New multidomain store front displays maintenance mode - Magento 1.9.0.1

Question

I basically want to create a new store front in magento and have a different domain linking to it in magento using the same products.

I am using site1.co.uk etc just as an example.

I have created a new Store (site2) in magento and its own Store Front using the main stores root category.

I created an alias domain in Plesk Panel (site2.co.uk) pointing to the domain of the current magento site (site1.co.uk). I also tried a normal domain with its hosting root set to the same as the site1.co.uk root directory. The alias domain I set up in Plesk 12 has the "Redirect with the HTTP 301 code" setting diabled.

I then added the following to my main magentos .htaccess just above "RewriteEngine on"

SetEnvIf Host www\.**site2**\.co.uk MAGE_RUN_CODE=**site2**
SetEnvIf Host www\.**site2**\.co.uk MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website
SetEnvIf Host ^**site2**\.co.uk MAGE_RUN_CODE=**site2**
SetEnvIf Host ^**site2**\.co.uk MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website

However when I visit the new websites URL it takes me to the maintenance page of the current site (keeping the new URL in the bar not forwarding to the main store) and I am stumpted as to why this is happenening.

Any help is greatly appreciated and if I have missed out any info let me know

Answer 1

1. Make sure maintenance mode is shut off

2. Refresh your cache, you can do this from the CLI at your site root

   • rm -rf var/cache/*
   • php shell/cache.php --refresh all

3. There is a good reference for making new stores in a Magento Multi-Store setup

   • http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/cache-storage-management

Sorry, I cannot ask for clarification on your questions, I do not have enough Rep, I also cannot cite more reference links because of rep

Answer 2

The issue was that in the .htaccess I posted above I had it set to "website" once I changed this to "store" it worked perfectly!