I apologize if this is elsewhere, but I am in a panic and have to go do my real job for a few hours. I upgrades to the latest version of bbPress over the weekend and everything went fine. Today I got greedy and tried to create a WordPress blog and then link to it. I followed the instructions on bbPress “Settings” and also installed the plugin on WordPress. I was trying to check the four user things that had to match. I am sorry I can’t quote them, but I can’t log in to see that info again. It was in the “WordPress Integration” area. I had both config files open and found the mentions in the WP, but BB had a line about “Secret” instead. I swear I closed both without saving and bam, I was kicked out of bbpress. When I attempt to login it says, “user does not exist.” I have tried password reset and it sends a new one to my e-mail, but it still says that I don’t exist. I can still see, my forum, but cannot login.

Please help. I do not know .php, but I typically take things slow and careful and follow the directions. I am sure I boogered something up, but I am not sure what.

http://www.mocog.com

Thanks in advance,

-Shoe

[SpartanburgSparkMember @spartanburgspark 3 years, 6 months ago]

I had a similar problem the first time I integrated a bbPress and WordPress site. In my case, all I had to do was clear the old bbPress and WordPress cookies, and next login went fine. Maybe give that a try?

[ShoemakerspMember @shoemakersp 3 years, 6 months ago]

Well I am back to square 0.8. As of this morning I was on bbPress 1.0.2, but now I am back to 0.9.0.4. It is at least working again. I think it must have something to do with the bb-config.php file. If I load up 1.0.2 and keep the old config file (as instructed) it tells me that my usernames do not exist (admin, etc.). If I pull everything (including the same bb-config.php file) from my backup and switch back to 0.9.0.4 everything is fine. I did notice that everything in the newer versions of wp and bb refers to the four different keys, whereas my config file for bb has only the “SECRET” key. In the old version it talks about WP integration using just the one key.

Any ideas on how I should proceed? Also I see many mentions on clearing out the wp and bb cookies, but I don’t understand how to do that and can’t find it in the forum.

[chrishajerParticipant @chrishajer 3 years, 6 months ago]

What version of WordPress are you using? There are cookie incompatibilities between various versions.

To clear your cookies, it depends on your browser and operating system, but it’s usually an Options or Preferences menu item, then something like Privacy, and there should be a cookies option where you can clear the cookies. Or just try a completely new browser, one you’ve never visited the site with before, and see if you have the same trouble. It won’t have any existing cookies to worry about. There are lots of free browsers out there that install pretty easily.