Archive for August, 2010

This should be an easy one. Double check that you have a proper < acl>  node in your modules config.xml file. Then clear the cache and refresh the page.

In this article I plan to cover how to setup a Magento Multi-Website E-Commerce Installation.

Please Note: This article was written using Magento Version 1.4.1.1. This article may not work on older versions.
Basic Installation:

• Download Magento from the website (http://www.magentocommerce.com/download).
• Extract Magento using the appropriate utility.
• Proceed to install using the Installation GUI.

After going through the installation screens you should have a fully functional Magento e commerce site.  We wanted a Multi-Website Installation so we have a few more things to cover.

Multi-Website Install: Additional Tasks:

• For each website you plan on having you need to create it in Magento.
• Log In to the admin panel. Go To System > Manage Stores. This brings you to the Manage Stores Page. Here you need to add a new Website, Store, and Store View. Be sure to correctly relate each Website/Store/Store View. We will use the information entered here in the next step.
• Now you need to set things up with the web server to notify Magento what site needs to be rendered. This is a decent tutorial on how to configure things Tutorial. I ended up having to add the settings in my .htaccess file.
• Now you can create a root category for each website. You will need to set each root category to each websites Store. Do this in System > Manage Stores.
• Now when you are doing things in the admin, remember, on most configuration/edit screens , there is a Scope switcher (switches between Sites). This will affect how the config setting are applied to the sites.

If you want password fields to maintain there entered values when a form is submitted, but is not valid your need to call “setRenderPassoword(true)” on the password element.