Reproducing Opencart for Other Shops

Hi folks,

I'm a bit new to this but I'd appreciate some advice.

We've done quite a lot of work on our first Opencart shop and we're thinking about using the same format for a couple of other shops.

Apart from making the appropriate template changes, how do I "copy" the existing shop for other shops, without having to do a fresh install? Guess I need to change what database it looks for, and URL stuff.

Any help appreciated! Thanks

- Copy the full opencart folder from server to server
- From PHPMyAdmin, do a full sql export of your db.
- Import that sql file to your new db
- Edit catalog/config.php & admin/config.php to have the correct user/pass/dbname for the new db

Excellent stuff - so if I do that in the main folder of a different URL, all of the lnks & tabs etc. will be converted? For example, if I copy from www.SiteA.com to www.SiteB.com, all of the internal links will change to www.SiteB.com/etc...?

Not completely familiar with the SQL stages, but maybe it'll be clearer when I try it.

Ah, yes.
the only thing you need to change is the config.php files. There is a section for the domain name as well as the dbstuff. Everything else is using relative or appended paths to the base domain so there's nothing else to worry about.

Superb - Thanks a lot for your help!

I posted another topic about cookies - is there any way to disable the requirement for them as anyone with cookies switched off can't use my site?!

Sorry to hi-jack this thread.

Cookies are required on allot of sites.

and used for allot of reasons...  i do not think you can just TURN them off for open cart.

BTW the cart contents go into the db not your cookie...

The cookie saves your session expiry, the selected language and the selected currency.