Legacy 2 domains running on a shared database

[brock258]

I have 2 sites running on a shared database.

With VBSEO, I had the option to define url in config file.
In the form of...
define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_BBURL', 'http://2nd-domain.com')

Can we do the same with DBSEO?

What's happening now on my TEST SERVER is that the 2nd site redirections will not work.

I need to override the domain on the 2nd site. How can I do this?


yes, I am aware that this set up will require another license
I am planning to buy the 2nd license and branding free option as soon as I get DBSEO operational on the 2nd site.

 

[Fillip H.]

There's currently no option to do this in DBSEO, however I will change this to a Feature Request so we can take it into consideration for future versions

 

[brock258]

I'm sorry to ask but is this going to be implemented any time soon?

The reason I ask is because I can't run DBSEO if I can't run it on both sites.

 

[Fillip H.]

I've added a ninja hotfix to /dbtech/dbseo/includes/class_core.php in v1.3.8 that enables support for a new config.php parameter:

$config['DBSEO']['bburl'] = 'http://www.example.com';

It works identical to how the ACP setting works, e.g. no trailing slash.

Do be aware that this is 100% untested as I currently don't have a way of testing this reliably, so if you find anything else goes wrong then do let me know. I may need FTP and AdminCP access in order to test it further if I can't debug it remotely.

 

[brock258]

That did the trick!

Your DBSEO product has saved me countless of programming hours - THANK YOU!

already purchased another license - HAPPY NEW YEARS!

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By the way, your shopping cart page UI is horrible (bad user experience). Too many distractions ... hard to find "the next step".

For example, when I add a new license I don't know what to do next. Ahhh, I "remembered" that there was a CHECKOUT button in the header.

This took longer than expected. The CHECKOUT button was all the way at the top of the page ... the actual process of adding products is at the bottom of the page. Neither is within the same window view.

A little background on myself... I'm an experienced programmer/designer ... with many years with vbulletin and the mod community. So obviously I knew there had to be a next step. So I looked for it .... just imagine the user experience of consumers who don't have the patience or knowledge that I do? YOU ARE LOSING REVENUE.

TIPS
Shopping cart items should be above the fold.
Shopping cart items and checkout button should be seen within the same window view.
Anything that is not related to making a purchase (ie. ads, videos, notifications, etc) should be removed from the shopping cart UI.

 

[brock258]

on Custom Thread Go To Post (Paged) URL ... it doesn't work
[forum_title]/[thread_title]-[thread_id]-post[post_id]-page[thread_page].html

the redirect doesn't work on the 2nd domain (it does work on the 1st domain )

another area where bburl needs to be changed??

the waterfall is showing that it's going to the 1st domain and back (it's stuck in a loop)

 

[brock258]

I got it working.

There are multiple instances of ['bburl'] after your ninja hotfix which needs to be changed to ['_bburl']

 

[Fillip H.]

Would you be able to share the instances you found, so that I can make the necessary changes and ensure it still works with all other functionality?

 

[brock258]

it was the same file (class_core.php) ... replace all 'bburl' instances with '_bburl' after the hotfix

so far no problems have been reported

(not in office so can't give you line numbers)

 

[Fillip H.]

I've patched the class_core.php file with these changes, thanks