Chapter 9.  Managing Scope and Locale Settings

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Magento scopes - websites, stores, and store views
  • Reviewing how adding store views affects the catalog and CMS
  • Languages

Magento scopes - websites, stores, and store views

One of the most important features of Magento is the ability to create multiple stores from a single Magento instance. Magento has implemented a hierarchical system that includes four levels:

  • Default/global
  • Website
  • Store/store group
  • Store view

The most common scenario of multistore configuration in Magento is found in retailers that separate their catalog by store view as follows:

Magento scopes - websites, stores, and store views

In the preceding example, ...

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