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Create a multi-store setup in Magento

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Provided you do not need an ssl cert for each domain it is relatively straight forward to create a multi-store setup.  If you host with Dx3webs we will do this for you .. simply raise a ticket.

1) configure magento.

In system > manage stores

Add a new website, store and store view for your new site. Remember the code for the website.

2) Create a domain alias for you new domain pointing to your existing domain.

3) Add a little logic to index.php


umask(0);

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "newdomain.com" || $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "www.newdomain.com"){
$_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = "website_code";
$_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_TYPE"] = "website";
}

/* 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);

Magneto hint : Google Base – Read Timed Out after 10 seconds

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A few of our clients have informed us that they are receiving the above error while attempting to update google base.

This appears to be something that google has changed rather than a problem with magento or zend.

The answer requires a slight tweak of the core code in this case

/lib/Zend/Http/Client.php

find the line
‘timeout’ => 10

and increase to 30.

Now try and reload your google base info

Magento : How to add a static CMS block to the side bar (twitter example)

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This is a simple thing to achieve but the questions is asked over and over again so I thought it might worth adding a quick tutorial here.  For the sake of an example we will look at how to add your twitter feed to the left hand menu.

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