Global Registration

[99SIVTEC]

I run several vbulletin sites and have been wanting the users to be global so they do not have to register on each site. The solution we have come up with is to rewrite the registration system or write a new simple one from scratch. The new one would simply connect to each database and insert the users information at each site instead of the current system that only inserts the data into the one database. All of my sites are on the same dedicated server so this should be a piece of cake. The only difficult part will be the initial setup. What I need help with is a script or even cron job that will check the current sites for duplicate users and such and copy the existing users to each database. Anyone up for that?

[Logician]

discussed a lot of times. Please search.

I dont want to create a new discussion in this thread but your suggestion is not a piece of cake as it seems. You are not finished when you managed to dublicate the account when user registered. How do you plan to handle:
a) User changed his password in one of the boards (the others password didnt change now)
b) User initiated password reminder tool (which again changes the password automatically)
c) You change something in your admin interface about this user (username, email, password)
d) You deleted account in your admin cp (the other one still there)
e) You banned the user (other account is not banned)
f) You make the user a Mod (the other account still is not)
etc. etc. etc.

[99SIVTEC]

most of those don't really matter on my forums though. I don't want global moderators so that isn't an issue. I have several competent administrators so banning isn't usually an issue and if it is we can communicate that need across the sites very quickly. Now the password changes I can see as a problem, but honestly if a user can't remember their password then they will have to deal with updating and changing it on each site. This setup probably isn't ideal for everyone, but with my network and my needs I think it fits better than every other solution I have come across.

and yes, I have searched. I have been trying to come up with something for this for several months. I know the benefits and problems with each decision and again feel that this is probably the best solution for my network.

[insanctus]

I hacked 2 vbs to use the same user data base and that is it, only bugs are.

1. private messages show on both (but only realy on one)
2. avatar (although I am sure a simple fix I just not got to it)

So yes it can be done just alot of work (and i have yet a few little bugs to do)

[SmEdD]

Today at 06:56 PM insanctus said this in Post #4
I hacked 2 vbs to use the same user data base and that is it, only bugs are.

1. private messages show on both (but only realy on one)
2. avatar (although I am sure a simple fix I just not got to it)

So yes it can be done just alot of work (and i have yet a few little bugs to do)

Thoes can both be fixed with some hacking.

[insanctus]

Yup yup, I just had other things going. I plan to finish it one day soon