Hi.

I am looking to merge two forums together which I think might be quite difficult. Anyway, I just would like to know whether it is possible. I dont just want to merge the forums; I want to make it so that no matter whether I post on my site, or my friends site, you come to the same screen with identical posts (as if it was the same forum)

Now at the minute for example, some of our members are the same, some of our forum categories aren't the same, some are. Also he has added a few hacks in with his code.

My question basically is - Is this possible? I don't mind putting in the work, or maybe even paying someone a bit to help, but at the moment I just want to know if I'm wasting my time.

Cheers
Sco

Yes it's possible, if you're really willing to do that much work...

If the forums are the same type, then it should make it a lot lot easier.

My first bit of advice:
Back up both databases before you start!

It may just be a case of importing the tables from one database into the other. Fisrstly, find out what the hacks are and how they may affect what you're doing. Analyse the database structure, and then start copying the data, making sure all primary and forign keys stay intact.

what forums are you trying to merge together?