I am about to set-up my first forum using YAF and I want to end up running several forums which all use the same database. I have done something similar with a blogging engine and I had to modify to allow me to separate them completely but using the same tables etc.

Is this possible with YAF and is it already a built in feature?

Thanks,

Al

Yes, install YAF and then create multiple boards. The YAF Forum control in Default.aspx has a BoardId attribute.

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I'm also interested in this but have never done it...

Once you create the multiple boards, then what - is it as simple as specifying the BoardID in the app.config of each site?

If it is that simple, can I then apply different security models to each site ie. have all 10 forums on site 1, only forums 1-5 on site 2, and forums 6-10 on site 3?

I hope I'm explaining my question correctly :?

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yup BoardID attribute is also supported in the App.Config, or you can do as my colleague above says and add it as an attribute to the YAF:Forum control.

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I use ASP.NET forms authentication to divy up my site in sub-folders that only members of specific roles have access to. I installed YAF to ~/member/forum, and set everything up from there. I then created 2 new boards, a Director Forum and an Admin Forum. I then copied YAF's default.aspx page to ~/director/forum and ~/admin/forum, and changed the BoardId for each.

Make sure your AppSettings are correct. For the scenario above, my relevant app settings look like this:

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