multisite forum

[tspore]

I am looking at the option of having a multisite forum.
I have many sites and I would like them all to share 1 forum, 1 user DB. I just want the joomla site to appear as if they are still on their own site, but it to connect all of the websites together for a chit chat. IS that possible?
So we would have 10 sites, all linked to 1 board. with 10 different templates in how it looked.

[SleePy]

As long as its on the same hosting account it is possible..
Heres how I did it..

Each site just needs a index.php and a Settings.php.. The Settings.php points to the source directory somewhere else..
And your database handles the Theme location and stuff. Set this up in the admin panel...

Then on the Sites I wanted a different theme to be displayed I edited the index.php and at the top just after the <?php
I added

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$themeid = 2;
$_GET['theme'] = $themeid; $_POST['theme'] = $themeid; $_REQUEST['theme'] = $themeid;

I dont know why I did all 3.. Just to make sure it works. 

So it would force my custom theme though the site..
Works like a charm for me..

[tspore]

Thanks.... I'm not sure if I can set it up, but I will try.

[SleePy]

Feel Free to ask  Thats what the forums are for..

But basicly all I did was copy my index.php and Settings.php main site and put them on my other site and since it was on same hosting account and I have absolute paths in there for everything It was already working.. 

Though I did play some tricks to the Settings.php So When I put 1 site in Maintenance Mode the Other goes but I wont confuse you with that unless you want to really know..