Simple machines forum

Auto create 1,000 boards

[cadman56]

I am starting a site and considering using SMF for my forum.
I need to create 11,000 boards? Does anyone know if this could be done with some type of a script? I have all the names in a file that could be fed into it.
Thank You

[Beagle]

What?!

Are you putting these boards on 11,000 different sites? Making them as templates for other people to use? Some other use for 11,000 boards that I can't think of?

[jtara]

Just a guess, but the most obvious use of 11,000 boards would be for a stock market forum - one forum per stock.
Or something similar.

I don't know that I would take this approach. People hate wandering into empty forums. Why not let users create the forums on demand, rather than doing it for them all at once in advance?

You will need a script to create a forum, and you will need a database of possible forum names (your universe of 11,000 "things").

I'm sure it can be done - I'd suggest digging into the SMF documentation. It will take some knowledge of PHP and databases.

[cadman56]

I am making a site that has every small city in the US listed.
Every small city will be able to go to this site and see events that are happening in their city. Actually there are over 22,000 small cities if you use the criteria of < 6,000 in population = a small city. (not counting townships). I have compiled the list of every city that meets this. What I see is a list of catagories (states) and then the cities as child boards under the state catagory.
The solution I really wanted was a calendar that would run under linux / apache that would enable me to do this. I have spent days trying to locate one and have installed over 30 calendars and have not found one that would allow the user to EASILY pick his state and then his city to see the events. I do not need the ability to overlay all of calender( don't need, would be ok). Seems like just a simple calendar that has a drop down to pick the state, another drop down to pick the letter that the city name begins with and then another one to pick the city. Any help would be greatly appreaciated

[g1smd]

Before you start, have you calculated the size of the database you will need, and the amount of bandwith the site could actually use up?

This is a big project. If it takes off, you will need some serious resources behind it. Read: not cheap.

[Wlauzon]

I have seen sites like that before, and 98% of the forums were totally dead.

I would rethink your idea.