Paid For Integration Of Forums

[JohnBradshaw]

Hi

I have to setup 4 forums, one already exists, three would need to be created.

What needs to happen is:

You register on the individual forum, this then submits this login info to the main forum too.

or

You register on the main forum and it then submits this to the individual forum that you are a cadet/staff of, eg when you register you are presented with a box saying do you want to be a member of forum 1/2/3?

However users of forum 1 should not be able to access forum 2 or 3 and vice versa.

I guess the easiest way to do this would be to have the individual forums use the main forum for the user database?

The user details from the existing forum would need to be moved over to the central one.

Any one want to make an offer ?

Cheers,

[galt]

I am pretty new to vBB, but why not just use the user groups features to place a user in one of three groups, and then control access to forums that way ? I.e. put all four forums togther, but under different parents, and control access by group at the parent level ? This is a better user interface as well, and requires no code changes.

[galt]

on rethinking this, it would require one additional form and update to allow users to change or select which group they are in, and then post that to the appropriate table without exposingthe entire admin interface. But one NEW form and update is much better than changing existing code when upgrade time comes along.

[Reeve of shinra]

using the usergroup idea, you would have 8 usergroups.

1 - 4 would let you access those specific forums.
5-8 would let you enter a combination of 4 & 1, 4 & 2, 4 & 3, or all.

Then set your access masks accordingly

[galt]

Hi Reeve oF Shrina!

Beautiful site. But my 45 year old nearsighted eyes can't read fonts that small on my 17 inch monitor. I could not read more than 4 words a minute on your "about Us" page. Even with my brand new variable focus bifocals.

Please don't make my change my monitor settings just to visit your site. :rambo:

Bob

[galt]

Also, I took a better look at vB Groups. I think he only needs three groups. Two, Three, and Four. Everyone get access to one group plus the main one. Group Access is controlled at the Forum level, and multiple groups are allowed to have identical or different priveleges.

[JohnBradshaw]

Hi,

Figured it out, what happens is that people register and every night a cron script checks if they have a code if not and the account is over 30days old it bans them and emails them the link to purchase a code.

Cheers,