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BigHead 
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 Topic: 4 forums on one site - single login
Posted: 14 August 2007 at 3:51am |
We want to add 4 forums to our site, 1 each in different sections, but would like to maintain a single login/member directory. Is this possible with WW?
We have a fantasy site with fairly popular snitz boards, but want to migrate to WW. We have set up the site so that each sport has its own board, but only requires a single-access login/registration and would like to keep it that way.
Anyone else doing this or know if it's possible?
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markradaba
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Posted: 14 August 2007 at 5:57pm |
WWF has a feature where you can set a forum to only be visible and accessible to certain level members.
How do you have your site setup as to determine which sport a member can view?
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MortiOli
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Posted: 14 August 2007 at 6:29pm |
From reading past topic about this, what you'd need to do is; - Setup 1 database
- Change and setup each forum to use a different table prefix in the database
- Rename 1 Author table in the database, to have a new prefix, and delete the rest
- Search the WWF code and change all references to the Author table to look at the Author table with the new prefix
That way, you have all forums using different tables of the database for posts etc, but all looking at one table for Authors / Members. Hope that helps, makes sense, and works!
Edited by MortiOli - 14 August 2007 at 6:29pm
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BigHead
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Posted: 14 August 2007 at 10:23pm |
Mark,
The site isn't member-based and everyone can view all the forums. Just want to make sure they dont' have to login more than once to view the different forums.
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Posted: 14 August 2007 at 10:26pm |
MortiOli,
That does make a lot of sense, and similar to what we had to do for snitz. The problem was the snitz code was so spaghetti like that when something became corrupted it's nearly impossible to locate the issue.
Thanks for the Directions.
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Posted: 19 August 2007 at 11:56pm |
MortiOli -
A follow up question for you. The setup_options_inc.asp page list the option where you can change the prefix for the data tables. Unfortunately, that is automatically added to the author table, so how would I prevent that from being added?
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 12:05am |
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PS - using access version for now.
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 11:40pm |
Ok, I've got the multiple forums set up and they are recognizing the same user info (if anyone wants to know how, I will post it), but the user sessions aren't holding between forums. In other words, each time I visit a different forum, it requires me to re-login.
I am also required to re-login, if I go back and visit a forum to which I've already logged in.
I'm guessing this has something to do with session management, so am looking into that, but if anyone has other insight, I appreciate your help.
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