StoreFront is an Active Server Pages (ASP) application. The ASP application is designed to run in what is designated as "virtual root" or "application root." Each IIS site is normally configured to run as an application root and can support the operation of a single ASP application.
StoreFront users have frequently expressed interest in the possibility of creating multiple StoreFront subwebs under a single domain, essentially creating a virtual mall or shopping center. To do this, each web should have a full complement of the StoreFront application files, including the database.
Once the subwebs have been created and the StoreFront files have been imported each, the server administrator will need to configure the subwebs to run as IIS applications. This can be done by creating a virtual directory under each subweb, or by configuring each subweb to run as an isolated process running in its own memory space. This can be configured by the server administrator through the IIS Microsoft Management Console. Once the webs have been configured to run as application roots, they should be considered separate web stores and configured as such: each subweb will need its own DSN, its own secure location, and each will need to configured separately. Two web stores can not share the same database.
