2 Forum / 1 User DB ... possible ? how ?

[TraumTeam]

Hi,

You might help me with this problem.
I want to run 2vb's on the same site...
But both of them have to run on the same user db.

I want this to split the off topic community boards / The special interest board.

There have to be different design, search database ..., but the user should act with his id in both ... with just 1 login ...

You think thats possible ?
Ideas?

thanks
TraumTeam

[Neo]

I believe this would require having two licences.

[TraumTeam]

But its running on the same domain ..?
Perhaps I would ask jelsoft then ..

But the question is ... how to make it ? in an easy way... ?

TraumTeam

[Neo]

So just for the user table right? nothing eles?

[TraumTeam]

2 completly different boards ( own search, own database ...)
But 1 User DB ...
which is updated by both forums ...
something like making a mirror of the user db ...

I think that might be all ...
Or do I also need other things to let 2 forums run with 1 user db .. ?
The user must be able to change on the top to the second forum and then also be loggend in and see which are the new posts ...

[Neo]

Hmm that might take some coding that I think. You would somehow have to edit the sessions before the parse the user info from the database. But I do believe this would require two licences even if it is on the same domain?

[Steve Machol]

Originally posted by TraumTeam
2 completly different boards ( own search, own database ...)
But 1 User DB ...That definitely would require a second license. Each license is good for one domain, one set of vB files and one database.

[Neo]

Thanks for clearing that up smachol :)

[Logician]

As for 2 Forum 1 DB: IMO not possible; more info here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39966

However if I were you I would follow a different approach: Use 1 vbulletin (this will save you buying a new licence either) and hack it to achieve your goal.

For example create 2 different usergroups for your registered members one of which can only see "off topic community boards" and the other usergroup has only access to "The special interest board". Apply different styles to these 2 forums. Then put a link to your header something like "The other board". And attach a small hack to that link which will change the usergroup of the user when clicked (of course for only users from these 2 usergroups!). With one click their usergroup will change so does the forums they see and the styles of the board. More hacks can be applied to change header/footer etc according to usergroup of the visitor..

It's an idea formed in 5 sec. so I didnt ponder about the consequences/potential problems on the long run, but it seems ok at least in the first look.

Logician