I can't find good instructions on how to do this. Further, I can't even properly get into my bbPress admin area. I log in, but I just get the regular bbPress screen, and when I click Admin, it just redirects me right back to the regular screen. And I do believe this is the result of things going wrong with cookies because of the integration plugin.

Help! Thanks :)

However, I can't log out of the other if i logged in with

For example if i log in using WordPress and go to my forums I am logged in but can not log out from that location, i have to go back to wordpress to logout.

The same if I login through forum I can go to wordpress and I am logged in but I can not log out, I have to go back to forum to logout.

Clicking logout button does nothing in either scenerio.

I created a walk through for myself (based off of the screencast), you can see it here. I thought I would post it here for anybody else that might want a set of typed instructions. Maybe this topic should be sticky or put a similar set of instructions on the documentation page?

1. Install WP 2.8 on domain, in this case http://example.com (I'm going to skip the WP install. I know how to do this.)
* database: exampledb
2. Open wp-config.php in a text editor.
3. Go to http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ and copy the provided keys (the entire text).
4. Paste the copied keys into wp-config.php above the text "/* Stop editing */."
5. Save wp-config.php to web host.
6. Install bbPress files into a subdirectory. In this case http://example.com/forum. (I'm going to skip the bbPress install. I know how to do this.)
7. Fill in step 1 of bbPress setup.
* database: exampledb (use same database as WP install.)
8. Step 2 of the bbPress install.
9. Check "Add integration settings."
10. Check "Add cookie integration settings."
11. Open wp-config.php again and copy and paste "AUTH_KEY" , "SECURE_AUTH_KEY" and "LOGGED_IN_KEY" (just the long string of letter, numbers and symbols in between the quotes) into the appropriate fields in the bbPress Step 2 page.
12. Go to http://example.com/wp-admin/options.php (there should be a link in the ? section of the salt fields)
13. Find the appropriate salts and copy and paste them into the appropriate fields in the bbPress Step 2 page.
* If there is no secure_auth_salt leave it blank.
14. Check "Add user database integration settings."
15. Look in wp-config.php again and copy the "table_prefix" into the appropriate field on the integration page. (in my case it was not just wp_ , it was wp_xxxxxx_ (the x being other numbers and letters.).)
16. Click the save button and you should see "Your WordPress integration cookie and database settings have been successfully validated. etc..."
17. Click the Step 3 button.
18. Fill in the Site name: Example Forum.
19. Check the URL (should be http://example.com/forum/).
20. Select a Key Master (if integration was successful the WP admin should show up here and can be selected).
21. Fill "First forum name" (First Forum).
22. Click "Save."
23. Click "Complete Installation."
24. Go to the brand new forum.
25. I was already logged in to WP so when I went to bbPress, again I was already logged in.
26. Click on "Admin"
* It shouldn't work.
27. Click "Log Out."
28. Log back in to bbPress as the admin.
29. Click on "Admin."
30. You should be able to enter the Admin page of bbPress now.
31. Go to "Settings" / "WordPress Integration."
32. Setup the "User Role Map".
* WP Admin: Keymaster
* WP Editor: Moderator
* Everybody else is a member.
33. Click Save.
34. Go to the WP install (http://example.com)
35. Install bbPress Integration (WP Plugin): 1.0
36. Activate the integration plugin.
37. Go to "Settings" / "bbPress Integration."
38. Check the "bbPress URL."
39. Leave "plugins URL" alone.
40. Check WordPress type.
41. Click Save.
42. Scroll down to "Manual Cookie Settings" and copy the code in the grey box.
43. Open wp-config.php and paste the copied code above the text "/* Stop editing */."
44. Save wp-config.php to the web host.
45. Voila everything should be set up!
46. log in and log out of WP and bbPress and move back and forth between the two to make sure that the integration is working.

Dan

I installed bbpress this afternoon and things went fairly well. I followed Sam's screencast on intergrating bbpress with my WP site. (which is superb!) After following the instructions exactly, I could not get to my WP dashboard. (Though I could login) I deleted the "bbpress Integration" plugin and removed the lines it had me put in wp-config.php. I could then get to my dashboard, and logging into my site or forum logged me into the other. (logging out worked too)

I added a "Forum" page to my site that when clicked redirects the user to my forum. I discovered recently that when I log into my website and click the "Forum" link to administer my forum... I am logged in as I should be, but I cannot access my bbpress Admin page. (I can access the bbpress Admin page when I log directly into the forum as well as when I log into my site and type the forum URL into the address bar. Just not by clicking the link on my site.)

Do you think it because I am not using the "bbpress Integration" plugin or is there a different problem with my installation?

