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Can one installation run multiple shops?

May 24th, 2000 00:35
Roland Munyard, Leon Atkinson

To allow one installation to run many shops would require a change to 
the database.  You might be able to get away with just matching each 
department up to a store.  You could change the search screen so that 
it only searched through items in one store.  You probably would also 
want to have separate navigation modules for each store.

So, the short answer is that it's possible, but would take some work.

This begs the question of whether it should be done.  It changes the
original intent of the project enough that it probably warrants a 
branch.  That is, a separate project could be set up that starts with 
the FreeTrade base and  customizes it to be a mall.

Leon