multiples sites w/ one set of code?

[trip008]

are there issues with running multiples sites w/ one set of code?

i am running around 10 different forums which will be using separate databases. instead of having 10 directories with 10 separate copies of the vbulletin code, i was thinking of having all of the forum domains point to one single directory, and then having the config.php dynamically assign a tableprefix based on the url. can anyone think of a reason why this wouldn't work?

also, is it ok to have 10 different table sets in the db? is that too much?

-v

[Talisman]

You might want to read your vB license agreement real close. If you're running 10 copies of vB as 10 separate public forums, then you'd better buy 9 more licenses.

Having one legal board doesn't allow you to have as many other boards as you want. That would be piracy.

[trip008]

it's not 10 copies of vb, it would be just one. but anyways, yes, we *are* going to be buying 10 licenses. but would prefer to just have one set of files so that we can more easily make modifications. anyways, is it possible?

-v

[NanoEntity]

yes its possible, just point
forum.domain1.com to forum.domain.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=forumid

No need to edit global.php to assign urls.

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