vB 3.8 - 4.0 vB Facades: Different, multiple forums running off 1 vB installation

[ibautocommunity]

Removing the product; gathering requirements and specs.

[messengermatt]

I am not sure if even vBulletin would allow such a modification because it means they can install one copy and off set it against other domains that wouldn't require additional licensing as you would be using the 1st license to substitute other licenses

[ibautocommunity]

From the description: 'This product will not allow you to get around vBulletin licensing; you will need a separate license for each domain." Piracy and licensing does not change in any way with this product; as stated.

[M-Tuning]

He states in his description that you need multiple licenses, so it's alright I guess.

[TheLastSuperman]

Perfect.... I can hear the muuuwwwhhaaaahhhaaaa's in my head...

All I need to do now is snag another license and my plans will be in motion!

Thanks :D

[M-Tuning]

Can you please tell how to set up the domains?

How can I use two different domains with one board?

Should I 301 redirect or something?

[mokujin]

Yes, I need this Mod for long time ago. Thank you

[COL NIL SATIS]

could this work with 3.8.4,i am currently using 3.8.4 but plan to upgrade to vbull 4 soon???

[TimberFloorAu]

As internet Brands are a "owner" or "co-owner" of VB , I am sure it is legal to use in the way he describes.

[TimberFloorAu]

could this work with 3.8.4,i am currently using 3.8.4 but plan to upgrade to vbull 4 soon???

vBulletin Versions: Tested extensively on live 3.7 and 3.8 vB

[Zaiaku]

Been waiting on this one, I will proably install later since I have to find a new host. New server I started using just has way too many problems.

Great Work!

[merk_aus]

Great work on this I guess it means I do not need to send the email I had typed up now haha. Great Mod and easy to use.

[Trana]

Can you use this to share members between the two domains?

How about selected forums?

[messengermatt]

I wasnt trying to reflect badly i was thinking about how the master install would be on 1 domain therefore if you use something called Virtual Domains like i do then someone can have 50 forums but because they are "virtual" you could get away with it because they are masks and the main domain tree etc is behind it so from a license point of view that would be cheating wouldnt it ?

[dacho]

You mean that the same content will appear in several different domains?
For Google it look like duplicate content.
One of them (domains) can enter in Google sandbox...
Correct me if I'm wrong

[abdobasha2004]

any screen shots ?
if it work on 3.7 i ll give it a try

[supamodz]

sounds great im gonna give it a shot

[Hornstar]

You mean that the same content will appear in several different domains?
For Google it look like duplicate content.
One of them (domains) can enter in Google sandbox...
Correct me if I'm wrong

Only if you choose to have that content appear twice. You get to set up which forum Categories show on which domains.

Can you use this to share members between the two domains?

How about selected forums?
All members will be shared between all forums.

[Delifed]

wow nice i needed something like nice glad it got released.

[CallieJo]

Wow! This is awesome! I hope I can get this to work. If it does, I will likely buy 2-3 more licenses real soon!

You totally rock!

PS - Will this work with the cms widgets? Meaning, the latest of threads from all domains display in the widget of the cms pointing to the correct domain.

[ibautocommunity]

So, the best example of this would be.

http://www.honda-tech.com has its own style and forum id's ; but http://www.hondamarketplace.com is completely different. They are actually the same site, split into two completely separate forums but sharing the same products, users and everything else in admincp.

[johnrizz]

Wow! thats cool! you can use your 4.0 along with your 3.8.X LIC, together!

[ibautocommunity]

Wow! thats cool! you can use your 4.0 along with your 3.8.X LIC, together!

That would be a negatory. This is one installation of vBulletin, so it's either 3 or 4.

[aryamansour]

Would this work with 3 forums installed on one domain? (I have 3 licenses)

This is what I am using, but it is not working: (Installed this mod on the first forum (/audi), wanting to share certain sub forums with the other 2 forums (/mb, /bmw) and share the users with all 3 forums)

[dtmscene.com/mb]
bburl=www.dtmscene.com/mb
homeurl=www.dtmscene.com/audi
catids=1,2,3,4
styleid=4

I may be placing the wrong catids, not sure. I am getting the catid found at the end of the url when I visit one of the sub forums.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

[ibautocommunity]

Would this work with 3 forums installed on one domain? (I have 3 licenses)

