Same members list as another forum

[kingkingston]

ok so i have smf but let's say i wanted to make it so members of another forum can use their username from that forum to log in to mine,is that possible even if they use a different forum software

[Arantor]

If you have access to the raw database table and can query the server when you need it, it's possibly possible. Most things are possible with time and effort, but often the effort involved is greater than the benefit you'd gain from doing it.

We would need far more detail of what you're trying to do.

[kingkingston]

If you have access to the raw database table and can query the server when you need it, it's possibly possible. Most things are possible with time and effort, but often the effort involved is greater than the benefit you'd gain from doing it.

We would need far more detail of what you're trying to do.

im not trying to do anything i just wanted to know if it was possible

[Arantor]

Just about anything is possible given the resources, including knowledge, to do it.

[sangwe11]

Are we talking 2 completely separate SMF installations on different servers here ?

Even if we are, its still very much possible with Remote MySQL.

I probably will write up a mod to do this at some point, because it seems a heavily requsted thing, and while I haven't done exactly this before, I have split a SMF forum (one db and one set of files) into about 4 subsites xD

I will also write that up as a mod .. when I get round to it xD

[Arantor]

Splitting a forum on a single forum codebase and a single DB is fine. There's already a mod in development for this, in fact.

Merging multiple physical installations is much more complex, because of the shared tables. Remember, it's not the members table that's involved here, it's also the attachments table (for avatars) and the themes table (for member options).

You'll have to modify the attachments table to reflect the different forums, so that two messages with the same id but different tables won't share the same attachments.

[kingkingston]

Are we talking 2 completely separate SMF installations on different servers here ?

Even if we are, its still very much possible with Remote MySQL.

I probably will write up a mod to do this at some point, because it seems a heavily requsted thing, and while I haven't done exactly this before, I have split a SMF forum (one db and one set of files) into about 4 subsites xD

I will also write that up as a mod .. when I get round to it xD

Something like that would be huge for me because i have a sports site and there is a lot you can do with a mod like that

[Arantor]

Like I said, there's already a mod in development that lets you run 'multiple' forums from a single file set and single DB. The only restriction is that they're all in the same domain.

You could have, for example mydomain.com/forum, mydomain.com/otherforum and mydomain.com/forum3.

[sangwe11]

Like I said, there's already a mod in development that lets you run 'multiple' forums from a single file set and single DB. The only restriction is that they're all in the same domain.

You could have, for example mydomain.com/forum, mydomain.com/otherforum and mydomain.com/forum3.

Haha .. mine has subdomains

[Arantor]

Yes, but the average user won't have the correct setup to make that work.

The mod I'm thinking of could be modified to support subdomains without too much pain in theory.

[kingkingston]

Like I said, there's already a mod in development that lets you run 'multiple' forums from a single file set and single DB. The only restriction is that they're all in the same domain.

You could have, for example mydomain.com/forum, mydomain.com/otherforum and mydomain.com/forum3.

Would be perfect

[sangwe11]

Like I said, there's already a mod in development that lets you run 'multiple' forums from a single file set and single DB. The only restriction is that they're all in the same domain.

You could have, for example mydomain.com/forum, mydomain.com/otherforum and mydomain.com/forum3.

Would be perfect

Does it allow for you to split the gallery, download and wiki sections ?

Mine does ...

www.custommodding.net

Its viewable there.

Thats the 1.1.X version.

[kingkingston]

Yes, but the average user won't have the correct setup to make that work.

The mod I'm thinking of could be modified to support subdomains without too much pain in theory.

you have this mod http://www.albwebmaster.com/index.php?topic=40.0,unfortunately it is only for 1.1.10

[sangwe11]

Yes, but the average user won't have the correct setup to make that work.

The mod I'm thinking of could be modified to support subdomains without too much pain in theory.

you have this mod http://www.albwebmaster.com/index.php?topic=40.0,unfortunately it is only for 1.1.10

Huh ?

[kingkingston]

Yes, but the average user won't have the correct setup to make that work.

The mod I'm thinking of could be modified to support subdomains without too much pain in theory.

you have this mod http://www.albwebmaster.com/index.php?topic=40.0,unfortunately it is only for 1.1.10

Huh ?

That mod allows you to make different forums on one smf server

[sangwe11]

Yes, but the average user won't have the correct setup to make that work.

The mod I'm thinking of could be modified to support subdomains without too much pain in theory.

you have this mod http://www.albwebmaster.com/index.php?topic=40.0,unfortunately it is only for 1.1.10

Huh ?

That mod allows you to make different forums on one smf server

Ohh ..

Well when I have finished and packaged my Wiki mod (very soon ) I will start work on a SMF 2 version of this, along with my Project Center (I always like to work on 2 mods, incase I get bored of working on one)

[Arantor]

The other mod I'm thinking of, I don't believe it would let you split them out of the box but I see no reason why it couldn't be modified to do so.

Just to clarify, this other mod - which is with Customizer team for approval, though needs a few things nailed down - creates new index.php files that link back to the master one. You just fill out a config form in the admin panel, and it gives you a new index.php to put into the other location, nothing more (so it also uses theme files from the master forum too, though I think that's configurable offhand)

[sangwe11]

The other mod I'm thinking of, I don't believe it would let you split them out of the box but I see no reason why it couldn't be modified to do so.

Just to clarify, this other mod - which is with Customizer team for approval, though needs a few things nailed down - creates new index.php files that link back to the master one. You just fill out a config form in the admin panel, and it gives you a new index.php to put into the other location, nothing more (so it also uses theme files from the master forum too, though I think that's configurable offhand)

I have set it up for my site different themes for each subsite. This is of course optional, and so I'll probably add the choice in for the SMF 2 mod.