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@jac So do you want one site to be a replica of another ?

@jac the simplest way to get this to work is create a subdomain, then move the NodeBB forum into that. Then, setup 301 redirects to send traffic to the new URL when someone clicks an old link from Google (for example) or an email.

@justoverclock Impressive !!

@justoverclock This is quite a task ! I’d love to see how you get on with that

@justoverclock I personally haven’t looked at Directus, but it’s worth noting that Ghost is actually classed as headless in the sense that it is decoupled (FE and BE). WordPress and Drupal are classic examples of legacy CMS in the sense that the FE and BE (Front-End / Back-End) need to work together to deliver content.

The huge drawback of this is speed. WordPress, for example, relies on PHP to render content. Owing to the nature of PHP, this is much slower than STG (Static Site Generators) such as Ghost, GRAV, and the myriad of others using flat files for storage rather than a database. PHP is notoriously S L O W when it comes to content delivery, but has been the defacto standard for years.

That landscape is changing dramatically, and WordPress et al are on borrowed time (in my view) as the desire for a faster website and higher Google rankings become increasingly important.

@justoverclock Thanks. I’m seeing a similar situation in terms of missed features, but as you rightly say, there is the opportunity to extend if you are familiar with JS - which I am. I’m working on the testimonials section and have written a pure CSS slider to handle this. It’s a work in progress currently, so nothing to see as such.

And like you, I am currently deluged with work commitments, but hoping to get back to this as time permits.

@riekmedia Sorry, but owing to other commitments, I’ve not had any free time to look into this. Happy to do so - I just don’t know when at the the moment.

@jac something like that is only possible with clustering or what is known as round robin DNS - and even then, that would be two servers but under the same domain name. The idea here is that both contain the same information and whoever answers first gets the traffic.

However, sharing information across two domains is possible, but would involve replication of information in almost real time to ensure both carried consistent data. I can’t think of any feasible reason as to why you’d want to do this though ?

@jac ummm - can you provide a bit more info in terms of what you’re looking for ? It’s not entirely clear from your post.

And so, I thought it was high time some screenshots were provided (eye candy) for the blog I’m working on. It’s currently set to private, so not accessible, but here you go…

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There’s still a lot of work to do here, but it’s coming along !