This is what I am using, but it is not working: (Installed this mod on the first forum (/audi), wanting to share certain sub forums with the other 2 forums (/mb, /bmw) and share the users with all 3 forums)

[dtmscene.com/mb]
bburl=www.dtmscene.com/mb
homeurl=www.dtmscene.com/audi
catids=1,2,3,4
styleid=4

I may be placing the wrong catids, not sure. I am getting the catid found at the end of the url when I visit one of the sub forums.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

That's not what this product is designed to do; your application is different.

dtmscene.com/mb is not a domain. This product would only work for you if you had a domain configuration like:

audi.dtmscene.com
mb.dtmscene.com
bmw.dtmscene.com

or bmwdtmscene.com, audidtmscene.com; you see those are different domains and sub-domains.

[aryamansour]

Thank you for clearing that up. I was wondering, would you be able to point me in the right direction so I can get this to work. Would I have to purchase other domains or purchase/add a sub domain to what I already have. Or, is there another product that would be able to do this without the need for other sub/domains?

Thank you again

[Universal]

Thankyou for this, although I am concerned if this will continue to work as 4.0 continues to grow. I wish someone could make an application so we could make just the one database for people to be able to login to about 10 forums at once. I would love vB to create that possibility instead of people having to outsource. I know alot of people who would love to see this.

[fattony69]

I want to personally thank you for this. I hated created multiple communities and having my members reapply. Just a few questions.

1. Does it move just members or does posts, threads, etc apart as well?
2. Does this have to be a fresh install to work?

/me nominates for MOTM!

[NokStar]

Buying another license is okay. sharing users and posts db is great!
Nice idea. We need people to keep this going!!

[ibautocommunity]

I want to personally thank you for this. I hated created multiple communities and having my members reapply. Just a few questions.

1. Does it move just members or does posts, threads, etc apart as well?
2. Does this have to be a fresh install to work?

* fattony69 nominates for MOTM!

You can start at any time, but obviously the URL's to the old posts might break when you create sub domains and assigned forumid's to them.

[aryamansour]

So I created the sub domains but it is still not working. The mod is installed on the first forum: audi.dtmscene.com and I'm trying to make it so the users and forums show up on mb.dtmscene.com

it is now:
[mb.dtmscene.com]
bburl=mb.dtmscene.com
homeurl=mb.dtmscene.com
catids=1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
styleid=4

Help is appreciated :)

[ShawneyJ]

hi sounds great.
does this work fine with vbseo on both domains???
also, this works from one vbulletin install???
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or do i need to upload my other vbulletin account files to the addon domain folder and use the same config.php details???
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sorry, just sounds confusing without instructions ;)

thx

[Trana]

I have a forum on my site that uses a different style, and when I set up this mod the forum is forced to use the one style specified in the config section.

Any ideas how I can make this work?

[g00gl3r]

Brilliant mod. Reserved for VB4, when it's working well and supported.

[Ricsca]

Demo?

[ShawneyJ]

ibautocommunity, i can see this is not supported, but you cant answer any simple questions???

[ibautocommunity]

ibautocommunity, i can see this is not supported, but you cant answer any simple questions???

Do not know how well this will work with VBSEO if at all. I am guessing this will not play nicely with VBSEO and might need further modification.

[cloferba]

we need some who want to support and continue this mod...

excelent work!

[cloferba]

or do i need to upload my other vbulletin account files to the addon domain folder and use the same config.php details???

i would like to know the same...

i?ve tried to copy all the files of /forum to /forum2...but no way..
bburl=www.myweb.com/forum2
homeurl=www.myweb.com/
catids=6,12,33
vba_newthreads_catids=6,12,33
styleid=2

[merk_aus]

ibautocommunity, i can see this is not supported, but you cant answer any simple questions???

Unsupported means just that = that the poster will not be coming back every minute of the day to help people. If it is a simple answer they may help out but they wont be here to support you - speaking like how you did will piss me off if i released something unsupported and i would just plain out stop coming back to the thread. It is nothing short of ungreatful.

[merk_aus]

The best way to get this to work and this is what I have done -

Set up a test board with a brand new database and run it using 3.8.4. Use Impex and do multiple imports and bring all posts, threads etc across so it is all sitting in one database.

Close all but one domain (which will be the master domain) add the rest of the domains as addon domains.

