Trouble logging in

[Kerrigan666]

I made some changes in my navbar template so we could have some custom links under the login box.
The links are the text "PSP Hack Guides Front Page - Contact Us - Archive - Bottom" you can see it
if you go to our site at http://psphackguides.com/forums.
Now when we try to log in, it won't work. It sends us back to the forum index without signing us in.
To make it work we have to check the little box that says "Remember Me". So we can still log in and use the forum..
We just have to check that box first. I realize it isn't supposed to remember us if we don't check it, but it shouldn't forget about us that quickly.

I don't have a lot of PHP knowledge, only HTML and a small amount of C programming knowledge.
I knew enough to figure out how to add the links... but now I think this problem is a little more complex than what I can fix on my own.

We are using vbulletin 3.8.6.


Thanks for any help!

[Lynne]

Do you have a test username/password for us to try this and see it happening?

Create a new style with no parent:

• Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Style
• Parent Style: No Parent Style
• Title: Default vBulletin
• Allow User Selection: Yes
• Save

Now set this as the default style (vboptions > styles > set default style) and login - do you still have the same problem?

[Kerrigan666]

First i want to say thank you for the help you have been giving us right from the start.

You can log in as test account 1 with password 31415927

We will try to follow your advice and see if we get this resolved.

[Lynne]

LOL - that's a password not many could easily remember, but I could!

I was able to login and then click all around the site and stay logged in. Is there something in particular I need to do to suddenly get logged out?

[Kerrigan666]

I am very glad you were able to recognize the password(pi).

The problem is really difficult to deal with because it does not always occur and only if you do not click the remember me button. If you were able to log in by the first try it means it did not happen to you. If it always happened it would be easier to deal with.

My last hope would be reverting to the default login code the vbulletin has but i don't know how this will affect the forum. If only i had kept a backup...

My friend says this and adding shoutbox were the only things he changed before the problem occurred so one of the two is the problem.

[Digital Jedi]

Looking at the source code for that area, I see you've got a number of improperly nested tags in that area. I wouldn't be surprised if that was mucking up the log in. The Validator reveals quite a few errors in the logged out version of the page: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...e&group=0&ss=1

Try going though that list of errors, starting with the top most one, and work your way down. Then revalidate your site each time until you've got them fixed. Errors cascade, so fixing one might fix others, but at least if you fix them, you'll be able to rule that out. You can tell what area in the code is what by going to your vBulletin Options >>> General Settings >>> Add Template Name in HTML Comments. Then the template names will appear in the source code.