Video: Creating Multiple Online Storefronts (Part 2)
In a blog post from earlier this week, we covered how to create a completely separate website to be managed from one Magento installation. In this video we focus on the creation of multiple stores within the same website. The actions performed in this second video can be carried out completely within the Magento admin, without the need to create folders or modify any physical files. A second store is added to the main website sharing the catalog structure. A third store is added to the main website with a different category structure. We show how to add or modify store views, as well as changing the logo.
These steps were carried out and recorded on the 0.9.17740 version of Magento:
- Step 1: Creating a new store in the Magento store manager
- Step 2: Setting the root category of the new store
- Step 3: Creating store views for this new store
- Step 4: Updating the logo
We also show you the category structure, and product relationships between the stores sharing a root category, and the third store (which has a separate root category). Enjoy!
1TheRec from Lausanne, Switzerland|posted March 22 2008
Thanks for this video. I kinda miss the previous vidoes, few months ago, when there was audio commentary, it was easier to follow and understand.
But those are still very useful, great work.
2Dori Disc from Israel|posted March 26 2008
I thought I had a problem with the sound on my comp.....
3dell |posted March 26 2008
Why not a third video showing how to assign custom themes to the multiple store fronts. Seems the way of doing that has changed and may be different for multiple domains v/s stores in the same main website. Would be most helpful to those of us with multiple stores.
4arecuk from Ceska Kamenice, Czech. rep.|posted March 28 2008
is it possible to setup independent shopping carts for a few stores under one website?
5johannes |posted 1 month ago
@ arecuk: At this time it is not possible to do this - data sharing (sessioning, accounts etc) can only be separated between websites, not stores under websites.