Need some advice

[jwebster8]

What exactly does the zencart/phpBB merge do? Does it basically allow you to store the logins for both in a single database so that users only have to go through the "new account" stuff once? Or are there other reasons for doing it?

[Ripper]

It does what you say, it allows users to register once for both sections. As far as I know, that's the only thing it does.