1 Topic by Gershmer

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Topic: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

I own a website.

And I have a forum.


But I want another forum.
Easy. Already have 2. http://gershmer.net/forum/ and http://gershmer.net/fluxbb/ (the latter is just my test)

But I want another forum, but that will use the same database. And that, I did. But... I had to change the table prefix to a non-default, (i changed it to foo_2), so it uses the same database (very good for me if I get a limited # of databases smile) but unfortunately sad it has to have its own userlist.


Is this possible? I know it can be done with the fancy vbulletin, ( http://ipodtouchfans.com/forums/ and http://multitouchfans.com/forums/ )but it would be much better with FluxBB, for me.



So, can you have 2 forums that are FluxBB based, and share the same user list/database/everything/same table prefix?


That is essentially my question.

Last edited by Gershmer (2010-02-05 01:43:23)

2 Reply by Mpok

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Re: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

Don't understand ur pbm...

Having 2 forums is possible : have different prefixes.
But if the two are just the same ("everything"), what's the point ?

3 Reply by Gershmer

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Re: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

The point is one is one forum that is something totally different, a different discussion, but the users will automatically be signed up for both.

4 Reply by Smartys

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Re: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

It's physically possible to modify the forum to run off of one users table, but it's kind of a weird thing to do. Groups will also have to stay the same, post count will be shared, etc.

What you want to do really is have some kind of backend system set up just for authentication (ie: LDAP) and have both forums authenticate through the same system. That way, the user is linked by identity but their data in each forum is distinct.

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5 Reply by Gershmer

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Re: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

I can do it either way, doesn't matter to me.


An example of it being done in FluxBB


http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/
http://scratch.mit.edu/tbgforums/


The user is automatically signed up with the same credentials as forum "a" when visiting forum "b"

6 Reply by Gershmer

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Re: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

Anyone?

7 Reply by Franz

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Re: 2 Copies of FluxBB at the same time, and have the same table prefix?

twohawks asked for the same thing. Maybe he has some results?

If not, I'd just do what Smartys suggested and add a query that adds a user to the second forum automatically when he registers on the first forum (and the other way around).

Last edited by Franz (2010-02-07 08:27:59)

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