Multiple Domains and Websites

Configure Multiple Websites

Step 1: Add a new webshop in the Sana Commerce SQL database:

• Add a new webshop to the 'Websites' table: create a new record, enter the name and the default language for it.
• Create a new record in the 'Settings' table. After this you have two choices of filling the 'Fields' column: by creating a SQL scipt which will automatically fill it or by configuring the webshop settings using backoffice. If you choose the second option please read Step 5.
• Specify on which domains the webshop will run: open the 'WebsiteDomains' table, create a record and enter the ID of the additional webshop and a domain name. If you want to add an additional domain name to your webshop please read the previous chapter.
• Specify the languages that should be available in the new webshop: open the 'WebsiteLanguages' table and create records for each language by entering the 'WebsiteId' of your webshop and the 'LanguageId' in the appropriate fields.

Step 2: Configure your webshop in the 'web.config' files of the backoffice and Starter Site:

• Add the new 'site' node to the 'sites' section in the 'sanaCommerce' configuration section (for a description of the 'site' node properties, please read this chapter).
• Set the 'defaultsite' attribute of the <sites> node to the default site. The 'defaultsite' attribute points to the webshop that is used by default when the backoffice is opened for the first time.
• Select providers from the <modules> section to work with your webshop. All providers are divided into five main subsystems; the description of each provider is stored in the 'description' attribute.

Step 3: Add the domain name of your webshop in IIS (please check the previous chapter for more details).

Step 4: Request a new license file for the new domain. Please read about requesting a license file here.

Step 5: Open the Sana Commerce backoffice and check if the new webshop appears in the list. For more information about configuring a webshop in the backoffice, please read this chapter.

The availability of each setting on the 'Settings -> General' page is configured in the 'WebsiteSettings' table in the Sana Commerce SQL database. If you want to show or hide a specific setting, open the table and set the 'configurable' attribute to 'false' or 'true', depending on whether or not the specified setting should be shown for the webshop in the backoffice.

Step 6: In the Sana Commerce backoffice create content and navigation for the new webshop. You can also reuse the content of the existing webshop by linking it to the new webshop using channels. More detailed information about webshop content and navigation can be found in the 'Content' section.

Step 7: To be able to process the orders in the newly added webshop the system payment methods must be configured in the database (On Account and Zero):

• Open the Sana Commerce SQL database.
• Locate the 'PaymentMethods' table and open it. Use the 'PaymentMethods' table to configure 'On Account' and 'Zero' system payment methods:
  
  
  System Payment Methods

This table provides the description of the required fields:

For more information about payments see additional resources:

• How to configure payment methods in the database see 'Configure Payment Methods'.
• About available external payment service providers see 'Add-ons and Modules'.
• How to configure external payment methods in the Sana Commerce backoffice see 'Payment Methods'.