In the vBOptions for IB Facades add the domains, which boards are meant to be showing for that domain and the style you want to use for them - click save and you should be good to go.

As the title says this is multiple forums running of 1 vB installation so those installing vB on other domains/hosting accounts is just plain wrong - don't be afraid to read the information given to you.

Check out the link in my sig to see this working (seem some are allergic to clicking the demo links posted by the OP) you will see a section on my boards that says SFI Network and there will be links to UK and NZ versions that we are working on - clicking on them will take you to their domain however it is still using the one board.

[cloferba]

The best way to get this to work and this is what I have done -

Set up a test board with a brand new database and run it using 3.8.4. Use Impex and do multiple imports and bring all posts, threads etc across so it is all sitting in one database.

Close all but one domain (which will be the master domain) add the rest of the domains as addon domains.

In the vBOptions for IB Facades add the domains, which boards are meant to be showing for that domain and the style you want to use for them - click save and you should be good to go.

As the title says this is multiple forums running of 1 vB installation so those installing vB on other domains/hosting accounts is just plain wrong - don't be afraid to read the information given to you.

Check out the link in my sig to see this working (seem some are allergic to clicking the demo links posted by the OP) you will see a section on my boards that says SFI Network and there will be links to UK and NZ versions that we are working on - clicking on them will take you to their domain however it is still using the one board.

i?ve done that on vb rc2 without any result

see my post up yours

thank you for help us =)

[Ozidoggy]

<div align="center">why Are People Allowed To Place Unsupported Mods Here!!!?</div>

[cad2go]

why Are People Allowed To Place Unsupported Mods Here!!!?

It's an option for mod coders.

Better it's marked unsupported than marked supported but with no support like a lot of others.

[aryamansour]

"don't be afraid to read the information given to you"

oooooo snap!

"(seem some are allergic to clicking the demo links posted by the OP)"

double whammy

Thanks by the way.

[Adrian Schneider]

why Are People Allowed To Place Unsupported Mods Here!!!?

So people can test it, give feedback, and maybe even further develop it. It's also a nice clause which removes any guilt from not supporting annoying people who completely disrespect their work or cause.

Seriously, these people who post mods have other jobs and lives outside of this site. They're not paid to release stuff here and spend all day supporting it to people who generally don't even read instructions properly.

[Universal]

I was just wondering, has anyone got this to work with vB 4.0 Candidate 2?

EDIT: Oh I see merk_aus has it working on it. :)

[bugzy]

I think this is awesome! ive been looking for this.

Its unsupported, but maybe someone will take it, and run with it. merkus, imma have to try this out ;) thx for the info

[bugzy]

I got it to work for 2 domains, however the cookie for login isnt working properly. Any ideas?
Nevermind, i set cookie to "blank" and it seems to be working now.

for the CatID, if i set it to a subforum, it doesnt work, but if i use a CatID that is a child of the root, seems to show up.

Also, how do I get the title tag to change? The URL in the browser shows the other domain, but still shows the title of the main domain/site.

[Universal]

Also, how do I get the title tag to change? The URL in the browser shows the other domain, but still shows the title of the main domain/site.

One way you could do this is open the template ForumHome on the skin you are using for the second url and look for:

<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</title>

Then just replace {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} with anything you want.

Not sure if there is a better way but that is all I can think of right now.

[zachb]

Can anyone confirm is this works with the vB CMS? Thanks.

[bugzy]

I running on 3.8.x, but having issues with VBadvanced CMS. But im sure the issue is with VBA

wonder what people would do for the splash/frontpage using this setup?

[bugzy]

what is this option for vba?

[sub1.domain.com]
bburl=sub1.domain.com/forums
homeurl=sub1.domain.com
catids=6,12,33
vba_newthreads_catids=6,12,33
styleid=5

[TheMayhem]

Can anyone confirm is this works with the vB CMS? Thanks.

It somewhat works with the new CMS system. The correct style displays when you go to your main page, which is important.

Overall, the product is working very well. The main issues I am having is some cookie, login issues where it isn't saving the login correctly so you have to logon each time and sometimes even then it won't work. Outside of that everything else works pretty good. :)

[bugzy]

It somewhat works with the new CMS system. The correct style displays when you go to your main page, which is important.

