Hi,
"You need to update your members database also, when someone changes his email address within threads and vice versa."
Yes, but this should not be that difficult since we do not store much info in the members database, and with the exception of the password none of this can be changed by a user.
So, we could use all the UBBT scripts only, and make them update both databases. While this is obviously risky and not good practice, it would work and should be fairly transparent to the users.
"Using the same usertable for threads and your members area would be the better way, in my opinion.
Depending the scripts that you use in your member area, it would be less work and a cleaner solution."
You do have a very good point here. I have no idea about these scripts, but will ask my partner for a copy.
The suggestion one of my friends had was to do this:
- let the memberarea registration page update the UBBT database (U_groups)
- run a script daily that checks the memberarea database and updates the U_groups table in the UBBT database (removing expired accounts)
I think this may be a decent temporary solution while we work on combining everything. The thing is that we believe we could make a substantial increase in revenue by combining these and offering more features to paying members. The board has ~5 times as many active users as the memberarea.
So, obviously we would like to do this quickly.
Sanuk!
