2 forum - 1 user database

 

Will this only work with 2 forums, or technically could I add 3 or 4 if I get to that point?

 

I have created a 2nd forum modifying the values in setup_options only - I couldn't find anything to change in the sql setup file, though the comments in setup_options says to change something there as well. Seems to work ok, at least so far. One file to modify is a nice feature!

 

Does anyone have a way to export and import forum settings so I don't have to recreate everything by hand again? I'm not good at SQL and using the export tool didn't work.

 

Edit - On further review it appears that the forum table that was upgraded to version 8 contains more fields than the new cleanly installed v8 forum.

 

Can I safely delete the fields that are no longer needed, and if so, do you think that will help with copying the data over?

 

I was able to go into SQL 2003 tables and do a copy and paste of the category table, worked very smoothly. Would love to do the same with the forums so I don't have to recreate all of them.

 

I was able to delete the extra fields in the first forum and successfully copy data to the new forum, which saved me from typing all my topics and forums over. The threads I don't want anyway. I did run into some permissions issues and had to reapply them group by group, but that is most likely from monkeying around with the SQL data.

 

I think it would be a lot smoother going from v8 to v8, which is how I will try it when I am ready to create another new forum. It may even make sense to create a set of template tables in SQL and use the export function to kick off a new forum in the future, something I will think about trying maybe. To be successful I need to be have the key fields retain their source data, and I'm not sure that is possible.

 

Oh well, I probably spent as much time trying this as it would have taken me to just type the darn things over again!

 

I really like the permissions grid, my only suggestion would be if its possible add a button that allows you to select and deselect an entire column or row at a time.

 

i think i am looking to do something similar but a bit different from the above. sorry if this has been answered b4 but i have searched high and low.

 

i have a forum running on my domain and i want to share that forum with another website (not owned by me) i actually want the forum to be the same, same users, same posts etc so users can login from either site.

 

the only difference i want is the look at feel around the forum, i have done that on my site by modifying the header and footer files to include the bits of my site top and bottom. on the other site i would like it to look as if it is a part of that site, (the forum/posts/members all the same.) i am thinking this is probably easiest done by copying the forum folder into a 2nd floder called forum2 for example, (so it speakes to the same databse.) framing a page from my new folder in the other site and just changing the header and footer files. am i right is i this simple or am i opening a can of worms?

 

any help much appreciated

 

JP