Overall, the product is working very well. The main issues I am having is some cookie, login issues where it isn't saving the login correctly so you have to logon each time and sometimes even then it won't work. Outside of that everything else works pretty good. :)
i had similar issues within vb3.8, but it seemed to be happy after using blank setting for cookies

but id like to move to VB4 and use vbFacades if possible

you got a test site working or working site?

[zachb]

It somewhat works with the new CMS system. The correct style displays when you go to your main page, which is important.

Overall, the product is working very well. The main issues I am having is some cookie, login issues where it isn't saving the login correctly so you have to logon each time and sometimes even then it won't work. Outside of that everything else works pretty good. :)

Thanks for the answer - what I am most interested in is the Cross-posting features, though. I want to be able to push certain posts to the right domain's CMS front page.

[DIGITAL BABU]

Any one have demo link?

[merk_aus]

Any one have demo link?

If you read the thread instead of just posting you will see the Original Poster has posted a link to demo sites and I posted earlier that the link in my signature takes you to a site which has this working.

It will take you to my main forum where half way down the page it says: Sports Force Network and has clickable links to Sports Force NZ, Sports Force UK and Sports Force AUS all of which are running this product and when you join on one (if you join) and then click on the others you will see it has your name as the newest registered users.

To those having issues if you read my post earlier I said about merging all of your current boards into one database then using the domain names as addon domains - not sub domains, not any other type of domains put them as add on domains - you can normally find the option in your cpanel for webhosting.

And finally this currently does not work for the CMS - it shows the correct style etc however you can not have seperate news showing per domain - however I am currently working on it and attempting to get it to work.

[bugzy]

If you read the thread instead of just posting you will see the Original Poster has posted a link to demo sites and I posted earlier that the link in my signature takes you to a site which has this working.

It will take you to my main forum where half way down the page it says: Sports Force Network and has clickable links to Sports Force NZ, Sports Force UK and Sports Force AUS all of which are running this product and when you join on one (if you join) and then click on the others you will see it has your name as the newest registered users.

To those having issues if you read my post earlier I said about merging all of your current boards into one database then using the domain names as addon domains - not sub domains, not any other type of domains put them as add on domains - you can normally find the option in your cpanel for webhosting.

And finally this currently does not work for the CMS - it shows the correct style etc however you can not have seperate news showing per domain - however I am currently working on it and attempting to get it to work.
merk_aus thanks for your help, and keep us posted on your work!!

You working on CMS functionality for vb4.x?

[merk_aus]

Yes I am currently working on the CMS functionality - so things you have posted on domainA.com only shows on the cms on domainA.com and stuff like that.

I have had this mod about 2 weeks longer than everyone else so got a head start on all of this hopefully I will have the cms functionality shortly.

[ShawneyJ]

Unsupported means just that = that the poster will not be coming back every minute of the day to help people. If it is a simple answer they may help out but they wont be here to support you - speaking like how you did will piss me off if i released something unsupported and i would just plain out stop coming back to the thread. It is nothing short of ungreatful.

like i dont know what Unsupported means :rolleyes:
if a members brings a hack/addon out then they always answer questions for a page or 2, after that for an unsupported mod most of the time they never come back.
they let other members support each other, wow you make it sound like you have been around longer to know it all, nothing worse lol. :D if you have a problem pm me, dont make dumb ass posts to me.

this hack is pointless if your site b has vbseo....

[Wilfred1]

I am thinking of dropping vbSEO as it doesn't seem to have any incredible advantages with v4 like it has with v3.x

Anyway, some questions if anyone can help
- will this mod be a negative with Google and other search engines in terms of ranking?
- could this be used with a single domain to break your site up into what would seem completely different sites within a site eg, Sail Boats, Speed Boats, Cabin Cruisers, Jet Skis - so users can click a menu on what site they want to go to within a single site called www.OnTheWater.co...? (http://www.OnTheWater.co...?)
- I take it that as mentioned in the developers post that you can also have different vbAdvanced CMPS pages but is it possible to just have one?
- Do users going between domains have their total post count across all domains displayed or are their post counts different for each domain?

This mod could be voted for mod of the year in my opinion as it will provide so much to so many and my compliments to the developer but I am a bit scared because it is such a great thing that I create my site around this and then it doesn't work with say v4.1 etc and no one gets it working - my site would be destroyed as I would then have to create 3 etc separate sites.

