Interesting idea. I'd really like to know how this effects SEO before I make it live. I'd like to start up a gaming/tech network if this doesn't have any negative effects on my boards.

We'll try it with you! Our group is the Motorcycle Sport Touring Association. Visit us at http://www.sporttouring.us.

PM me and I'll send you my email address.

Well, maybe best to back away from this mod at the moment until some of the bugs are worked out. I get a database error when I click on the network forum manager link...

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT DISTINCT subid FROM vb_network_sub
WHERE (network_sub.networkid = 1)
ORDER BY subid;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'network_sub.networkid' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Tuesday, July 6th 2010 @ 08:16:53 PM
Error Date : Tuesday, July 6th 2010 @ 08:16:53 PM
Script : http://www.sporttouring.us/admincp/networkforum.php
Referrer : http://www.sporttouring.us/admincp/index.php?do=nav
IP Address : 98.108.23.234
Username : VersysRider
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.91-community

This is rather interesting for sure. I run a social website for gamers which has unique articles and other gaming related info. If there are any gaming websites that wish to network up to share news, game reviews or whatever let me know.

Going to tag and watch to see how the bugs get worked out.

I would be curious if you could label the guests. For instance, if I link with another forum called Forum X. If Forum X makes a post that shows up on my site as a guest, it would be nice to have it show up under a generic Forum X username, so that people on my site could find the other forum, and vice-versa. This would be particularly helpful for sites that link with 2 or more others. Just a thought.

Also, maybe I'm blind and missing something, but is there a way to decide which forums these guest posts show up in? How would a thread on another site know which forum to go into on my site?

I have a gaming site also if anyone is interested. Not touching this one though until some of the questions are answered and some bugs are worked out.

I have a few bug fixes which I will post later. Thank you for logging the issues in the Google Project.

No. But there is an option in the AdminCP to turn on email syncing (or whatever I called it). This works as follows: UserX registers with the same email address on BoardA and BoardB (assume they are also networked). If UserX then posts on BoardA, his post will show up as his user account on BoardB and not as a Guest post. This option has to be turned on in the AdminCP and the user must have the same email address on both boards.

In the Forum Manager at the bottom, you can select which network and network forum a particular forum is configured to. This is explained in the docs.

That was exactly my inspiration for writing this plugin. :)

Ok, PM sent.

Sorry to repost, but is there anything that can be done like this?

I would be curious if you could label the guests. For instance, if I link with another forum called Forum X. If Forum X makes a post that shows up on my site as a guest, it would be nice to have it show up under a generic Forum X username, so that people on my site could find the other forum, and vice-versa. This would be particularly helpful for sites that link with 2 or more others. Just a thought.

Each post coming from a remote board has a message appended to it stating the originating board. For example, a post from my board to another board may look something like:

Here is a work safe example of a post made on my board that appears on a remote board via my network plugin:

http://www.drunkensquirrel.net/com/s...00&postcount=9

This way people are able to find the remote board. But there is no (easy) way to make all posts show up under the same generic ForumX username, which is what I think you're asking for.

Actually, looking at that post reminds me of an undocumented feature of the plugin that does allows boards to grab the avatar of the remote users. I will document this tonight and upload my bug fixes as well.