Is it possible to copy an entire modded osCmax installation to a new domain?

[geoff_27]

I tried searching the forums for anyone asking a similar question and didn't find anything, so here goes...

I work for an e-commerce company that currently operates one website built on osCmax, with a large number of mods installed and configured the way we like them over the past 2 years or so. We own the domain names and hosting space for a few more sites, and would like to build them up and sell different product lines on each one.

Since installing, configuring, and troubleshooting mods is a hugely time-consuming and often frustrating process, my question is this: Would it be possible to download our existing installation of osCmax (mods, database and all), upload it to a new domain, and then just go in and change what needs to be changed in order to make it a unique site (the configuration and admin tables, configuration.php, the categories and products, etc.), allowing us to then focus mainly on the design and layout? Or is there something I'm missing, that would make this idea completely impossible?

If anything like this would be possible, it would save an incredible amount of time-- we wouldn't have to go into each of our new sites and individually install and configure the 2-dozen-plus mods that we've grown accustomed to on our original site. We could just start with each new site already modded the way we want it, and go from there.

Any thoughts/suggestions? Am I insane for even considering this?

[pgmarshall]

If you are happy running them as separate stores then it is simple - if you want them all operating on a single admin panel - ie. orders from each store coming into a single place then it is more complicated (but not impossible!)

Basically follow the instructions here: http://wiki.oscdox.com/move_your_store

Regards,

[geoff_27]

Oh, wow. That looks like it should definitely do the trick. Don't know how I didn't think to check the wiki, but... thank you! This should be easier than I thought.

[ridexbuilder]

I work for an e-commerce company

The janitor? The tea boy? The sales rep.? Hopefully not as a programmer/technician.
The mind boggles.

[geoff_27]

The janitor? The tea boy? The sales rep.? Hopefully not as a programmer/technician.
The mind boggles.

Seriously? You couldn't resist posting that? Is it so unfathomable that someone would ask the question that I did, or are you simply amazed that I didn't think to browse the wiki for possible solutions?

[ridexbuilder]

Seriously? You couldn't resist posting that? Is it so unfathomable that someone would ask the question that I did, or are you simply amazed that I didn't think to browse the wiki for possible solutions?

Given the context, all of the above.
Shop owners wouldn't be expected to know; IT so-called specialists should know the basics, or at least be able to fathom it out.

[geoff_27]

The basics, sure. I've only been working with osCmax for about 6 months, mostly on the design end, and I wasn't sure if there were any crucial steps I wasn't considering in my idea to copy a site (any extra configuration files, etc., whose omission would cripple a copied site). Sorry if I mistook good-natured snark for genuine jerkery!

[ridexbuilder]

Sarcasm, with a touch of reality

[ridexbuilder]

Do keep in mind that there have been a substantial number of changes/bug fixes over the past few years and really you should be aiming to update to at least version 2.0.25

[pgmarshall]

Definitely worth checking out v2.5 beta 3 - I am sure that a good few of your mods are now in the core - and probably a few more you might find useful!

Regards,