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[PXL Maximus]

Ok i'll start off by sharing some background info on where I am coming from. I run and operate a multi platform gaming community. For a long time now we have run on a basic and I mean VERY BASIC website host called enjin.com We have purchased our domain name and currently use it with that host. However we are now looking to upgrade our services and be able to control our website more.

We plan on using a website host and maker which is hostgator.com

And so here are my questions-

Would we be able to have a single sign in between our site on hostgator and the ip forum we would be making. Or are we required to buy the ip board license in order to do that?

Do we have control over our members on the forum, can we change their names if needed and can a member be apart of multiple usergroups?

These are my questions for now, but i can say thus far IP board is looking to be our best bet for forum software.

Thank you for your time.

[Persistent Worlds]

Why not purchase the IP.Board license with IP.Content? You can then use IP.Content for your site and it'll be a seamless SSO between your site and your forums.

[Andrej]

PXL Maximus, on 05 February 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

Do we have control over our members on the forum, can we change their names if needed and can a member be apart of multiple usergroups?

Yes, everything can be changed in the Admin CP.

[bfarber]

PXL Maximus, on 05 February 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

Ok i'll start off by sharing some background info on where I am coming from. I run and operate a multi platform gaming community. For a long time now we have run on a basic and I mean VERY BASIC website host called enjin.com We have purchased our domain name and currently use it with that host. However we are now looking to upgrade our services and be able to control our website more.

We plan on using a website host and maker which is hostgator.com

And so here are my questions-

Would we be able to have a single sign in between our site on hostgator and the ip forum we would be making. Or are we required to buy the ip board license in order to do that?

Do we have control over our members on the forum, can we change their names if needed and can a member be apart of multiple usergroups?

These are my questions for now, but i can say thus far IP board is looking to be our best bet for forum software.

Thank you for your time.

PW Atticus makes a good point - if you use IP.Content, no SSO is required because our software all shares the same database, libraries and so forth.  Being logged into one makes you logged into all of our applications.

That said, the answer to all of your questions is yes.

IP.Board supports custom SSO modules which you would need to develop yourself (or contact us or a third party developer for a quote).

You can edit member accounts completely in the ACP, and they can be a member of more than one group.