Thanks for the tip about cookies, guys -- I'll look into it.
I meant one installation, but multiple independent boards in the same domain, using the one codebase.
In the area of Wikis, for example, pmWiki has the concept of a WikiFarm (one installation of pmWiki) running any number of WikiFields (to the users, apparently independent Wikis in the same domain -- I hope; I haven't actually done it yet). The configuration is to have a directory for the wiki software, with a configuration file allowing multiple "wikifields", and a separate data directory for each Wiki.
The analog for Mybb would be, I presume, one code installation, and multiple mySQL table sets (in one mySQL database), with a unique table name prefix for each bulletin board table set.
On the community site for which I am webmaster (
www.dufferinpark.ca), for example, there is an area (subsite -
www.cobinthepark.ca) for cob construction (an ancient building technique involving mixing of clay, lime, and straw - some locals are building a little courtyard in our park with a fireplace, a washroom, and a food service area), and also an area to monitor what the city is doing to city playgrounds (
www.dufferinpark.ca/cityplaygrounds) not too good, a long story). These are areas on the same site, and might each benefit from a bulletin board. Doesn't necessarily make sense to have them as categories on the same board. Not enough in common for that.
I'm hoping that MyBB can give me a separate board for each subsite. MyBB has a good feel to it, also the community. As well, from a technical design perspective, such deployment flexibility tends to promote confidence in the design decisions that have gone into the software. (I'm a database application developer, long in the tooth, 24 years in the biz).
Thanks,
- Henrik