I've been hosting a forum for our motorcycle group (GunsNHoses) for several years using vBadvanced CMPS and vBulletin. I get by with it, usually scouring the vBulletin forum boards when I have an issue come up and muddle through it so, my understanding of the software and conceptual issues is challenged.
I've been asked to start a forum for an athletic club I serve on the Board of (pastimeac.org - Home).
I just acquired a second owned license on this forum. I have a couple of questions of the conceptual nature on this project. My gunsnhoses forum is hosted on chronichosting.com's server. I'd like to host the new forum (Powered by: Doteasy - Bannerless Free Web Hosting and Email for Small Business and Individual) on the same server even though the website is hosted through doteasy. Can I do that?
Do I need a second license for vBadvanced for the second forum?
Are there any suggestions anyone might offer as for naming conventions to avoid mixing/confusing/cluttering the folders for two (2) forums?
If I were looking for help on this (its for a not for profit so $$ are a factor), where should I start?
Thanks for reading!

first make sure DotEasy's free package supports Php/MySqL as it didn't say it did. Without this you won't be able to install vBulletin.

vBAdvanced licenses are free, but you'll need to download the latest version from there so matter as well put your domain in to.

ChronicHosting seems to have changed to dotServing, all their packages seem to include unlimited domains on their hosting accounts. You maybe able to just add the domain for Pastimeac.org onto your current hosting plan if you wish, or if DotEasy doesn't support Php/MySQL on their free plans

If you're looking to pay someone to help with whatever you decide try the http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/f125/ here and a vBulletinSetup team member will be able to contact you with some price quotes

There should be no problem with hosting 2 forums on the same account. A lot of larger forums are hosted on several servers clustered across many to reduce load. You can even have your database hosted on a different server than where you have your files. If you need some help with setup I can help you out.

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