want 2 diff looking frontends pointing to backend

[tekmiester]

what is the best way to have 2 different looking sites that actually use the same instance of vbulletin?

I am looking to partner with another site and give their users access to my board but with the look and feel of their site. Hopefully it will give me the scale I need to get the board going.

So ultimately, it would be this:

Different banner
Different nav (their website nav with a subnav for vbulletin controls)
Different URL (for instance, http://forums.xyz.com redirecting to my servers)
Different theme

Same forums
Same DB

thanks.

[ssslippy]

This is not an easy task and you would need to have 2 vb licenses to do so.

[tekmiester]

Two licenses isn't so bad. What else would I need to do?

[Pure Dope]

i was doing this for a while......didnt work very well.... not as simple as just pointing 2 domains to 1 sql server. not sure what went wrong but.....i would get db errors and stuff if i recall correctly.

[SEOvB]

I dont think you need two liscenses if they are running off the same DB You may want to check out the Different domain, different style modifciation available here some where.

[Dismounted]

Please see this thread over @ vBulletin.com: Multiple domains and the license agreement.

[snakes1100]

Originally Posted by tekmiester

what is the best way to have 2 different looking sites that actually use the same instance of vbulletin?

I am looking to partner with another site and give their users access to my board but with the look and feel of their site. Hopefully it will give me the scale I need to get the board going.

So ultimately, it would be this:

Different banner
Different nav (their website nav with a subnav for vbulletin controls)
Different URL (for instance, http://forums.xyz.com redirecting to my servers)
Different theme

Same forums
Same DB

thanks.

According to your post, the content is the same, just a different look, so according to Rule #1 & #2 you do NOT need a 2nd license.

I would ask at vbulletin.com to verify that for sure, as long as your doing what you posted here.

If their site differs from yours, that may be a violation of Rule #3 though.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you present the same data (regardless of styling) and don't make it seem to the users as 2 seperate boards, then you will only need 1 license.

[tekmiester]

Thank you for all the information.

Does anyone have a comment on the technical piece of it?

Even if the Banner at the top and the skin were different, it might be sufficient.

[Dismounted]

As mentioned above, a modification called "DDDS - Different Domain Different Style" should do the trick.