you can still use the same table ... add additional fields and call/display them when needed.
there is no need to add 3 different tables

^^ my bad that was just the only one besdies coreforums i know off the top of my head

really depends on the design of the journal system and the others.

There are plenty of complex, advanced journal system ideas that I could share (but won't - cos I'm planning them for my Journal System and I don't want others to steal the ideas, so you'll have to wait :p) which would ruin it for a Reviews system (for instance) to be able to use the same table.

But in general, if the things aren't very advanced, then yes, it COULD be written in such a way that they all make use of the same table. In fact, I actually am planning to have my Journal System take care of a whole lot more than just journals, so in a way I am already doing that. But I'll still use a different table for my reviews system and tutorials system, if only because those are separate hacks.

coreforums looks sexy now :)

thats partly my fault lol....
go with vbindex, i use em and well there good ok, nuff said.

Lastly i fixed that bug go to artorg.co.uk for the vbindex demo guest can view the news now :D

decent vbindex example http://www.corsacrazy.com/index.php

Yep if you wanted to do it this way you could, but I don't know exactly the effects that you would be trying to achieve. You wouldn't really save storage space because you would still have to add a new column for the type so that you could perform the select to receive specific data. Also if you're trying to save query usage it would be quite difficult to get the data in one query unless you did specific caching of the database.

Cheers,
g-force2k2

the idea is to use what is already available ...

geesshh i am also torn between this two... and I cannot wait for TECK to come out with a commercialise version... my site has been without a decent homepage for months after I switch to vb3

I really like both version but what would really make them great is if they had a Rotating Banner System. Only portal system out there with a half way decent banner system is vbportal. Which has yet to release a vb3 version. :disappointed: