Forum Display Enhancements - DDDS - Different Domain Different Style

This is a simple add-on which will force a specific styleid based on the host url the user visited.

If you have 2 domain names which point to the same forum, you can have a customized style based on the domain name visited. You can do what you want, but it may be as simple as only having a different banner reflecting the host name visited, or if you have merged 2 forums - users could still get the same skin they always have had if they continue to visit the same URL.

Other uses may be having wap.domainname.com point to a different style than www.domainname.com.

With the HOST matching be aware that if the URL specified in the add-on matches anywhere in the url visited, the add-on will be triggered.

e.g. if URL specified in add-on = domainname.com, any subdomains of domainname.com will match this.

Version History
1.0.0: product_ddds_36.xml - Initial release, Supports a single additional domain
1.0.1: product-5_ddds_36.xml - Supports up to 5 additional domains
1.0.2: product-5_ddds_36.xml - fixed typo in code - update required!
1.0.4: product-5_ddds_36.xml - fixed bug, added comment code [B]update required!
1.0.5: product-5_ddds_36.xml - removed comment code - caused issues on some systems

[Luky]

* installs

[dartho]

Anyone who has installed the 5 domain version should upgrade (product-5_ddds_36.xml)!

Just re-install and choose YES to overwrite. There were some missing brackets in the code (bad copying/pasting on my behalf) which could cause issues.

[Qwest]

This is perfect if you have a network of forums that feed off the same DB. You can have multiple domains/forums.

Question though. isn't hat against VB license agreement?

[da420]

Originally Posted by Qwest

This is perfect if you have a network of forums that feed off the same DB. You can have multiple domains/forums.

Question though. isn't hat against VB license agreement?

If you only have one license - Yes, it would be against their licensing agreement. If you have enough licenses to match each site on your 'network' - No, it is not against the license agreement.

[dartho]

having multiple domains parked on a single vb license is against the agreement, but I don't think the same applies to sub-domains.

If you do have multiple domains which you wish to park on the same forum - I suggest you use a 301 redirect (via .htaccess) - this way you won;t be in violation of license agreements. You could redirect to parked sub-domains and assign a different style using this hack.

[Floris]

You can point sub domains and domains to a real site.

But you will require a license for each domain that appears as a separate forum - including sub domains.

If you detect with a plugin if a user is coming from WAP via a domain you can load the main site with a certain style. This is the same forum, and therefor is fine.

If you detect with a plugin where a user is coming from and give it a separate navbar/header/footer/content and therefor it appears as a separate instance aside from the real forum it is considered another instance and does require a license.

If anybody has any doubts they can simply start a support ticket on vBcom and ask staff to look into their situation to make sure no license agreement is broken.

This post is just a 'for your information'. Not dishing the plugin I like the plugin, good work.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

AWESOME!!
soooo gunna need this.

Originally Posted by Floris

You can point sub domains and domains to a real site.

But you will require a license for each domain that appears as a separate forum - including sub domains.

If you detect with a plugin if a user is coming from WAP via a domain you can load the main site with a certain style. This is the same forum, and therefor is fine.

If you detect with a plugin where a user is coming from and give it a separate navbar/header/footer/content and therefor it appears as a separate instance aside from the real forum it is considered another instance and does require a license.

If anybody has any doubts they can simply start a support ticket on vBcom and ask staff to look into their situation to make sure no license agreement is broken.

This post is just a 'for your information'. Not dishing the plugin I like the plugin, good work.

so basically..if all the content (forums) is same, we're good? otherwise, wouldn't they just be considered different skins?

ie: I'm thinking of swithing my site's domain, but 301 forwarding my "old" domain to it...but with a different skin (perhaps for a SUBforum or even subdomain). so everything is the same content wise except the skin and perhaps what the landing page is (ie... maybe go directly to a sub-forum).

is that ok under one license?

[dartho]

Thanks for the feedback Floris, but I think you may be reading too much into the license agreement..

vBulletin license grants you the right to run one 
instance (a single installation) of the Software on one 
web server and one web site for each license purchased. 
Each license may  power one instance of the Software
 on one domain. For each installed instance of the
 Software, a separate license is required. Modifications
 to the Software or database to circumvent the 
one-license-one-board rule are prohibited.

Based on the wording of the license agreement, sub-domains are fine - no matter what you do with the style. There's no mention of "appearing as a seperate instance". The basics appear to be: One License, One Instance/Installation, One Domain. A domain includes sub-domains, thats one of the many things that makes a domain a domain.

With a vanilla vBulletin install, you can already assign different theme's to different forums within your board. vbSEO maps forum names to subdirectory names - I'm suprised subdomains have not yet become part of vbSEO also, subdomains are quite an effective way of optomising your 'crawlability'

I'm going to check with vBulletin and point them to this thread to clarify.

[dartho]

Confirmed with vBulletin.com - it is OK to point sub-domains at your main forum also

[iogames]

Originally Posted by dartho

Confirmed with vBulletin.com - it is OK to point sub-domains at your main forum also

Ok...