Overview

Cloning lets you create a new storefront from one you already have on the same platform. When you add the storefront, you pick a source storefront and switch on the parts to copy. The new storefront starts with the source's look and set-up, so you don't rebuild it by hand. Products, categories, customers and orders are not copied.

Interactive walkthrough

Step-by-step

1. Check you can clone storefronts

   Cloning happens in the Create new storefront window. You need permission to create storefronts and permission to clone them; Platform Administrators have both by default.

   • If you can't see the Add new storefront button in step 3, you don't have permission to create storefronts.
   • If the window has no Clone Storefront section (step 6), you don't have permission to clone.

   In either case, ask Infigo Customer Support to enable storefront cloning for your role.
   The storefront you copy from (the source) must be on the same platform, use the Arone theme, and have the status Live or Test. Cloning only happens when a storefront is created: you can't clone into a storefront that already exists.

2. Open Storefront Management
   1. In the admin area, open Configuration > Storefront Management. A quick way: type store in Menu Search at the top of the menu and click Storefront Management.

   The Manage Account / Account Aliases page opens with the list of storefronts on your platform.

   Configuration > Storefront Management

   

3. Click Add new storefront
   1. Click Add new storefront, above the storefront list on the right.

   The Create new storefront window opens on its Store Info tab. Everything for cloning is on this tab; you don't need the Advanced Options tab.

   Add new storefront

   

4. Enter the store details

   Under Store Details:

   1. Name: the new storefront's name, up to 30 characters. Use letters, numbers and spaces only: an underscore or other symbol shows Storefront name can only contain letters, numbers, and spaces.
   2. Alias (url/alias): required. This becomes the new storefront's address on your platform.
   3. Description: optional, up to 50 characters. It shows in the storefront list.

   Name, Alias and Description

   

5. Set the storefront type and appearance

   Scroll down the window. When you clone, you can leave the Appearance section as it is: the source storefront's theme colours, fonts and logo are always copied and replace the ones you pick here.

   1. Choose the Industry Type and the Storefront Type (B2B or B2C). For a clean copy of the source, leave Industry Type on N/A. If you pick an industry type that offers Include products, set it to No unless you want its sample products.

   Good to know: the new storefront is set up from these choices first and the copy is made after that. So the Industry Type you choose can still add its own starter content, such as sample products. If you copy Settings, the source's settings replace the ones the Storefront Type sets.

   Appearance

   

6. Choose the storefront to clone from

   Scroll to the Clone Storefront section at the bottom of the window.

   1. Open Select storefront to clone from. It starts on None, which creates an ordinary storefront without copying anything.
   2. Pick the source storefront. The list scrolls if you have many storefronts. Each one is listed as its name followed by its Id in brackets, for example Storefront name (112).

   The list only shows storefronts that can be cloned: those on this platform that use the Arone theme and have the status Live or Test. If the storefront you want isn't there, check its status in the storefront list, or ask Infigo Customer Support.

   Select storefront to clone from

   

7. Choose which resources to copy

   Once a source is selected, Select which resources should be cloned appears with six switches. Turn on the parts you want copied and turn off the rest, using the table below. Five start on; Content Pages starts off. At least one must be on, or you'll see Select at least one resource to clone from the source storefront.

   Switch	Starts	What is copied from the source
   CSS	On	The source's CSS override files.
   Editable Content	On	The source's own editable content, including content templates, their translated versions and their data. Content that comes from the platform rather than from the source stays shared, so the new storefront already sees it.
   Layouts	On	The source's layouts.
   Message Templates	On	The source's own message templates (email templates), and the source's email accounts.
   Settings	On	Every setting saved on the source storefront, including its integration (MIS) settings, which connect it to your print management system. The store URL is set to the new storefront's own address.
   Content Pages	Off	The source's content pages, with their SEO details.
   Theme colours, fonts and logo (no switch)	Always	The source's theme settings are copied whatever you switch on, so the new storefront looks like the source.

   Links to the source storefront inside the copied content are changed to point to the new storefront.

   Warning: with Settings on, the new storefront uses the source's payment accounts and integration (MIS) connections until you change them. With Message Templates on, it also has the source's email accounts. Change them before the new storefront takes any orders. For a test copy, consider turning Settings off.

   Not copied: only the parts above are copied. Everything else is not, including products, categories, product attributes (including predefined values and specification attributes), customers and users, orders, and the storefront avatar and PDF logo images.

   To bring products across from another storefront, see Copy Products Between Storefronts, which copies products from a source storefront into another one from Product Management.

   Choose what to copy

   

   What is and is not copied

   

8. Click Create
   1. Check the details and switches, then click Create at the bottom of the window.

   The window closes and a Storefront created with success message shows briefly. The copying happens next, while the new storefront is being set up. Create one cloned storefront at a time, and wait until its status is Test before starting the next.

   Create

   

9. Find the new storefront in the list
   1. On the Manage Account / Account Aliases page, go to the last page of the storefront list (new storefronts are usually at the end) or search for its name.
   2. Click the arrow at the start of its row to see its Bindings: the alias you entered in step 4.

   While the new storefront is being set up and the selected resources are copied, its status is Initializing. When that finishes, the status changes to Test and the row's action buttons appear. The list doesn't update on its own: click the refresh icon next to Displaying items at the bottom of the list, or reload the page. If the status shows Initialization failed, ask Infigo Customer Support.

   Status: Initializing

   

10. Check the new storefront before you use it

    Once the status is Test, switch to the new storefront (Switch Storefront in the top bar), compare it with the source and finish it off:

    1. Check its look, editable content, layouts, message templates and content pages match the source.
    2. If you copied Settings, change the payment accounts, delivery settings and integration (MIS) connections that the new storefront should not share with the source. Also check the store address, shipping origin address, default and guest departments, and default email account settings: they may still refer to the source storefront. Do this before it takes any orders.
    3. If you copied Message Templates, check the email accounts the new storefront sends from.
    4. Upload the storefront avatar and the PDF logo images again: they are not copied.
    5. Add the products and categories the new storefront needs: they are not copied.

    If something is missing: check that its switch was on in step 7.
    Take care with Reinitialize: clicking Reinitialize on a cloned storefront's row runs the clone again from the source as it is at that time, and can replace edits made on the new storefront. If you're unsure, ask Infigo Customer Support first.

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