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I've never worked with IPB or Joomla, but in general, integration is a pest.  Both boards have to be modified, and every project has its own rules for encrypting passwords, which can make authorization tricky.  Wacintaki uses a simple salted crypt() routine for passwords -- most other boards use the more robust MD5() method.

Your content management system (CMS) must create all the required tables for the oekaki when a new member registers, and the oekaki must get its username and password from the CMS every time it starts.

Once both boards have been modified to share database information, only boot.php needs to be edited to import the authorization from the CMS.  Usually, the CMS will have a script specifically for authorization, so you can just include that file at the right place in boot.php (phpBB works like this). The applets pass the name and password through a header, so as long as everything is imported correctly by boot.php, you shouldn't have to worry about how the username and password are passed through each script in the oekaki.

You'll also have to disable the registration, password change code (in the profile editor), and some of the admin controls, to make sure the oekaki doesn't corrupt the database of the CMS.  Proceed with caution.