Troubles after installing Two stores with same php docroot

Question

Hi,

I am trying to setup multiple stores within same hosting account and I studied many interesting guides out there on the matter.

Seems to me I figured out simplest solution for me - map both my dot com sites onto the same directory on host, and modify .htaccess to launch different website depending on URL, like so:

SetEnvIf Host .*anatscraftonia.* MAGE_RUN_CODE="anatscraftonia";
SetEnvIf Host .*anatscraftonia.* MAGE_RUN_TYPE="website";

My first store works fine, but when I go to anatscraftonia.com , all I get always is a Magento 404 page. I checked all settings, multiple stores are defined and code above is copy/paste from Admin console under Website I added. I have Home page enabled for All Stores and Base URL redefined for both Secure/Unsecure. I also tried changing website to store, with no improvements.

What else am I missing? How do I even know what page is it trying to go to, or whether it even gets “no-route” or just totally whacked…

Answer 1

I threw together some quick and dirty code a few years ago to log the controller dispatch process in Magento Community 1.3x.

http://alanstorm.com/magento_controller_dispatch_logging

I don't think you'll be able to drop those files into a current installation, but it should give you an idea where to stick some logging functions to see why Magento is routing to a 404.

Answer 2

I am not 100% sure what you are trying to achieve but why not use a single instance of magento to handle both stores and magentos own multi store capability..

full details here http://dx3webs.com/front/2010/08/magento-multistore-setup-under-plesk/ post contains links to cpanel instructions as well.

the instructions are for multiple domains but will work with sub folders