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

[FReeSTER]

Who can help me out installing this Mod? Everyting is set up All I need is the code on the mod I dont know what to put there

Anyhelp will make a happy camper.

[sticky]

Originally Posted by iBaker

Thanks KW...having the same problem...couldn't post in any of the different domains due to no permissions...changed all references to forumid to forumidx in that plugin and it worked.

Can you think of any ramifications of doing this?

Just wondering, why wasn't this caught in testing? Doesn't it seem like a fairly large oversight?

So is everyone going to have to change it to forumidx to have this work properly?

[Jaiibee]

BEST MOD EVER RELEASED ON VBULLETIN.ORG

Never in my <insert large number> years of using vBulletin have I seen such win.

I will donate when I have money.

[iBaker]

I have also found that the popup smilie window is empty when this mod is enabled...can someone confirm this for me but when you disable the mod in Plugins the smilie popup window is then populated ok...thanks

[kderentz]

Tagged ... this will come in great use if it comes out of beta. I would be willing to pay for a full blown professional version of this as long as it comes with support.

[iBaker]

Is the different StyleID's working with everyone else...?

I have my thread display set in the options as Legacy

For StyleID 1 I left the postbit template as it is and set domain 1 in this mod to use StyleID 1

I created a child style off StyleID 1 so I now have StyleID 2 for Domain 2

I updated the mod settings so Domain 2 uses StyleID 2

I then copied the standard postbit template into the legacy template in StyleID 2

It made no difference...both domains used the same style

UPDATE: Found that it doesn't work with Child Styles but does if the Style is a Parent Style

[KW802]

Originally Posted by iBaker

I have also found that the popup smilie window is empty when this mod is enabled...can someone confirm this for me but when you disable the mod in Plugins the smilie popup window is then populated ok...thanks

Confirmed. No code at all in the smilie popup windows being generated.

[amagab]

Originally Posted by kderentz

Tagged ... this will come in great use if it comes out of beta. I would be willing to pay for a full blown professional version of this as long as it comes with support.

Me too. Please keep up the work. I'm suspecting there's a big demand for this product. :-)

[FReeSTER]

Originally Posted by kderentz

Tagged ... this will come in great use if it comes out of beta. I would be willing to pay for a full blown professional version of this as long as it comes with support.

absolutely bro, I will too

If someone get this working please let me know, I donate to get it done at my site if necessarily

[KW802]

Originally Posted by KW802

Confirmed. No code at all in the smilie popup windows being generated.

OK, quick fix...

Modify the "Domains Iframe Page" plugin and at the very bottom of the code find "die()" and comment it out by putting two slashes in front of it "//die()".

If you don't comment that line out then nothing in "misc.php" will work, which includes the 'getsmilies' page and the 'bbcode' page (when you click on the 'BB Codes' help link at the bottom of the create post pages).