[Bb-trac] Re: [bbPress] #814: Integrating with WordPress cookies is too hard

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#814: Integrating with WordPress cookies is too hard
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 Reporter:  mdawaffe        |        Owner:  sambauers        
     Type:  defect          |       Status:  assigned         
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  0.9              
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  1.0-alpha (trunk)
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:                   
 Keywords:                  |  
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Changes (by sambauers):

  * owner:  => sambauers
  * status:  new => assigned

Comment:

 1. BB_SECRET_KEY is not just for integration, all installs should add a
 unique BB_SECRET_KEY. The fact that it has to match the WordPress value is
 annoying at that stage, but the input should definitely be requested on
 step 1 of install. We may be able to provide the option to reset or change
 it on step 2 along with setting the database SECRET. That will require us
 to go back to the config and re-write the value if it changes.

  2. We might be able to retrieve the secret value from the database
 directly and simply insert it ourselves. This would have to be a post
 database installation activity as to expose it in a hidden input field is
 not wise. Just a flag that says "go copy the secret from wordpress after
 install" will do. We would have to deal with failures somehow though,
 maybe just a failure notice in the install log, then people can go do the
 complicated thing which everyone has to do at the moment.

 I really don't like the idea of a WP plugin to retrieve and expose this
 info in the WP admin. I actually requested that this feature was part of
 WP core and it was rejected on the grounds that the whole idea of having
 two keys with different access paths would be defeated entirely. I think
 the process of installing a WP plugin to achieve integration is somewhat
 more cumbersome than what exists (but maybe that's just me).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/814#comment:1>
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