duplicate TB website

[hedgehog]

Is it possible to duplicate my TB website? I have a TB website set up, will all the design/setting i need. Can i just copy it to the another domain? So i can have multiple similar sites, rather than installing a new TB website and making all things i need from scratch.

[the.rampage.rado]

Yes, you can do that .

You can point your domain to a foler containing your copy and when you open your admin you have to change the shor URLs in SEO section so you can get your front office to work. Also you have to keep all your links relative when setting up menu, homepage CMSes, etc.

[hedgehog]

@the-rampage-rado Oh i'm not sure if this will work, since i need 2nd copy which later can be edited independently of the 1st website. I'm planning to delete all the products/categories on the new website, so i will end up with 2 websites with different products, just with the same design/settings. So if i will just point 2nd domain to the 1st website i think this won't work this way

[the.rampage.rado]

And of course you need new db - dump your current one and make new one where you upload the backup. For configuring this you will have to delve into config files and change the DB creditnails...

[piet]

No need to copy, you can also use the multistore feature. You'll find the option in preferences/general.

[hedgehog]

@piet so, in multistore, i can delete all products from 2nd store and upload the new ones, and the 1st store will stay the same (unchanged) am i right?

[the.rampage.rado]

You can assign which products to use where in multistore. So you can see all of them or only the ones you assigned for the shop you are working on.

I ditched multistore couple of years ago because it was too buggy at least in ps 1.6.0 stages and no real work was done there. I don't know how much progress is there in tb but now I'm building all my shops one by one, yes there is some 2-3 hours work to get everything up and running as I want it but most of it is theme config and design work so it can't be saved in multistore.

[piet]

You don't have to delete them, just make them visible or not. On youtube you can find different videos how to setup the different options.