How multiple flarums share user and node data

niutiezhu

I want to implement this feature. I wonder if there are any solutions or ideas for solutions?
There are 3 types, Forum A and Forum B. C Forum

Then these three forums

-1. User information sharing, users in Forum A can log in to Forum B. You can also log in in the C forum.
-2, shared by some nodes. For example, one of the nodes in forum A may appear in forums B and C.
-3, three forums, each forum has its own URL, appearance and name. These are independent and will not be shared.

Is there any solution? Still an idea?

Finally, I am from China, and I hope that my friends abroad will pay attention to protection and maintain good health.

clarkwinkelmann

niutiezhu User information sharing

You can have a "single login" feature by using another Laravel app for example and providing login through the Passport login extension. But without additional code this will only make the password shared. Things like username, display name, bio and preferences won't be shared with this method.

niutiezhu shared by some nodes

You mean have the same Tags structure ? Is there something you want to do that can't be achieved manually ? You could simply create the same structure on each forum by hand.

niutiezhu three forums, each forum has its own URL, appearance and name. These are independent and will not be shared

I'm not sure if that's a question ?

Ralkage

@clarkwinkelmann I believe this user is looking for multi-tenancy. Back in the day long before Flarum, Vbulletin had a modification that allowed multiple separate forums (on the same server with different domains/sub-domains share the same database. This allowed Administrators to have a single master forum with separate slave forums that shared the same users, categories, and sub-forum tables. It also allowed/disallowed selected sections/sub-forums from appearing or not being able to be used on the other slave forums (silos?).

Conceptual Example:

forum1.myflarumforum.com
- Tag 1
- Tag 2
- Tag 3
forum2.myflarumforum.com
- Tag 2
forum3.myflarumforum.com
- Tag 1
- Tag 3

Only semi-detailed example I could find but I'm sure there's older (much, much older): https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=118473

niutiezhu

Ralkage Yes, it is. Is there a good way based on flarum?

clarkwinkelmann

In theory it's possible, but no extension exists at this time for Flarum multi-tenancy.

The Flarum extension API definitely allows implementing it. But it's a big project. Multiple people have requested quotes from me for variations of those ideas in the past. Nothing that went forward at this time. I would love to develop this as an open-source extension if there's interest in sponsoring it.

niutiezhu

clarkwinkelmann Ok. Yes. How much does it cost?

clarkwinkelmann

niutiezhu it will depend on the exact feature set wanted. You can contact me for a quote. It likely won't be below 800$ worth of work. Ideally the cost could be split between multiple clients.