(2014-04-23, 05:17 PM)AJ24 Wrote: Wow, didn't think my thread would get this many responses and my chatbox idea was pretty bad after further recollection LOL.
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You did give the thread a generic title for people to hop in and post a quick suggestion.
I'd like to see MyBB 2.0 support multiple (and different "genre" for lack of a better word) board installations with a central user table as a core feature. For the purposes of the following example, mybb refers to the board and mycf would be the "community framework" table or whatever the MyBB Group decided to call the central user table.
For example:
"Board 1" is at b1.domain.com, using mybb1_ table prefix
"Board 2" is at b2.domain.com, using mybb2_ table prefix
User profiles data such as username, email, password, etc that would be essential for registration, login, or account recovery are stored in mycf_users, regardless of whether the registration was at "Board 1" or "Board 2."
"User1" signs up at b1.domain.com and posts there for a while. User1 decides to check out b2.domain.com and just logs in because of their registration at b1.domain.com.
It would be quite beneficial for those who want to install multiple boards and only have to worry about one user table. Plugins can be developed and tested on one board, without effecting the other board. Users who want to beta test can do it without registering again. Stand-alone applications can be developed independent of board data, but still use the user table for logging in, registration, and account recovery.