Copy a store?

Once I've installed a store and made various edits etc and am looking to install more stores, how much can one copy from the first install to avoid having to remake edits? Obviously the template files but what others can be overwritten without database issues (each store is a different database). Thanks

This is a tricky issue because there's a lot of modules who create new database tables for their use. I don't think there's a simple answer to this question...

Indead, watch out when copy a store.

Now, if you use same mods for every store you setup, normaly it should be ok.

But, every customer (store) is different, like for expl. a store want to us UPS mod, another Fedex....

etc...

If i whas you, i would install fresh copy's everytime.

Artlife wrote:Once I've installed a store and made various edits etc and am looking to install more stores, how much can one copy from the first install to avoid having to remake edits? Obviously the template files but what others can be overwritten without database issues (each store is a different database). Thanks

Basically this is not complicated as it sounds.
Maybe you want to read more about in the wiki: http://wiki.opencart.com/index.php?title=Moving_Website

Maybe database backup + folder backup -> to new site would be a working model? Of course you need to remove unwanted features from the new site but...

I do not know the intention behind, but could imagine that he wants to build several stores with similiar functionalities.
In this case I would install 1 'master' site (best done locally), add all modules, templates, etc. I need and make a new complete package of it (maybe also with adopted installer).
With this I could build many stores with 1 click (okay, maybe 2-3).
Basically the procedure is the same as described at the wiki.

stefke1974 wrote:Indead, watch out when copy a store.

Now, if you use same mods for every store you setup, normaly it should be ok.

But, every customer (store) is different, like for expl. a store want to us UPS mod, another Fedex....

etc...

If i whas you, i would install fresh copy's everytime.

I am installing a fresh copy, I am talking about what can be overwritten to avoid duplicating edits.

joomx wrote:

Artlife wrote:Once I've installed a store and made various edits etc and am looking to install more stores, how much can one copy from the first install to avoid having to remake edits? Obviously the template files but what others can be overwritten without database issues (each store is a different database). Thanks

Basically this is not complicated as it sounds.
Maybe you want to read more about in the wiki: http://wiki.opencart.com/index.php?title=Moving_Website

mmm not really what I want to do, these will be different stores with different databases.

joomx wrote:I do not know the intention behind, but could imagine that he wants to build several stores with similiar functionalities.
In this case I would install 1 'master' site (best done locally), add all modules, templates, etc. I need and make a new complete package of it (maybe also with adopted installer).
With this I could build many stores with 1 click (okay, maybe 2-3).
Basically the procedure is the same as described at the wiki.

Some of that may be beyond my abilities but it did give me some ideas. I will read through the wiki etc.
thanks