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#1   04-07-2008, 11:18 AM
satya_lov will become famous soon enough Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7
How to use 2 or more domains for 1 forum


I have 2 domains and i want them to point at one main forum. How can i do that ?

Is it possible that i can use both the domains with different skins and themes so that they look different ?

Can i install another VB forum on same server and run it from the same DB which is used for the main forum ?
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#2   04-07-2008, 12:37 PM
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Re: How to use 2 or more domains for 1 forum


Its possible to have 2 sites run off the same database. But it think using the same vb license on 2 domains is a violation of their TOS. I could be wrong, but I think thats how it works.

As for doing it yeah, though why do you want the same site on 2 domains? Why not just redirect your other domain to the one with your forum?

Or if you have multiple license..And you want the same content twice(which i dont understand why you would) just copy your database to new database and run them like that...

But I dont see any benefit of the same site twice...But more power to you
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#3   04-07-2008, 12:42 PM
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Re: How to use 2 or more domains for 1 forum


As Blake said, you would need two vBulletin license to do this, however, I would not recommend it because it will all count as duplicate content, which you will be penalized by SEs
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#4   04-07-2008, 01:50 PM
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Re: How to use 2 or more domains for 1 forum


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I have 2 domains and i want them to point at one main forum. How can i do that ?

Is it possible that i can use both the domains with different skins and themes so that they look different ?

Can i install another VB forum on same server and run it from the same DB which is used for the main forum ?
There is a modification at vBulletin.org called Dfiferent Domain Different Style

It will let you do exactly what you're trying to do.
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