Hello,
We will put the complete list of new functionalities on our site when the official release is issued.
As for the Multi-sites functionality the basic instructions for setting it up are the following (the tips describe the setup of two sites):
1. Make a copy of your current shop on your server and give it another name. Therefore, you should have two shops with different names, like: shop 1 and shop 2.
2. Copy var_definition.php file from your shop and paste it to the 'includes' folder of your second shop to save the data of your DB.
3. Now go to the Admin console of your shopping cart (Administration > System > Privilege Groups > Administrator > Edit Permissions) and activite the appropriate Multisites Permissions. This step is very important as if you do not activate permissions you won't be able to see the list of your sites and therefore won't be able to setup your sites.
4. When doing this, you will see the Sites Section in the System menu at once. Click the Site Menu and add the second site by pressing the New Site link. Give the name to your second site and select whether you want to duplicate the Page and Global settings of your first site or not.
5. Further important step is to set the correct site URL for each of the site. To do this, please go to Administration > System > Global Settings, select Current Site from the drop down box in the upper right corner and set the URL for this site like: http://www.yoursite.com/shop1. Then select the second site and specify the URL, like: http://www.yoursite.com/shop2. If you are using SSL for your shop, then you should change the SSL site URLs as well, like: https://www.yoursite.com/shop1 and
https://www.yoursite.com/shop2.
Please, also note that you should decide at once whether to use MD5 Password encryption or not, because the method you select for one site will be automatically changed for all your sites.
6. The next step is to add your site IDs to the var_definition file. For this open the var_definition file for the first shop and insert the below string under the line: $session_prefix = "";
$site_id = 2;
You will see the correct site ID in the browser's bar when selecting this or that site. Save the file and add the same string in the var_definition file for your second shop.
7. So, the general settings are done and now you should attune your shop to display products on your two sites. For this you should set the appropriate permissions for the category. Please, select the first site, for example, and go to Administration > Products and Categories. Select a Category and click the Edit link. You will see the Sites tab there. In case you want to use this category for all your sites you can tick off the 'Use this category for all sites'. In case you are going to use the categories for selected files, it is recommended to leave this option unticked and select the sites where you want this category with products to be displayed. Then this category will be shown only for the selected sites.
8. You can also select to show a particular product on different sites. This is done on the Product Edit page (Sites Tab).
9. If you need to assign different customer groups to different sites, go to Administration > Site Users > Profile Settings >, select a particular type and click the Edit Type > Sites tab. Select on what sites to display this customer group from the list of available sites or tick off the 'Use this user type for all sites. Then this customer type will be displayed on all your sites.
10. To set different prices for one product on different sites it is recommended to use the Prices link under the Product's title. For example, you specify different prices and then select for what type of a client to show them and for what sites.
11. There are several other settings to attune Multi-Sites functionality for Forum, HelpDesk, Manuals, Articles, etc.
More detailed instructions will be added to our manual after a new release is issued.
Hope, this will be helpful.
With kind regards,
ViArt Support Team
