Multiple boards with a shared forum

[versitycobalt]

Forgive me if this is posted in the wrong forum, but I do not currently have a license for vB, thus making me unable to post in the more related forums, and would like to make sure vB is possible of doing this before blowing money on three licenses and finding out later.

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Is there currently a hack or other sort of add-on for vB3 to allow to seperate boards to share a specific forum(s)?

For example, you have three different websites operating their own boards (running vB3). Knitting, basket weaving, and sowing. Each website has it's own set of categories and forums, but all have a common forum named "Free-4-All" for unrelated chatter to the subject.

Assuming that the boards have already been hacked so that users registering on one website can access the other two (to avoid the problem of 'guest' or 'unknown' posters), is there a way to get the "Free-4-All" forum of each board to be shared?

To the users, it would appear to be part of their board (crumbtrail, template), but in reality, three different websites are using it.

Or is there at least a way to get the forum on the three boards to write to it's Free-4-All forum and the same forum on the other two boards simoultaniously. This way, all the board's forums have the same information in it, and when read or browsed, appear to be "mirrored"?

Assuming that all three boards are using the same database, but have different table prefixes, is this currently possible?

[amykhar]

It could be done with user groups, but I believe it is not allowed under the license agreement. You would need to buy 3 separate licenses if I understand the rules correctly.

It is ok to have the boards have 3 separate logos as long as they all have the same content is what I understand the rule to be.

[versitycobalt]

Originally Posted by amykhar

It could be done with user groups, but I believe it is not allowed under the license agreement. You would need to buy 3 separate licenses if I understand the rules correctly.

It is ok to have the boards have 3 separate logos as long as they all have the same content is what I understand the rule to be.

I've read the license and as long as there is a license per instance or installation of the board, it's fine. I have no problem with getting three licenses for the three boards, but I'm going to make sure it's possible before I spend the money for it.

[TwinsForMe]

You could have "joinable" usergroups that exclude the other forums from being visible. That way you would only need to set up one board. You could also have re-directs on your domain names to point to your one board.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by versitycobalt

I've read the license and as long as there is a license per instance or installation of the board, it's fine. I have no problem with getting three licenses for the three boards, but I'm going to make sure it's possible before I spend the money for it.

Alterations to the software to make it appear like three seperate boards would also fall under this category.

[amykhar]

It's very doable to have the registrations go to the appropriate usergroups depending on the url they join from. Then, you wouldn't need to use public usergroups that members have to join. It would be transparent to them. Since you are willing to pay for all necessary licenses, I guess the answer to your question is, yes, you can do that.