This is just to good to be true :)

[Merjawy]

When I wanna be dumb I can be really dumb..

Does it or does it not require two licenses? (1 installation 1 server is what I'm understanding)

I don't really have a need for the mod, though I like it. Its great mod.. But I do have 3 domains, mater and two parked and most search englines use the original domain which is parked now.

Taged for till I make sure I won't need a seperate license.

Thanks

[Universal]

When I wanna be dumb I can be really dumb..

Does it or does it not require two licenses? (1 installation 1 server is what I'm understanding)

I don't really have a need for the mod, though I like it. Its great mod.. But I do have 3 domains, mater and two parked and most search englines use the original domain which is parked now.

Taged for till I make sure I won't need a seperate license.

Thanks

What this product does NOT do:
This product will not allow you to get around vBulletin licensing; you will need a separate license for each domain.

Yes, you will need 2 licenses to use this mod. One for domain A and one for domain B even though it is from the one database.

[TheMayhem]

Hmm.. something I never noticed with this hack finally is that the Who's Online Location doesn't register the way it should. When the person views the second domain you have setup on this hack, their online location will be:

Unknown Location
WOLPATH

[Rebecca217]

Does anyone know how this handles forum subscription and birthday emails? Which forum name shows in the emails (and the "from" address)?

[Universal]

Anyone tried to use this with 4.0 Gold?

[bugzy]

Does anyone know how this handles forum subscription and birthday emails? Which forum name shows in the emails (and the "from" address)?
I'm only guessing, but i think it will be sent as the main forum configuration.


Anyone tried to use this with 4.0 Gold?
I'm still waiting to see if can get it to work with the CMS functionality

[Universal]

I'm still waiting to see if can get it to work with the CMS functionality

Does this mean that the 4.0 Gold forums are fine and working with this? I am more concerned about the forums for now and thankyou for the quick reply.

[TheMayhem]

Does this mean that the 4.0 Gold forums are fine and working with this? I am more concerned about the forums for now and thankyou for the quick reply.

Yes the forums work fine with it. The known issues right now are:
- CMS
- Not Logging in correctly at times
- Who's Online Location

[Universal]

Yes the forums work fine with it. The known issues right now are:
- CMS
- Not Logging in correctly at times
- Who's Online Location

Thankyou, I guess we wait and see if anyone can fix these and I will have a look myself.

Thankyou to all who have helped with this mod, I wish someone could do a proper one and continue supporting it (nothing against the creator of this mod), maybe eventually. I have wanted a multi site login from one database for so long and I keep putting off paying someone to make one for me. vBulletin could make more money by people wanting to buy more licenses to use this feature (as I have told them before) if it was already implemented.

[vbenhancer]

hum, from what i see with this release, we could do a join venture with this product of mine: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230899 ... multi-languages driven forum... kind-of the same as this product, but with languages... a bundle of the sort could be possible ?!

[Universal]

Has anyone been able to fix the login / cookie problem?

On the second domain I log in and 30 secs later I am logged out and then when I log in again, it does not work and I remain logged out. I have tried to fix this problem with no success. Everything works fine with the forum except for this one problem and any help would be appreciated. :)

[fattony69]

Hey,

Does anyone know how well this works with vBSEO, vBAdvanced, and vBCredits?

[mokujin]

Does anyone know what are these errorss when I try in vb3?


Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in D:\www\AppServ\www\vb382\includes\functions.php(53 31) : eval()'d code on line 1

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in D:\www\AppServ\www\vb382\includes\functions.php(54 14) : eval()'d code on line 1

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in D:\www\AppServ\www\vb382\global.php(603) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: Class 'vB_Template_Runtime' not found in D:\www\AppServ\www\vb382\global.php(604) : eval()'d code on line 6

[merk_aus]

Anyone needing help with this getting installed send me a private message, I have it installed on my forums and recently helped Universe with his network - and I don't know what the staying logged in issue is but I believe on Universes' site it has been fixed?

So drop me a line but be prepared to allow admin access to plugins and settings so i can get in and do it for you.

[Universal]

Anyone needing help with this getting installed send me a private message, I have it installed on my forums and recently helped Universe with his network - and I don't know what the staying logged in issue is but I believe on Universes' site it has been fixed?

So drop me a line but be prepared to allow admin access to plugins and settings so i can get in and do it for you.

