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ekaufman101
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 Posted - 23 June 2002 : 22:28:22
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I am developing a network of sites (i.e: arizona.sports.com, duke.sports.com, etc). Each site needs its own forum. However I want to use one installation of Snitz to handle this. I have looked through the forums and MOD forums and haven't found anything that truely fits the bill. So if someone can point me in the right direction, I need help in either doing this myself or customizing a pre-existing MOD.
1. The forums displayed will be filtered based on Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME").
2. The Font/Table Colors of each forum needs to change depending on the forum being accessed (determined by Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"). It seems I would have to change the config_new table to be a based on a forum_id for each website. I think this might open up a whole can of worms though because the appearance variables are stored in the application instead of session variables or a CSS file. What would need to be changed besides the config.asp and admin_config_colors.asp? The best solution IMHO would be a CSS file for each forum. I don't really care if I can't use the admin_config_colors.asp to edit the colors. I am more concerned with being able to dynamically change the appearance based on the site being accessed.
Any help is appreciated.
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 23 June 2002 : 22:44:00
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Having a single forum looks way too complicated for me, giving the changes needed to the code and the database to use. You are in for major code changes and some DB changes as well. It will sure take you a lotta time and I can't see the advantages of doing it.
I would have several diferent forums instead, each with its own database and each in its own separate folder.
To link to each forum I would simply use the direct link to it. Why use the SERVER_NAME request variable? I don't see how can that be an advantage. If this variable needs to be set to the proper forum, why not have the referring link link directly to the desired forum?
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ekaufman101
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Posted - 23 June 2002 : 23:38:19
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I would have several diferent forums instead, each with its own database and each in its own separate folder.
To link to each forum I would simply use the direct link to it. Why use the SERVER_NAME request variable? I don't see how can that be an advantage. If this variable needs to be set to the proper forum, why not have the referring link link directly to the desired forum?
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Well let me go into detail a little more about the scope of my project. I am designing a network of college sport related sites. Each site is setup under a multi-domain pointing to the same directory. All sites basically share the same pages. The SERVER_NAME request variable is read at the begining of each page to determine the site being accessed. I then display the appropriate content, images, and color schemes based on the site being accessed.
I want the same for the forums.
My network of sites are going to grow to hopefully 50+. It doesn't make sense to have 600+ tables in the db and 50+ forum directories. The administrative overhead would be a nightmare.
What if you could have one forum that is dynamic enough to display the appropriate content and the appropriate color scheme based on the http being accessed. Does that clarify things?
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