in Magento 1.7.0.2, the index.php is changed a bit, so Steps 11 to 13 have to be rewritten. These 3 steps copied from your tutorial are:
    11.Change $compilerConfig = ‘includes/config.php’; to $compilerConfig = ‘../includes/config.php’;
    12.Change $mageFilename = ‘app/Mage.php’; to $mageFilename = ‘../app/Mage.php’;
    13.Change Mage::run(); to Mage::run(‘second’,’website’) {Please refer Step 5};
    In index.php, however, we now have the following corresponding lines:
    define(‘MAGENTO_ROOT’, getcwd());
    $compilerConfig = MAGENTO_ROOT . ‘/includes/config.php’;
    and
    $mageFilename = MAGENTO_ROOT . ‘/app/Mage.php’;
    and
    /* Store or website code */
    $mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER[‘MAGE_RUN_CODE’]) ? $_SERVER[‘MAGE_RUN_CODE’] : ”;
    /* Run store or run website */
    $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER[‘MAGE_RUN_TYPE’]) ? $_SERVER[‘MAGE_RUN_TYPE’] : ‘store’;
    Mage::run($mageRunCode, $mageRunType);
    I am rather unsure of how to apply the modifications here! Could you kindly update the tutorial for the latest version of Magento please?
    Thank you again.

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    1. Paulo says:
      March 31, 2013 at 8:43 am

      I’m testing on windows 7 with wamp server.
      I installed Magento 1.7.0.2
      You need to change:
      $compilerConfig = MAGENTO_ROOT . ‘/includes/config.php’;
      for
      $compilerConfig = ‘../includes/config.php’;
      $mageFilename = MAGENTO_ROOT . ‘/app/Mage.php’;
      for
      $mageFilename = ‘../app/Mage.php’;
      Mage::run($mageRunCode, $mageRunType);
      for
      Mage::run(‘second’, ‘website’);
      You can see this video. It’s an old version, but only index.php is quite different:
      http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-on-the-fly/multiple-sites/

      Reply
  4. Manikandaprabu says:
    February 26, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    Hi,
    I am using Magento 1.7.0.2
    I done multi store successfully.
    But product images are not showing in 2nd website.
    When i add new product images in admin panel. It only shows main store.2nd store images not showing.
    i have searched many forum.but not have a solution.kindly help me.

    Reply
  5. Carlos says:
    March 3, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Hi guys,
    Best post ever I was looking for this for a couple of days, working now 🙂
    Q: mywebsite.com/second/ works nice and smooth. How can I turn mywebsite.com/second/ into mysecondwebsite.com?
    Any help would be really appreciated.
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
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