A huge thankyou to merk_aus for his help, the logged in issue was fixed. :) It is amazing how you can miss the tiniest things that can not make a mod work. Certainly gives you thought of being ever vigilant. ;)

[sojobo]

This was working fine for me in earlier 4.0 betas however now that I am on Gold it seems to have ceased working - it's not giving out any errors but it's redirecting me to the original forum rather than the second one as it should.

[footose]

Wonder if this would support showing only certain forums from each category?

[merk_aus]

Wonder if this would support showing only certain forums from each category?

At this time it doesn't it only supports categories.

[dt-pain]

How did you get both domains able to stay logged in?

[dt-pain]

A huge thankyou to merk_aus for his help, the logged in issue was fixed. :) It is amazing how you can miss the tiniest things that can not make a mod work. Certainly gives you thought of being ever vigilant. ;)

So how did you fix it..Fill us in

[merk_aus]

what are the cookie settings in your admincp options?

[dt-pain]

what are the cookie settings in your admincp options?

It is set to blank now. Now that I changed it to blank I can login and stay logged in but I still have to login for each forum. It seems now when I come back to the forums after closing the browser I have to login again.

[dt-pain]

Also how can we make each forum have its own forum name?

Please see attached..

[Universal]

It is set to blank now. Now that I changed it to blank I can login and stay logged in but I still have to login for each forum. It seems now when I come back to the forums after closing the browser I have to login again.

Yeah, the _blank was how I fixed it but I did not notice not being able to log in after closing browser.

I now have the problem of not being able to have a separate style for my domain2.com. I have tried everything and have not been able to fix it, I have had to disable this, it is a real shame to.

Another problem is the archive does not work either, I have noticed this on sites that use this mod.

[dt-pain]

It is set to blank now. Now that I changed it to blank I can login and stay logged in but I still have to login for each forum. It seems now when I come back to the forums after closing the browser I have to login again.


Is there any updates on this problem. I need help on this please.

[azn_romeo_4u]

Look for a CES shared cookie mod. That might help. Also I been testing this product for over 3 months.

The biggest problem is the archives. It don't work.
Also massive google penalties on shared content (don't be surprise if you ain't on google anymore) Make sure to use if conditionals to block google bots from indexing certain pages, forums, members pages, etc.

[ysam]

I have 2 problems.

1> Doesn't work for www.site and www.site.ext type of urls. Propably due to the way the urls match.

2> Server Cached pages. It doens't change the url. In VB4 CMS categories for one doesn't work, but it works for cms sections and articles.

:(

[Shogo]

Sorry but can you explain me how that's work
I want to have the same board (different categories) on 2 different sub domains or 2 different domains.

I tried on my website (2 domains => I know that I must buy a second licence but I'll do it if this system works) but that's not working!

[murekhalir]

This, mod has SERIOUS potential.

I'd pay couple hundred dollars for this to get stabilized and pushed out , having the power to have a huge network is serious business.

[Adam H]

I was interested in this but i thought i would do some research first before committing my self to it , I asked vbulletin whether the mod would be with in their licence TOS and basically it doesnt.

Their reply was that each domain needs its own licence , so doesnt this make the mod pointless ? or am i missing something important that ive over looked ?

EDIT : Sorry ive just realised that its not designed to get around the licencing system but to actually just provide admins the chance to have a network of forums with the same user base. But those forums all still need to be licensed for each domain.

[Wilfred1]

I would strongly support this with money as well If it wasn't penalised by Google for duplicate content. I would really want to have different domains covering different subject matter that was still within the same industry all managed by one admin panel.

For example the boating industry - some users are only interested in speed boats whilst others are interested in sailing boats yet there are some interested in both. It would enable a user that is just interested in speed boats not to be distracted by anything about sailing boats yet those interested in both can simply click between the two different forums/domains and still have their user details etc. Also there can be some addons that are across both areas.

It would be brilliant and I would be willing to pay for the mod and the extra vb licenses

[daveaite]

I've read many of the posts. Some successful some unsuccessful. Maybe its time for an installation test. xD

[henrikhansen]

This, mod has SERIOUS potential.

I'd pay couple hundred dollars for this to get stabilized and pushed out , having the power to have a huge network is serious business.

