Two URLs, Two Skins, One Board

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Markro

If I want to hide certian boards when domaina is visited or when I visited domainb different boards are hidden.

He is not only changing the style, but also the content with this last remark.

[Logikos]

Domain1.com has style #1 and shows forum# 1 & 2
Domain2.com is being redirected to domain1.com with style #2 and shows only forum # 1.

Does that break the EULA? I'm actually asking seriously since I'm not sure.

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

He is not only changing the style, but also the content with this last remark.

When Markro refers to hiding certain boards, i think he means certain forums. So, for example, Domain A sees forums 1-5 and 11-15 and Domain B sees forums 6-10 and 11-15. I don't think this would break any rules, but I could be wrong.

Markro, I think you can easily achieve this forum "hiding" by having those registered from one domain become one usergroup and the other domain another usergroup. then just hide the forums from each corresponding usergroup.

[nix]

I'm thinking of doing something like this also. Have www.site1.com and www.site2.com both use the same database but retain the url. So this would require two license to achieve this correct? Cause I assume you would need to installs of VB.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by yinyang

When Markro refers to hiding certain boards, i think he means certain forums. So, for example, Domain A sees forums 1-5 and 11-15 and Domain B sees forums 6-10 and 11-15. I don't think this would break any rules, but I could be wrong.

I think it has been stated by Jelsoft in previous situation that this would be against the license.

But it is no use discussing this here. Best would be to post this as a question at vb.com and ask for an official answer by Jelsoft (or do a search first).

[Logikos]

Originally Posted by Jake Bunce

Separating content and forum styles by using subforums and forumdisplay links within a single domain is allowed because that functionality is built-in to vBulletin.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103150

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by Jake Bunce

3. Your forum is accessable from multiple domains and your forums are configured to show/hide certain forums based on the domain. This is not OK and requires an active vBulletin license for each domain. In this situation the forums appear to have separate content thereby making them separate forums in the eyes of the license agreement. Your forum content needs to be the same for each domain in order to qualify as a single forum.

the above quote is taken from Live Wire's link above. Well, i guess it somes it up. You cannot hide those forums or you need two licenses.

However, if you lock them, according to usergroup (as suggested before), then i think you're okay. Basically, regardless of style, all the content from both domains needs to look the same. They don't need to be accessible the same, I believe, but they need to look the same.

[Markro]

I never figured out how to hide / show certian boards, and considering I don't wish to purchase another license, I think I'll just display all boards and just use the different style / domain idea.

Thanks guys for the indepth researchon the legal issues.

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by Markro

I never figured out how to hide / show certian boards, and considering I don't wish to purchase another license, I think I'll just display all boards and just use the different style / domain idea.

Thanks guys for the indepth researchon the legal issues.

there's two things you must do.

1) in your forum controls, click where it says somethine like "hide locked forums"
2) the you have to go to forum permissions and set the appropriate permissions for each usergroup. those that you lock out will then not be able to see the locked forums.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

ooOooo me keeps an eye on this thread for later..... will def be needing it