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Old 05-14-2006, 08:25 PM   #1

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adding a forum to existing website question

I've always thought that the stupid question is the one you don't ask so here's mine;
I've been managing a vBulletin site for our motorcycle club (www.gunsnhoses.org/forum) for over a year and now, would like to create a forum for another club website (www.pastimeac.org), but the vBulletin $160 is not in the budget. I've downloaded the latest version of ikonboard after looking at some reviews. The second club already has a website on an unknown server and webmaster. My question is, how can I administer the Board? Could I use the server I have my vBulletin forum on? Would the webmaster on the Pastime site point a link to this server?

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Old 05-14-2006, 09:39 PM   #2

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Buy a leased license for only $85.

I'd enquire about the other site, what server its on etc and move all the files onto your server.
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Old 05-14-2006, 09:49 PM   #3

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Thanks very much for your help on this, I'm trying to not upset the apple cart. In other words, I want to make this as least intrusive to the webmaster as possible so, moving over to the server I use is a last resort. I'd prefer to use their server if I can't just use mine for the forum software. I'll look at the lease license. Is that a yearly lease?
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Yeah, that'll last you a year. Good if you don't know if you'll still be running the board same time next year.
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The question still remains about the server. Can the webmaster point a link from the existing webpage and server to a separate server for the forums?
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Don't know if I fully understand what you're saying.
But putting a link is no problem.
But it's probably a problem is the other server has to connect to a database on your server.
Most hosts don't allow connections to a database on another server.
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