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

[CvP]

The first thing to do is disable ALL other mods/plugins except vbcms, vbblogs and vbcerb. Then see if this problem exists or not.

[Shogo]

looks like i had to desactivate vbseo and reactivate it ! strange!!!

[CvP]

Does anyone know why moving the plugin codes to php files cause so many errors?

[Derekclarke]

Ok, I have Just installed a New Vb forum from scratch, and used this as the first Modification on the Forum.

I have example.com as my main forum and test.example.com (test.example.com is a parked domain)

i can visit either site, and all looks spot on, it uses a different style sheet for each domain as expected.

however, i get this on the main domain you do not have permission to access this page.

on the second i can post, but if i go into a catagory in the second domain and post, the post always shows in the last catagory and not the one i am trying to post in.

anyone got any ideas how to resolve this?

[Shogo]

Do you have installed this version of the mod?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

[Derekclarke]

Originally Posted by Shogo

Do you have installed this version of the mod?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

TY, i had the one at the top of the thread installed.

I have changed to the one you have linked too and it works

[angeljs]

Originally Posted by iBaker

I don't believe it....IT WORKS

I setup one domain and installed a default vb
Imported the plugin
Added a new forum category and a new forum in that category - this gave me the default Category (id1) and Forum plus 1 more Category (id4) and Forum
Went to the admin CP - Settings and at the bottom was the settings for this mod
Entered the following for 2 domains (1 master and 1 slave) - using domainx as a substitute for my domain with 2 different extensions:
[domainx.com]
bbtitle=Domain X Home
bburl=domainx.com
homeurl=domainx.com
catids=1
styleid=1
cookiedomain=.domainx.com
facebookappid=Your_appid_here
facebooksecret=Your_fb_secret_here

I then followed the cpanel steps in https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....8&postcount=30

How would I get this to work with a subdomain, please?

[Dzi13]

Hi,

do I need to have vBulletin code files on all subdomains or i need only one files location?

[karlm]

Wouldn't it help if the author of the hack updated the xml?

[StonePilot]

Ok, I have read about 1/2 of the posts in this thread. I like the concept, but I'm VERY apprehensive to load an unsupported mod onto one site that will essentially handle the delivery of some or all of the forum content to subdomains and other domains.

For me, this would be very nice to have, but as someone asked early in this thread how duplicate content will be treated by Google ... well, unless there is a canonical tag pointing to just one forum you run some risks of having duplicate content.

I really just want the ability to have another domain-based forum and share the same user database across the two sites. But again, I'm very hesitant to jump into a mod that is not supported or documented very well.

How's everyone like it thus far? Who's got a successful install and how long did it take?