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

[sticky]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

4.0.8 here.

I figured it out, I needed bburl to point to the homepage not the forum home page. That is why it was breaking up.

I'm wondering why that is completely different from the instructions though which tell you go to the forum index. I also got the second domain to work correctly by pointing bburl to the domain itself instead of forum index. I'm happy now

Having a couple issues with cookies but hoping I will get that resolved.

[sticky]

Ok, when trying to post a thread on the second forum I receive a no permissions message, looks like I need to do that forumidx change although I am not quite sure how to do it.

[sticky]

Also another error, when creating threads they go into another forum instead of the one in which they are created.... not sure why.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by sticky

Ok, when trying to post a thread on the second forum I receive a no permissions message, looks like I need to do that forumidx change although I am not quite sure how to do it.

Originally Posted by sticky

Also another error, when creating threads they go into another forum instead of the one in which they are created.... not sure why.

KW902 posted a fix for this issue in post #99 of this thread.

Now that you got it "working" I suggest you re-read the entire thread so you up to date on the known issues and solutions.

Remember this is an "Alpha" product... that means "less stable" than Beta even...

[sticky]

Originally Posted by KW802

To confirm I changed all references in that plugin from $forumid to $forumidx to make it unique and repeated my experiments. Success!

Sorry, but how exactly do I do this?

[sticky]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

KW902 posted a fix for this issue in post #99 of this thread.

Now that you got it "working" I suggest you re-read the entire thread so you up to date on the known issues and solutions.

Remember this is an "Alpha" product... that means "less stable" than Beta even...

Just caught this post, I'm trying I'm not as good as the rest of you guys at this so I'm learning as I go. I'm not exactly sure where or how how I make the changes in post 99.

Edit: Read it over a couple times and I think I get it now

[BirdOPrey5]

Basically you go to the plugin named "Forum Display"

Look through the code, look for all instances if $forumid and change it to something else, like $forumidx

If you want this is the entire plugin with the variable name changed to $forumidz

// Hide any non-matching categories and forums by removing them from our in-memory copy of the forum cache

    // Don't alter the forumcache if we're somewhere that it would mess things up.
    if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'subscription' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'usercp' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'inlinemod') {
        $alterState = FALSE;
    } else {
        $alterState = TRUE;
    }

    global $vbulletin;
    global $ib_match_found;
    global $ib_category_ids;
    global $ib_valid_forumids;
        global $vb_cerberus_options;

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'search' && $vb_cerberus_options['search']['search_global'] == TRUE)
{
      $alterState = FALSE;
}


    $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions_orig'] = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions'];
    $can_view = 524288; // 0008:0000h
    $forumids = array();
    $vbulletin->forumcache_original = $vbulletin->forumcache;
    if($ib_match_found == TRUE) {
        foreach(array_keys($vbulletin->forumcache) as $forumidz) {
            // If there is no match between the visible categories and the parentlist
            // (which includes the current forumid), we don't display it

            $ib_checkforumids = explode(",", $vbulletin->forumcache[$forumidz]['parentlist']);

            $ib_intersection = array_intersect($ib_checkforumids, $ib_category_ids);

            $is_visible = $vbulletin->userinfo[forumpermissions][$forumidz] & $can_view;

            // If it's not in the list of valid forums for this domain, OR we can't view it, forget it exists
            if((count($ib_intersection) == 0 || $is_visible == 0) && !(THIS_SCRIPT == 'postings')) {
                if($alterState) {
                    //debug("Unset " . $vbulletin->forumcache[$forumidz][title]);
                    unset($vbulletin->forumcache[$forumidz]);
                    unset($vbulletin->iforumcache[$forumidz]);
                    unset($vbulletin->userinfo[forumpermissions][$forumidz]);
                }
            } else {
                //debug("+++ " . $vbulletin->forumcache[$forumidz][title]);
                $forumids []= $forumidz;
            }
        }
    }
    $ib_valid_forumids = join(",", $forumids);

[FReeSTER]

Originally Posted by KW802

Try this...

ACP => Rebuild => Rebuild Style Information

By doing this I believe I will lose all the Template edits I have done to the forum, not a good idea to do. maybe there will be another way to correct this

[FReeSTER]

I have done everything on this thread and still cant get it to work correctly with the style distortion I currently have. lol

Any help or any other ideas?
Thanks guys

[FReeSTER]

I will continue to read this thread to see if there will be a better way to do this. I really need this mod for sure. If anyone willing to help me out I will appreciate even If I have to make a small donation for the help. As I see all I need is the configuration because the sub-domain is done and anything else. Is just the style break up the problem now.

Thanks you guys a lot