phpbb

Hello

I have not used PHPBB before so I am really sorry if this is a silly
question.

I have a project with many folders. in fact the project is a PHP CMS and
each folder is a "website". Each website potentially might want to have a
forum (using PHPBB). Do I have to duplicate the phpbb scripts and database
for each folder or can I just install on my CMS folder and will PHPBB be
able to manage many forums independently ?

Zoe

On May 12, 5:06 pm, "Zoe Brown" <zoenaomibr...@N-O-S-P-A-A-Mtesco.net>
wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have not used PHPBB before so I am really sorry if this is a silly
> question.
>
> I have a project with many folders. in fact the project is a PHP CMS and
> each folder is a "website". Each website potentially might want to have a
> forum (using PHPBB). Do I have to duplicate the phpbb scripts and database
> for each folder or can I just install on my CMS folder and will PHPBB be
> able to manage many forums independently ?
>
> Zoe

you might not want to mix users among the websites, allowing users to
login to different forums might cause a problem for your users or you.
I personally think that separation is best, it wont be a strain on the
database management server, have a few more databases might aid you in
the long run.

On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:06:50 GMT, Zoe Brown wrote...
>
>Hello
>
>I have not used PHPBB before so I am really sorry if this is a silly
>question.
>
>I have a project with many folders. in fact the project is a PHP CMS and
>each folder is a "website". Each website potentially might want to have a
>forum (using PHPBB). Do I have to duplicate the phpbb scripts and database
>for each folder or can I just install on my CMS folder and will PHPBB be
>able to manage many forums independently ?
>
>Zoe
>
>

I haven't tried the newer version 3 yet, but sounds like you can probably manage
multiple forums and styles from one installation. I remember the program had a
number of registration and moderation options so you can probably manage users
with that.

Tom
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