The original author reported on vb,com today that he is working on a new version of this mod for vb 4.0.x. No estimate given on the release though.

I would rock the hell out of this.

thanks for posting this again
[high]* Brandon Sheley grabs a copy before it's gone :)[/high]

The demand is insane for this.

Thanks for posting it, this is exactly what is needed to spur further development. Isn't there anyone talented enough in the community to develop this?

This is my dream mod, I won't give up hope. VB 3 sites have run this successfully somehow.

I would love to read some experiences with installing and running this hack.

This is a very interesting approach. Thanks Sticky for pointing it out.

It's definitely different than the other approaches I've reviewed. I think this approach has many advantages -- as it doesn't require you to bifercate your database and hack all of your PHP files. It also has some disadvantages -- as it shares all of your same plug-ins. I'm not sure that's a good thing.

I'm looking at the code, and I'm not sure this will work with friendly URL's or vbSEO. Maybe I'll run some experiments on this tonight.

Updates? I am very interested, however unable to test. I will wait patiently on the tests others are running. =)

Very Interested

For a demo I have this on my site: http://www.webmasters-resort.com you will see a drop down at the top of the page where you can browse through and click on other sites which are all "linked" to the one database.

This modification was originally used to get things started however a number of updates and changes to the codes have been used in order to work out some small issues but they have now been resolved and working fine.

As you can see (if you go to the demo I posted above) the forums relating to the boards are all unique per domain name, however things like introductions, and general discussions are shared among all websites.

The important thing for this is to ensure that you have a license for each board you wish to run otherwise you will be going against the terms and conditions and your "network" will be illegal.

Could you please share your version that includes the updates and code changes?
I am much in need of this and it looks like its running well on your forums.
What limitations does your version currently have?