Multiple Forums using a single user table

This was originaly done in 3.0.9 by westpointer you can view that thread here

This Modification is for VB3.5.4 This is not supported but I will give as much help as I possible can.

I have this working now on 2 sites

The main site is http://forums.everything2stroke.com

Slave sites are
http://forums.everythingmx.com
and
http://forums.everythingduners.com

After a successfull install of this modification your sites will share User, PM, and sesson data.

This thread will detail how to have a single login for multiple forums. It makes the following assumptions:

• A valid vbulletin license exists for each install
• All forums will be on the same server
• One database will contain all the tables

A valid vbulletin license exists for each install


Follow these steps

1.) Download your new copy of VB that contains a seperate license key
2.) Go to /includes/config.php.new rename the file to config.php and make necessary changes to the file. See VB Directions. Make sure this code has a different setting than the master site for table prefix.

PHP Code:

 //          ****** TABLE PREFIX ******
 //          Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database.
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = ''; 


3.) Run the vb install from the new directory (/www/new_forums/install/install.php)

4.) During the install, be sure NOT to empty the tables. If you have any doubt about what this means, stop NOW! If you empty the tables, you will lose all of your existing data from a prior install!

5.) Download all files and directories to your PC from the new install location.

6.) You will need a tool to do a mass Search and replace on all files. I use WildEdit. Here is what you will do using a tool like Wild Edit.

• Search for [" . TABLE_PREFIX . "user] Replace with [" . "vb3_user] where "vb3_" is the prefix to your master site. 110 Files modified 599 Total changes made
• Search for [" . TABLE_PREFIX . "strikes] Replace with [" . "vb3_strikes] where "vb3_" is the prefix to your master site 4 Files modified 8 Total changes made
• Search for [" . TABLE_PREFIX . "pm] Replace with [" . "vb3_pm] where "vb3_" is the prefix to your master site 16 Files modified 77 Total changes made
• Search for [" . TABLE_PREFIX . "session] Replace with [" . "vb3_session] where "vb3_" is the prefix to your master site 20 Files modified 31 Total changes made

Now to modify some of the code.

In /include/class_dm.php

Search for:

PHP Code:

 function fetch_insert_sql($tableprefix, $table)

            { 


Add below change vb3_ to your master site prefix:

PHP Code:

if ($table == "vb3_pmtext")

            {

                        $sql = "INSERT INTO {$table}\r\n\t(" . implode(', ', array_keys($this->$table)) . 


")\r\nVALUES\r\n\t(";

            

            }

            else 


Go to /include/class_dm_pm.php

Search for:

PHP Code:

var $table = 'pmtext'; 


Replace with making vb3_ the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

var $table = 'vb3_pmtext'; 


Search for:

PHP Code:

$pmtextid = ($this->existing['pmtextid'] ? $this->existing['pmtextid'] : $this->pmtext['pmtextid']); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$pmtextid = ($this->existing['pmtextid'] ? $this->existing['pmtextid'] : $this->vb3_pmtext['pmtextid']); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

$this->dbobject->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pm (pmtextid, userid) VALUES ($pmtextid, $user[userid])"); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$this->dbobject->query_write("INSERT INTO " . "vb3_pm (pmtextid, userid) VALUES ($pmtextid, $user[userid])"); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

" . $this->dbobject->escape_string($user['username']) . "', '" . $this->dbobject->escape_string($this->pmtext['title']) . 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

" . $this->dbobject->escape_string($user['username']) . "', '" . $this->dbobject->escape_string($this->vb3_pmtext['title']) . 


Go to /include/class_dm_user.php

Search for:

PHP Code:

$return = $this->db_update(TABLE_PREFIX, 'user', $this->condition, $doquery, $delayed); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$return = $this->db_update('vb3_', 'user', $this->condition, $doquery, $delayed); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

$this->db_update(TABLE_PREFIX, 'userfield',     $this->condition, $doquery, $delayed); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$this->db_update('vb3_', 'userfield',     $this->condition, $doquery, $delayed); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

$this->db_update(TABLE_PREFIX, 'usertextfield', $this->condition, $doquery, $delayed); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$this->db_update('vb3_', 'usertextfield', $this->condition, $doquery, $delayed); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

if ($return = $this->db_insert(TABLE_PREFIX, 'user', $doquery)) 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

if ($return = $this->db_insert('vb3_', 'user', $doquery)) 


