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

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by jdj

I don't know. But this mod is a brilliant idea and if I could get the thing to work I wouldn't mind paying for more than one license although I'd prefer a half-way house where I paid an increment per TLD: There is a benefit in allowing users to access your site from multiple domains and/or output their content to different TLDs from one site. But there's a huge burden of admin involved in having to manually allocate them to more than one forum.

I agree with all said here.....

Does anyone have this installed and working?

Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Does this mod require a forum to have a license for another forum installed as a sub domain?

Thanks

From what I have read if you have the full forum (all categories) available on say trucks.com, and you have specific forums available on say ford.trucks.com, dodge.trucks.com, toyota.trucks.com that is OK with one license... however if you had multiple domains like fordtucks.com, dodgetrucks.com, toyotatrucks.com you'd need multiple licenses.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Does anyone have this installed and working?

From earlier in the thread....

Originally Posted by Kevin

Example: CinVin & Lower Pottsgrove

(Forget the content of the sites since I really am using them at this point for testing more than anything. ) They look like two totally independent sites (including the vBa CMPS "Home" page thanks to some other code I am working on) but clicking on the Arcade link in the navbar on both sites shows the same games, same top scorers, etcetera. There are still some little things to be done, but for the most part as long as users are aware that the sites are shared, then it looks like it will work fine for what I had in mind.

I am using the product XML that I posted earlier with the various fixes that have been posted. Anything related to the vBa CMPS pages showing different content based upon the domain is *not* contained in Cerberus and is different code that I am working on for my sites. There are some other little tweaks that I want to make yet (like having different categories for the different domains in vBa Links) but for the most part it is running pretty stable for me.

[jdj]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Does anyone have this installed and working?

Thanks

Echo...does anyone have this installed and working.

Also, I believe from threads I've seen elsewhere that this might only work with the forums and not with the content management system. If this is correct and it works with the forum only, does it allow the search member list feature to operate across more than one site? I.e. member can update their profile fields on one site and allow them to be accessed from another TLD.

Please excuse my ignorance if the answer to this is obvious...

[FReeSTER]

All of those questions are been answered already, check earlier posts. As I recomend reading the whole thread as here are a lot of troubleshooting going on to make it work to the point you guys want it

[FReeSTER]

Originally Posted by KW802

From earlier in the thread....

I am using the product XML that I posted earlier with the various fixes that have been posted. Anything related to the vBa CMPS pages showing different content based upon the domain is *not* contained in Cerberus and is different code that I am working on for my sites. There are some other little tweaks that I want to make yet (like having different categories for the different domains in vBa Links) but for the most part it is running pretty stable for me.

I have looked the whole thread mate like more then 10 times and I still dont see your XML file.
Can you please elaborate where to look for it?
Thanks mate

[FReeSTER]

Originally Posted by KW802

Attached is a copy of the product XML with the various changes/fixes talked about in this thread.

• PROBLEM: Permissions denied error message when trying to post to some forums.
  • SOLUTION: Update the 'Forum Display' plugin to make the variable names unique so they don't conflict with the rest of vB.
• PROBLEM: Creating a new thread results in the thread being created in the wrong forum.
  • SOLUTION: {same as above}
• PROBLEM: The site title in the footer links is showing the real site name instead of the virtual site name.
  • SOLUTION: Add 'hometitle' to the list of options getting parsed.
• PROBLEM: The smilies pop-window is blank.
  • SOLUTION: Remove 'die()' from the "Domains IFrame Page" plugin.
• PROBLEM: When using the flash uploader, the file upload fails at the end.
  • SOLUTION: Add 'newattachment' to the list of scripts excluded from having the user's permissions removed.
• PROBLEM: The meta keywords and meta description of the virtual sites are using the real sites values.
  • SOLUTION: Add 'keywords' and 'description' to the list of options getting parsed.
• PROBLEM: When displaying 'content.php' for a virtual site, a different default CMS page should be shown.
  • SOLUTION: Add 'cms_default_page' to the list of options getting parsed. (Added as of this post in response to a PM request).

Sorry to shoot to early mate. I did used the search this thread for xml and found it. lol

Thank you so much

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...91#post2134591

[iBaker]

I have this working in principle but I keep getting issues caused by having vBa CMPS

If anyone else is using CMPS on their site can you advise what things are needed to be done for CMPS to work with this mod...thanks

[sticky]

Originally Posted by jdj

Echo...does anyone have this installed and working.

Also, I believe from threads I've seen elsewhere that this might only work with the forums and not with the content management system. If this is correct and it works with the forum only, does it allow the search member list feature to operate across more than one site? I.e. member can update their profile fields on one site and allow them to be accessed from another TLD.

Please excuse my ignorance if the answer to this is obvious...

Yes, read the thread from the beginning.

Yes, members can update their info on one and it shows on the other.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by iBaker

I have this working in principle but I keep getting issues caused by having vBa CMPS

If anyone else is using CMPS on their site can you advise what things are needed to be done for CMPS to work with this mod...thanks

What kind of things? I'm working on some vBa CMPS related code for my sites (see the front page of CinVin.com versus the front page of LowerPottsgrove.com)