Installing multiple boards

[jamesfrost]

I'm about to expand the number of VB sites I run, from 1 to several. Ideally I want to use the same code base for all the sites to keep things simple from a development / upgrade point of view. However, I am slightly concerned that each site will have a different License number and will therefore either :

need hacking from scratch

or

need a large global search / replace on all the license numbers.

or

I can use the same license number for all forums, as long as I have the correct number of licenses.

Can anyone let me know which is the correct scenario?

[disassembler]

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103150

This thread answered those same questions for me.
Jake has 3 sites using the same forum, with one licence.

[Zachery]

No, he has 3 domains that all point to one site.

[disassembler]

AHH I should have read that a bit slower lol Thanks

[jamesfrost]

is there an answer then? Ideally I'd just like to buy a second VB licence, and use the same source code for both forums.

[Steve Machol]

Technically you need to use the files (with the appropriate license numner) for each license.

[jamesfrost]

can I do a global replace on the license number then, or is there a has somewhere that would prevent this? Or can I get VB's permission to install two copies of the same forum if I buy two licenses.

I'll say please. Pretty please.

[Steve Machol]

Yes, you can globally replace one license number with another. That would work fine.

[jamesfrost]

great - thanks

[mustang_lex]

Is the only place you need to replace the license number is at the top of every PHP (well most) files in the whole forums folders ? or is there somewhere else in certain PHP files buried deep in the script?

[jamesfrost]

Is the only place you need to replace the license number is at the top of every PHP (well most) files in the whole forums folders ? or is there somewhere else in certain PHP files buried deep in the script?

I'm pretty sure it is. However, I've always done a global find/replace across all PHP files in the directory just to be sure. Most decent editors should have this functionality - I personally use Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta, which you can currently download for free : http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/

[weirdpixels]

Is the only place you need to replace the license number is at the top of every PHP (well most) files in the whole forums folders ? or is there somewhere else in certain PHP files buried deep in the script?

I think there are actually a few cases where the license number is within the scripts. I forget what files these are in though. Try a find a replace on all files like jamesfrost suggested and you should be fine.