Search for:

PHP Code:

$this->db_insert(TABLE_PREFIX, 'userfield',     $doquery); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$this->db_insert('vb3_', 'userfield',     $doquery); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

$this->db_insert(TABLE_PREFIX, 'usertextfield', $doquery); 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

$this->db_insert('vb3_', 'usertextfield', $doquery); 


Search for:

PHP Code:

DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "session 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

DELETE FROM ?.?vb3_session 


Search for:

PHP Code:

INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "passwordhistory (userid, password, passworddate) 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

INSERT INTO " . "vb3_passwordhistory (userid, password, passworddate) 


Search for:

PHP Code:

 UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "session SET 


Replace with where vb3_ is the prefix to your master site:

PHP Code:

   UPDATE ?.?vb3_session SET 


That is all the code modification.


The only other item I did is remove a couple cron jobs.

Go into Scheduled tasks then to Scheduled Task Manager

Delete the following CRON jobs from the Slave Site

User Promotions*
Birthdays
Activation Reminder Email

This will eliminate members getting emails from the primary and secondary sites
*not sure if this will duplicate efforts between primary and secondary sites I have it running on both sites still waiting to see if it causes any issues.


Please post here if you have any problems and questions I will try my best to keep up with everyone to help you through this. Once you get the code done the first time you can just do a mass search and replace on your license code and you can be up and running in minutes with a new site.

This is my first major modification so I hope I posted this all correct, again Thanks to Westpointer for his original work without his post this would not have been possible.

Thanks

UPDATE:

Please make this changes it will allow you to make changes to usergroups in the subscription section and when editing a user.

admincp/adminfunctions.php
Search for

PHP Code:

                $result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT title, $tableid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "$tablename $wherecondition ORDER BY title"); 


Replace with

PHP Code:

if ($tablename == "usergroup")
                {
                $result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT title, $tableid FROM " . "vb3_$tablename $wherecondition ORDER BY title");
                }
                else
                {
                $result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT title, $tableid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "$tablename $wherecondition ORDER BY title");
                } 


[anahowa]

Originally Posted by jstep

What other options are there to wildedit?



Jstep

you can use ultraedit

http://www.ultraedit.com/

[anahowa]

Originally Posted by e2s

Oh just for the record I have successfully made vBadvanced CMPS work on the slave site. There is just a few modification you need to make to the modules. If you are looking to do this PM me.

www.everythingmx.com

I hope to intergrate other products soon like Photopost but not sure when I will get to it.

Can you help to make vBadvanced CMPS work on the slave site?

[Aunt Clara]

I have two questions:

Is it possible to do this on two existing, active forums?
Is anyone, who has done it before, willing to work for me on this?

[MetalAges]

Anyone running this with VB 3.6.4?

I am really nervous to try this out on my forum(s). I recently installed Photopost Pro to my site, and I loved how it was able to use my existing VB user base. Couldn't VB somehow allow a similar "bridge" to the user data like Photopost?

[TRR]

If I wanted to, can I go create a newsite with slave sites, and then use Impex to import my current website in? Also, during the import, do I have to impex to each slave since I will want to divvy up my threads from my current site amongst my new master/slave sites?

[TRR]

Also, will there be a cookie conflict? should they be stored separately?

[TRR]

Is the following a change in the slave forum, or the master forum?

UPDATE:

Please make this changes it will allow you to make changes to usergroups in the subscription section and when editing a user.

admincp/adminfunctions.php
Search for ...

[TRR]

I am getting the following database error on my slave site when I try to post a thread.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE themothership_user SET
posts = posts + 1,
usertitle = 'Administrator',
lastpost = 1165063678,
lastpostid = 0
WHERE userid = 1;

MySQL Error : Table 'themothership.themothership_user' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Saturday, December 2nd 2006 @ 05:47:58 AM
Script : http://sportbikesite.com/thestreetfi...postthread&f=2
Referrer : http://sportbikesite.com/thestreetfi...=newthread&f=2
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vb_database

I also get errors when doing other things, like logging out. I performed all the edits as described. Is this because I am using the latest vbulletin? It looks like the table name is being written incorrectly.

[kafi]

Hello, I wish to upgrade to 3.6x, will this work for it or is there 3.6 version?

Thank you

[david_iglobal]

I also need to know if will this work with the latest edition of vBulletin... from 3.6 on? Thanks in advance.