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using forum login for a separate domain?
Hi all, just wondering the feasibility of this idea:
We are creating a new site which needs a login system. I want my current forum users to be able to use their login details on my new site. Here is how I plan to do it: buy another forum license and install it on my new domain then point it at the database used by my current forum (and use a copy of my current config file). Then I will ignore the whole second forum and just use the login system, which I know how to do. I could delete all unused forum files so it won't cause database conflict with forum1. The only issue I can think of is the cookies not working across 2 domains (would it work if it was across 2 sub-domains of the same domain?). But this is minor. My users would still be able to login without re-registering for my new site.
We are creating a new site which needs a login system. I want my current forum users to be able to use their login details on my new site. Here is how I plan to do it: buy another forum license and install it on my new domain then point it at the database used by my current forum (and use a copy of my current config file). Then I will ignore the whole second forum and just use the login system, which I know how to do. I could delete all unused forum files so it won't cause database conflict with forum1. The only issue I can think of is the cookies not working across 2 domains (would it work if it was across 2 sub-domains of the same domain?). But this is minor. My users would still be able to login without re-registering for my new site.
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