Here you can find the instructions on how to remove a website without keeping the root category in your Magetique template.
[notice type=”warning”]Log into your Magento store Admin Panel and backup your website before making any changes.
Configure the CMS Static Blocks
1. Go to the Content > Blocks section.
2. To view all CMS static blocks per one page, select 100 from the Display items per page option dropdown.
3. Find the left_custom_block static block.
4. Choose Edit from the Action column.
5. Move to the option and select All Store Views.
6. Save the block settings.
Do the same for the following blocks:
- block_4_2_layout_3
- block_3_2_layout_4
- left_custom_block_lt2
- block_4_3_layout_4
Delete customers
Not to create complex structure and prevent Magento errors, you need to:
☓ DELETE all customers’ records which are assigned to the websites you want to remove
and
✓ LEAVE all customers’ records for the website you want to keep
[notice type=”111″] E.g. If you want to keep only one (Medical) Website, you need to delete all customers from the rest (Bikes, Furniture, Spare parts, Lingerie) websites.
So, if you want to keep the Bikes Website, you need to delete all the customers from the Medical, Furniture, Spare Parts and Lingerie websites.
➤ We will keep the Medical website, as an example, and remove the Bikes, Furniture, Spare Parts and Lingerie websites.
This means, we should delete all customers’ records from the Bikes, Furniture, Spare Parts and Lingerie websites.
Let’s delete all clients’ records from the Bikes website database.
Follow the next instructions:
1. Go to Customers > All Customers and you will see the table with the list of all the customers.
2. Select each Customer ☑ which is assigned to the Bikes Website and choose Delete from the actions dropdown.
3. Confirm the action by pressing OK.
4. Clear the cache.
➤ Do the same for the rest websites (Furniture, Spare Parts and Lingerie). Remember, you should not delete the clients for the website you want to keep.
Define the website (topic) you want to keep
✲ Method 1 (recommended)
1. Navigate to the Stores > Configuration section.
2. Then expand the TEMPLATEMONSTER tab and click on the Layout Switcher tab.
3. Now you need to select the theme you want to keep from the Default theme option dropdown.
4. Expand the TEMPLATEMONSTER tab and click on the Layout Switcher button.
Method 2
- Navigate to the Stores > All Stores section.
- Click on the Website name you want to keep. You’ll move to the website settings interface, put there a checkmark in the Set As default checkbox.
- Remember to save the website settings.
❹ Remove the root category (optional)
1. First, check if the root category is not set as default for any store.
In order to do this, go to the Stores > All Stores section.
2. You need to open each store settings interface (click on the store name link) and check if the root category you want to delete is selected in the Root Category option field.
3. If the root category you want to delete (e.g. you want to delete the lingerie store root category) is selected for the store, choose another root category from the Root Category option dropdown.
4. Then press the Save Store button.
5. Navigate to the Products > Categories section.
6. Move to the categories tree and select the root category you want to remove.
7. Press the Delete button.
- Reindex and clear the Magento cache.
Remove unneeded websites
1. Go to the Stores > All Stores section.
2. Click on the name of that Website you want to delete (e.g. you want to delete Lingerie store).
3. You’ll move to the website settings interface. Press the Delete the Web Site button.
4. Decide if you want to create the Backup.
5. Then press the Delete Web Site button.
The removing process may take a few minutes to complete.
Reindex and clear the Magento cache.
