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I've tried so hard to get this mod to work on a test site over the last 6 months, using different versions, different installs, even different servers and hosts... but it just doesn't connect properly.

My intention is to link a wiki, but I've been testing on a wordpress site for the sake of simplicity. The folder structure for these installations is that both sit in their own folder relative to root. So vB is in: "root/forum/..." and Wordpress is in "root/site/...".

On initial installation in both vB and wordpress, I attempt to connect the wordpress platform by taking the values from the Wordpress "vBSSO Settings" page and adding them to the vB "Connect a Platform" ACP page. For example:

Address: http://www.example.com/site/wp-content/plugins/vbsso/vbsso.php
Key: 123456789

On doing this for the first time on a clean vB installation, it appears to validate the connection as the details are added at the bottom of the page and are in lovely green text.

I add the necessary usergroup IDs to the vB "Access Settings" page, but no matter what I do, the account does not log into Wordpress. If I press "login" on the front end of the Wordpress site, the vB "logging you in" screen shows, but does not log me into Wordpress. If I press it again, there is an error message (can't remember what it says, but logfiles suggested that it was because the username already existed???).

On reviewing the previously added connection in the "Connect a Platform" ACP page, the text is now red???

If I delete that platform connection and attempt to re-connect that platform using the same (or different) values, the process no longer succeeds and simply throws an error:

Unable to verify platform [http://www.example.com/site/wp-content/plugins/vbsso/vbsso.php]
Please analyze log files located at `/home/partcser/public_html/example.com/forum/vbsso/logs/` to detect the cause of the issue.

Logs are enabled to show "all" levels of severity, but nothing is recorded regarding this now-failing connection.

I can't understand from the little documentation where I'm going wrong. Like others have indicated, I'm willing to pay for a Pro version of this (or branding free... whatever) as it's a much-needed feature, but I simply cannot get it to work as it's described.