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:up: Ok so after banging my head against the wall I think I split it open and released the "fart" because I think I finally get it. So to start here's what I've done:

1. Create a new VB User ID: 6
2. Create a new user for the VB Username: mypublicuser
3. Create a new forum and add it to VB Forum ID: 8
4. Add the Forum URL: http://mysite.com/vb
5. Add the Forum Relative Path: /vb
6. Add the Database Prefix: vb_
7. Answer Yes to Forum use UNICODE (UTF-8)
8. Select Yes to the "Post Articles To Forum" option
9. Clicked Submit and successfully create a new Post in the forum.
10. I then mapped my VBUsers accordingly:

Unregistered / Not Logged In Do Not Map
Users Awaiting Email Confirm Subscriber
Super Moderators Editor
Moderators Author
Registered Users Subscriber
(COPPA) Users Awaiting Mod. Subscriber
Administrators Administrator
Banned Users Do Not Map

11. Mapped users Saved!
12. Turn Auto-Integrate on. Saved!

Observation: the WordPress account I'm logged in with is no longer recognized so I'm immedialy logged out of the site. This is where I'm suppose to log in with a vBulletin account.

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1. Either register some new accounts or log into the vBulletin Admin panel and create some new accounts.
2. Assign the newly created user(s) to the Registered Users group which should've been mapped to WordPress Registered Users.
3. Log in to vBulletin with this newly created user. Once logged in to vBulletin you're also logged in to WordPress. This can be confirmed by entering /wp-admin to be taken to the Dashboard.
What I've tried to do is this:

a. Download the WordPress Sidebar Login plugin, upload, and activate it.
b. Now I log in to WordPress with one my new accounts, go to the vBulletin via /vb, and see that I'm also logged in to vBulletin.
b. With the sidebar login plugin I can go to the options and add a few links:
<a href="http://mysite.com/wp-admin/">Dashboard</a>
<a href="http://mysite.com/vb/">Forums</a>
<a href="http://mysite.com/vb/usercp.php">vBulletin Profile</a>

Now when I go to the WordPress front page I see that I now have a way of clicking to the WordPress Dashboard, my vBulletin Forums and Profile.

Note:
1. It seems as though the side bar login links are visible only during the current session. Once I log out and re-enter I'll have to add the links again. So what I need to do is figure out how to hard code the links so that it appears for all users.
2. When logging out of WordPress the only way to completely log out of it and vBulletin is to do so from within the WordPress Dashboard. If I attempt to log out by clicking either the Logout link on the WordPrss front page or within vBulletin the account remains logged in, regardless of how many times I click the link.

Observation(s):
1. I have my front paged linked to a static page and the posts linked to a page called News. So upon visiting the site users are presented with a greeting. Now that I've turned on integration my welcome page has been replaced by the new / posts page. What I'd like to know is if there's a way to control this or do I have to turn the greeting into a post?

2. When I click on Comments in the post it causes my sidebar and center to shift. See it here. Should I remove the Comments link or would it be possible to change it so that when clicked it takes you to that post? Also, aside from the one post I don't think I want all of my posts linking to the forum. Is there a way to make it so that it doesn't happen or is this a feature of how the inntegration uses the vBulletin comment system? If it is I'll go with it I just need to better understand it.

Current Challenges:

1. Create links inside of vBulletin that point to wordPress. Or maybe this is where I try to "Wrap" vBulletin inside of WordPress. Any ideas?

I'm all teeth as I'm almost there.