Password protect Mutltistore shop

[Jeffro]

I am hoping that someone can help me. I have Multistore enabled with a retail site and a wholesale site.

I am using a sub-domain for the wholesale store.

 

I would like to add a password to enter the wholesale site.

 

Is this possible and if so how please?

 

TIA

 

-Jeffro

[Jeffro]

Is anybody out there?

 

[El Patron]

I don't know of a way you could do this..not with native PrestaShop.  It is after all a one back office multistore.

[Jeffro]

I was afraid of that. Can you think of any way?

 

TIA

[Jeffro]

Thank you for your help by the way El Patron!

[El Patron]

No, I can't think of any way to do this.  Sorry.

[parsifal]

You should try to find a solution outside PrestaShop's native functionality, since there is none on this subject to speak of.

 

Maybe with .htaccess, if your site is running on the Apache web server? E.g.: https://www.google.com/search?q=htaccess+password+subdomain

Edited October 26, 2013 by parsifal (see edit history)

[r00Syntax]

I have managed to enable multistore ans password protect one shop with password.

 

1/ (Main shop) retail store open to public ------ domain.com

 

2/ (Wholesale shop) subdoman password protected ---- sub.domain.com

 

 

domain.com is in root directory

 

sub.domain.com is set up in cpanel to point to domain.com root directory

 

 

 

In the domain.com htaccess file after  

# ~~end~~ Do not remove this comment, Prestashop will keep automatically the code outside this comment when .htaccess will be generated again

 

you can add this as a conditional statement

which says if user is on subdomain ask for password if not then Ok

 

 

 

#Substitute sub.domain.com for your subdomain name

SetEnvIf Host ^sub\.domain\.com$ is_on_sub_.domain

Order deny,allow

Deny from env=is_on_sub_domain

# require password if access would otherwise be denied

Satisfy any

# Put your password auth stuff here

  AuthName "Password Protected Area"

  AuthType Basic

#Substitute domain.com and absolute path to your domain.com directory.

  AuthUserFile /home/user/public_html/domain.com/.htpasswd

  Require valid-user

 

 

So when a user goes to your main site all is good

When a user goes to your subdomain  they are greeted with  user/password to enter site

 

 

Hope this helps

[El Patron]

thanks for sharing syntax, how does one update the server?  using putty to update text file with passwords?

 

another humble solution, supports multishop i.e. enable module by shop

http://www.etiendas.co/en/37-private-shop-authorized-only.html

[r00Syntax]

thanks for sharing syntax, how does one update the server?  using putty to update text file with passwords?

 

 

 

Personally I  use Filezilla to upload/ edit the .htpasswd file to a directory of your choice preferably outside of the root directory.

you can generate a .htpasswd file here

http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/

 

An if you need to update the htpasswd just repeat the process.

 

Imo the module you mentioned dosnt really encompass password protecting a whole domain completely

I prefer to keep the whole site from prying eyes and give the user/pass to trusted wholesale clients.

the basic purpose is just to prevent general public from seeing the wholesale site.

And restricting search bots from indexing the wholesale subdomian through robots txt files.

although not 100% bullet proof maybe the implementation of hiding prices would be a secondary

layer of privacy. 

 

i had thought of trying to introduce a conditional statement where you could alter the css attributes which display the prices 

dependent on whether a a user was logged in or not

 

such as below in pseudo code:

 

If logged in then use thisstyle.css

------ default css

if not logged in then use thisstyle.css

----- puplic_default.css

with

.price_attributes, .price_displayed_on_site

{

display:none;

}

 

Something along those lines

Although this dosn't stop someone after logging in or compromising your htacess rule from inspecting the source and changing the css on the fly to see your prices, its however a simple  method to make it awkward to view you're site or see prices.

 

Being fairly new to Prestashop Im not sure where I would use this kind of statement.

 

 

Edited February 10, 2014 by r00Syntax (see edit history)

[El Patron]

nice way for those that need to hide shop...thanks for sharing...I am considering adding this sort of logic to the module but little by little.