My site is at http://www.tracyandcarol.com/

Will WordPress 2.8 work with bbpress 0.9.0.5 or do I have to do WordPress 2.8 with bbpress 1.0-rc-3?

Thank you in advance.

http://1isa2isb.com/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration

I found that I would forget some of the non-intuitive steps but not want to re-watch the whole screencast.

Forum could not be created!

Referrer is OK, beginning installation…
>>> Setting up custom user table constants

Step 1 - Creating database tables
>>> Database is already installed!!!

Step 2 - WordPress integration (optional)
>>> WordPress address (URL): http://quiltingwithmoxie.com/
>>> Blog address (URL): http://quiltingwithmoxie.com/blog/
>>> WordPress cookie keys set.
>>> WordPress "auth" cookie salt set from input.
>>> WordPress "secure auth" cookie salt set from input.
>>> WordPress "logged in" cookie salt set from input.
>>> User database table prefix: wp_
>>> WordPress MU primary blog ID: 1

Step 3 - Site settings
>>> Site name: Quilting with Moxie Guild
>>> Site address (URL): http://quiltingwithmoxie.com/guild/
>>> From email address: --snip--
>>> Key master created
>>>>>> Username: admin
>>>>>> Email address: --snip--
>>>>>> Password:
>>> Description: Just another bbPress community
>>> Forum could not be created!
>>> Key master email sent

There were some errors encountered during installation!

What now?

Blessings,
Wendy

Database installation failed!!!

Referrer is OK, beginning installation…
>>> Setting up custom user table constants
>>>>>> Removed user tables from schema

Step 1 - Creating database tables
>>> Database installation failed!!!
>>>>>> Halting installation!

If I leave it blank it won't go any further. What is wrong? Why can I not get this installed? I meticulously followed the videos directions. Thanks for any help you can give :-)

i've checked all the key and are the same, i've installed the plugin... so i've followed step-by-step the screencast...

please can anyone help me? thanks!

Today, clean server - root installation - new WP, new bbpress, followed video! edited, checked, double checked and still ... utter frustration.

log in to one, logs you out of the other and vice versus. All the cookies show and disappear. looks just like the video.
I will try for a few more hours some day, then I quit. Good Luck to all.

is there any other forum that can be merged with WP 2.7 that shares user DB and passwords?

Thanks!

The only problem I had was trying to find the salts as I could only get logged_in_salt from options.php. The first time install I took the other salts from mu config, the second time I left them empty as per the instructions but I got an error as auth_salt was needed. I then only took the auth_salt from mu config.

There's obviously a cookie problem at http://ilocals.info/forums/

Can you please tell me how to correct this situation?

Thanks and regards

Just 1 minor problem:

- I'm using wordpress 2.6.5 (I think) with bbPress 1.0-Alpha-6. I could fully integrate the logins, but not the Admin panel.

There's that plugin (showed over the last minutes off the video) to make possible login at WordPress and get access to the Admin panel. Unfortunately, it sais that you need to use at least WP 2.7 for it to work.

Well, I actually tried to install and activate it in my WP 2.6, it worked and generated me the "define('COOKIEPATH', '/');" code.

But in the end, it doesnt work like expected. Probably because of the 2.7 minimum requirement.

Is there any solution to make this work out? I just need this last step working to keep it 100% integrated.

Best regards.

There was one bug i found when deleting the only topic in a forum but that has been resolved in the trunk so i was able to copy that fix.

I have to say, this was an incredibly useful tutorial on getting the puppy installed with wp 2.7. One item you forgot to include in you video and leaving it out prevented me from completing the install - users will need to grab the $table_prefix value from the config.php file in order to complete the install. This is the wp_ value.

Other than that, you saved me and countless others valuable time. Thanks again and I look forward to more videos. Now, if there was some way to seamlessly integrate theme into the forums via CSS consistency, that would be great. Hey, maybe there is an easier way than modifying CSS.

1st of all, thanks for this screen-cast.
I have followed your screen-cast and succeeded with integrating WP 2.7.1 and BB 1.0 alpha 6 in different directories.

http://mydom.com/wp/ (WordPress)
http://mydom.com/board/ (bbPress)

My issue is that logging in and out is working fine as long as WP handles log-in and out! And not the other way when logging out from BB.

Issue 1:
When I log-in to my WP and go to BB log-in works fine, also the other way from BB to WP.
But if I log out fron BB and go back to WP - I'm logged out but the META link is not updated and WP thinks I'm still logged in (which I'm not!)
How can I make the log-out work through BB aswell.

Issue 2:
Registering through BB gives me no role inside WP!

I have bbPress integration plug-in (wp) installed and everything else is working fine! Roles are made inside BB-WP integration just like in the screen-cast.

Can someone please help!

Thanks.