Major Additions - CERBERUS: 1 vB4: runs multiple domains with custom styles, forums, universal login

***Attention: This product is currently UNSUPPORTED***

We would like to release an Alpha version of the vBulletin4 Cerberus product. This product allows you to create one vBulletin4 installation which can power unlimited number of domains and sub-domains; while allowing to customize each domain differently to make it look like different sites or sections. Domains will have one universal admincp and user login information.

***Example***
www.supercoolautoforum.com - main site, all forums
ferarri.supercoolautoforum.com - custom style and forums, same login
bmw.supercoolautoforum.com- custom style and forums, same login
honda.supercoolautoforum.com - custom style and forums, same login
supercoolmotorcycleforum.com - custom style and forums, same login

*** Why are you releasing this, I want more features?! ***

This is a very simple product; we believe that the basic functionality provided in this product will satisfy a lot of communities - and since the product is simple - it will be easy to extend it and modify it to work for your custom community requirements.

Overview of Current Features:

• One shared installation of vBulletin 4
• One shared user account on all domains
• Custom Style for each domain
• Custom Forum listing for each domain

Known Issues:

• CMS and Blogs are currently not configured to have special domain-specific categories and sections. CMS is shared across all sites although the appearance will be different for each domain.

Project Contributors: s.lauderdale;m.biddle;a.ahn; anders

[BirdOPrey5]

Yes... 1 database, 1 user table, same everything, just different available forums on different domains. (and separate forum name, facebook app id, and other basic necessities that must be unique to each domain)

[Tahooma]

Can you have seperate CMS Articles too ?

[FReeSTER]

How is the status of this mod? everyone stopped using it?

[KW802]

Originally Posted by El Intocable

How is the status of this mod? everyone stopped using it?

I'm still using it (the revised product XML that I posted earlier) on a production installation.

I don't use the CMS so there isn't a whole lot more for me that am I trying to get out of it at the moment. I've been working on some tweaks to my vBa CMPS install & other stuff as I go but nothing to the actual Cerberus product itself above & beyond what I've already posted.

[20KingSize]

so is this product worth trying or is there issues?

[BirdOPrey5]

Has anyone tried the archive since installing this? I noticed my archive died... came back when I disabled this.

Array
(
    [0] => /xxxxxx/archive/index.php
)


Warning:  Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxx/archive/global.php(117) : eval()'d code:6) in /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxxx/archive/global.php(117) : eval()'d code on line 25



Warning:  Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxx/archive/global.php(117) : eval()'d code:6) in /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxx/archive/global.php(117) : eval()'d code on line 26

[KW802]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Has anyone tried the archive since installing this? I noticed my archive died... came back when I disabled this.

Dang, same here with vB 4.0.8 -- No immediate thoughts, I'll poke around later.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Has anyone tried the archive since installing this? I noticed my archive died... came back when I disabled this.

Just took a quick look at the results were not totally expected.

- Take a look at the plugin "Redirect (301) archives to live forums" under the Cerberus product. This will actually totally disable your archives and instead will redirect the URL to the normal 'live' URL instead.

- The reason it is failing currently is the 'die' command at the bottom of it; comment out the echo, print_r, and die commands and it'll work then as expected (see bullet above).

[sticky]

Did not notice the archive issue, is the archive important though as the regular forum links all work?

[BirdOPrey5]

The archive isn't all that important IMO but you don't want a dead link on your forum so I'd either make the changes Kevin suggested or disable the archive completely.