Members getting logged out..strange issue
 

Ever since I installed Ad Peeps code in my header for display of rotating banner ads, we've experienced a major increase in members that get logged out when they don't want to be logged out.... sometimes like every five minutes ! And they are clicking the "keep me logged in" box. It helps for a while to clear cookies but the problem returns after a day or two.

As for me, I get logged out maybe every couple days...when previously I was *never* logged out unless I did so intentionally. When the server is rebooted that seems to help for a few days, but it always comes back.

The Ad Peeps folks claim there is no way their software could be causing the problem and I hate to get rid of it as I really like the software.

So, bottom line is this is a minor irritant for most members but a major annoyance for some and seems to have no rhyme or reason as to who it effects...all browsers, all versions...but yet different effects for each computer.

Any ideas on why this is happening and a possible cure ?

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Is it happening to everyone at the same time? Is the list of Currently Active Users suddenly empty when this happens?

No, not happening to everyone at the same time. For most members, including myself, this happens maybe every other day, and is just a minor irritation..... but for others it happens every 5 minutes and is driving them crazy.

Re list of currently active users, I don't have that feature enabled.

If the problem goes away when you disable Ad Peeps, then it must be something to do with that code. Maybe you should go back over the installing procedure and make sure you installed it all correctly.

The reason I asked about the list of users is I was wondering if it could be that mysql is restarting and the way to see this is if your list of Currently Active Users is suddenly zapped.

Yeah I should remove the Adpeeps code and make sure that stops the problem but I keep putting off doing that as the advertisers will be annoyed and it might take a day or two of going "AdPeep-less" to know for sure. Plus I really like AdPeeps and it will be downright depressing if I have to find another ad software !