Me too, so far 400 dollars. I would also really, really like a fully functioning version

[ibautocommunity]

I am hearing some different things on what people want in this function. Can you describe the very basic functionality that you would want in this product? It just appears there are some very different needs listed in this thread. What would you want this product to optimally provide for you?

[fattony69]

I am hearing some different things on what people want in this function. Can you describe the very basic functionality that you would want in this product? It just appears there are some very different needs listed in this thread. What would you want this product to optimally provide for you?

Can it work with vBSEO?

[murekhalir]

I ideally would just want this:

For example - the Video Game Network

Mulitple domains - different topics.

xbox.com ps3.com wii.com

All three different sites - ONE login for all sites though.

Shared user login/password info / postcount(?) / avatar(?) / signature (?).
Single login on all sites.

(?) - are not mandatory will be cool though.

Making it stable so they all dont die! xD

[Zaiaku]

This doesn't seem to like vbseo atleast for me. The first time trying it displayed the right style but showed alot of php errors. I uninstalled it and tried again, That time it just showed alot of php errors.

[fattony69]

This doesn't seem to like vbseo atleast for me. The first time trying it displayed the right style but showed alot of php errors. I uninstalled it and tried again, That time it just showed alot of php errors.

Did you contact vBSEO to see if they could fix it?

[Trana]

I'm in for several hundred dollars to make this thing work.

What I need it to do is to have several domains that each get a different style, each domain will also get a selection of the available forums. So for my few domains, they have shared forums and some private forums.

I understand that this may have some issues with licensing, but the thing is, I have tried to get VB to support this for a long time. I will gladly pay the licensing fees for the "multiple forums" but I need it to work the way it is described.

So PM me if you are interested in developing this mod.

[carubmun]

I ideally would just want this:


For example - the Video Game Network

Mulitple domains - different topics.

xbox.com ps3.com wii.com

All three different sites - ONE login for all sites though.

Shared user login/password info / postcount(?) / avatar(?) / signature (?).
Single login on all sites.

(?) - are not mandatory will be cool though.

Making it stable so they all dont die! xD
You could do that by having someone with database skills upload a copy of your user tables into whatever new forum database you wanted to create.
That way you could have the database from videogames.com also be used in wii.com, 360.com, ps3.com, etc... but without sharing posts, threads, or forums.
You would just share the userbase.

Of course when a new user signs up that use is only in the database of whatever forum he signed up for. So if he signs up for wii.com, he wont be a member of the other forums.
Although i do remember there being a bridge for that a while back in the 3.x era.
One that would synch user tables on different databases upon new singups or at scheduled intervals.

[merk_aus]

You could do that by having someone with database skills upload a copy of your user tables into whatever new forum database you wanted to create.
That way you could have the database from videogames.com also be used in wii.com, 360.com, ps3.com, etc... but without sharing posts, threads, or forums.
You would just share the userbase.

Of course when a new user signs up that use is only in the database of whatever forum he signed up for. So if he signs up for wii.com, he wont be a member of the other forums.
Although i do remember there being a bridge for that a while back in the 3.x era.
One that would synch user tables on different databases upon new singups or at scheduled intervals.

And why do that when it is a waste of time when you could just use this mod? That is just a cop out way - if that is all you wanted to do you take a backup of your database create a new one and install the backup of your old database.

At least this mod - when i had it on my forums before removing it today due to changing my layout etc, allows people to sign up on one and post on all forums.

[fatal1980]

I am hearing some different things on what people want in this function. Can you describe the very basic functionality that you would want in this product? It just appears there are some very different needs listed in this thread. What would you want this product to optimally provide for you?

I think a lot of us who run multiple sites would like to have the ability to manage them all from a single control panel as well as the ability for members to login to multiple sites within their own network without having to register to each one which can allow for better cross promotion.

It would be nice to be able to have something like:

gaming.community.com
health.community.com
entertainment.community.com

where community.com could be a portal of your best articles/blogs throughout your network that are promoted there.

When a network grows to a point, people start thinking about moving towards a system that can provide more functionality like a drupal or spending money for developers to create a custom solution...

if this functionality existed it would encourage forum owners to keep growing their network.. which means more licenses.. and it would be even better if there was a solution developed by IB so we can be assured when new versions come out we will have the compatibility..

I am sure many would pay for a commercial version of something like this.

Just a few thoughts about the potential....