Multiforum support

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I am going to provide forum for multiple workgroups, different for each. Does JForum support this kind of forum hosting?
[originally posted on jforum.net by juhani]

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I think you can first add a site_id (or host_id) for each table. And associate site_id with each page (hidden in the form or append at the enf of url). Then modify the source code and database query file to handle this parameter.

[originally posted on jforum.net by andowson]

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andowson solution may work if you are able to do those major changes. Another approach will be create a Category for each workgroup and Group of users for each, and then associate the users to their respective groups. Then you can configure permissions for any single group, so users group Group 1 don't need the foruns from Group 2 and so on.

Of course this may not fit on your needs nor is the best approach, but may for for the short time.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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I'm afraid that only great Rafael can do those major changes now. :roll:

Maybe we can wait for JForum to become a real forum hosting solution some day.
[originally posted on jforum.net by andowson]

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Thanks. I'll take a look at source code.

Is it so that by changing line 186 (JForum.java):

JForum.getContext().put("templateName", SystemGlobals.getValue(ConfigKeys.TEMPLATE_NAME));

you can provide custom template basedir for each request?
[originally posted on jforum.net by juhani]

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Yes, that's possible. In fact, the idea is to allow users to choose templates in the future.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Would it be ok to add field site_id to table jforum_categories... When forums and topics are taken out from ForumRepository or TopicRepository those are filtered against category site_id. Same thing for SearchModel.

Site id is taken from the request path. Comments?
[originally posted on jforum.net by juhani]

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It is a possiblity. If you can get it work and are happy with the results, then fine . I can think on a dozen of ways, but that would require major code changes.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]