License type

Please explain your licence model - is it $297 per server licence (n sites) - or is it per domain (1 site with or without subdomains) - or ?

Hi,

It is per instance, meaning that you can install the software once for each license you purchase. So, if you install it for a domain, you can't install it again for its subdomain(s), and cannot install it again either in a subfolder for the domain.

So one instance cannot host several domains - with a special layout per domain?
(do you mean one instance of the sql-database, dll's?)
 
I run a system for small sportclubs and so on. They can have their own domain or a subdomain.
I got one sqlserver database who everybody uses, and they are also running the same physical application.
 
The querystring contains an item "portalid=1234" that tells my system what club it is and what layout/modules to display.
 
I would like to offer a more professionel forum that the one I offer today. But $300 per domain equals 3 years of payments, so it's no option.
 
Are there any alternatives, and can one instance of ASPPlayground.NET accomplice the task at all?
(are there a "father" domain/portalid in the datamodel, and the possibility of "father" siblings)
 
 

Thanks for your answer...

I will repeat(and expand) my "Guest" reply - but now I am logged in

So one instance cannot host several domains - with a special layout per domain?
(do you mean one instance of the sql-database, dll's?)

I run a system for small sportclubs and so on. They can have their own domain or a subdomain.
I got one sqlserver database who everybody uses, and they are also running the same physical application.

The querystring contains an item "portalid=1234" that tells my system what club it is and what layout/modules to display.

I would like to offer a more professionel forum that the one I offer today. But $300 per domain equals 3 years of payments, so it's no option.

Are there any alternatives, and can one instance of ASPPlayground.NET accomplice the task at all?
(are there a "father" domain/portalid in the datamodel, and the possibility of "father" siblings)

My expectation was the following:

c:/mywebapp/forum

All my domains points to this path. The forum app. can determine, after looking in the querystring, what forum design/content to show - and the group of users that are known.

sorry, but we don't support this configuration. However, you can install it once, and separate each sports club into its own category, and it will look as if it is a forum of its own. Like this Pre-sales Q & A. However, the design will be the same for all categories.

Okey, I could use that solution.
 
But what will happen when I then press the "All forums" link..
 
Will I only be able to see a list of forums that I am a member of (plus the public ones)?
 
And will the "Search" only apply for "my forums" (and the public ones)?
 

yes to both of your questions. If you define private forums and their user groups, and add members to their respective groups (using the admin control panel or your own page using the SIP), they will only be able to see, read, and search forums they have access to, plus the public ones.

Thanks, I will try it out
 
 

We have a development/test server and a production server.  Both are separate domains and have separate databases.  However, both the production and development servers require logon, so no one uses the development server except for the developers and anyone we ask to help with testing.  Periodically, we copy a backup of the production database to the development database, to keep them in sync.  Do we have to buy two licenses for this? 

I've registered an account now.  The question regarding a development server is mine.  Every time we update the dev/test database to match production all the forum posts in dev will be replaced.  So we really only have one batch of data.  I'd like to buy just one license if possible. 

Hi Rick,

Yes, you only need one license. Thanks for asking.

What if i have a development site where I do testing and configuration for the my live site? Is it possible to purchase one license and install it on my development system and the live system?

it is no problem with us. You only need one license unless you plan to have the second one used in production environment.