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Hi all.

We are about to commission two websites built using ExpressionEngine. One’s a village community site, the other is an archive site (for the same village). The village site will be your normal news, diary, community info etc. The archive site will be a simply structured collection of photos, scanned images, written documents, audio clips etc etc. The plan is to use the MSM to keep management and membership as simple as possible. Also, we would like to share one EE forum between both sites, which I understand is perfectly feasible.

First question:
Our present (phpBB) forum currently contains many sections, including a popular History & Genealogy section. Once we have imported it into EE, would it be possible to have just the History & Genealogy section display on the archive site (with a link to the full forum on the village site)?

Second question:
Is it possible to have an admin only section on the full forum, visible to admins but not ordinary users? Think I might have read that Ellis Lab have one and the same on this forum, but I might have imagined it…

Many thanks for your help. If Mark Bowen is the first to answer this post I promise to buy him a helicopter, although, given the economic downturn, it may have to be this one 😉

Hi, BC - for your first question, you’ll want to import into separate forum boards for the separation you are after.  You can create links via the forum templates.

Yes, you can have an admin-specific forums, you’ll want to consider this as part of your member group setup as well.

Post back if you have any other questions. You might also consider the 30-day hosted demo so you can try out the forum and MSM.

Wow, three minute response! Not even time enough to boil an egg! Thanks Lisa!

Technically, I’m not far short of Completely Clueless, so please forgive me the daft questions. Does this mean we need two forum installations, and therefore have to purchase the forum twice?

As for the demo, thanks, but really no need. We don’t have any doubts that EE fits the bill and we are eager to jump straight in. I’ve been lurking long enough now to see what a quality product and community you have, and we are really looking forward to getting properly involved.

No, this isn’t two forum installations - just two forum boards.  It’s in the drop-down in the Forum Module control panel You’ll see it when you install the forum.

Excellent, thanks again Lisa.