Login Every Single Time To Site??

[ScoobyDoo]

Hi, every single time someone comes to my site, even myself, I have to login again which is irritating. I've tried to make changes to be able to save cookies, I guess you'd call it, and here's what I've done:

-Cookies and HTTP Header Options

-->Session Timeout - 2147483647 (Which's Max)
--> Path to Save Cookies - left as '/'
--> Cookie Domain - Changed to Blank Cause different domains, pulling off one, which is same content from main


Could someone please advise me what I've done wrong, or need to do to have it to where even if someone comes back a year or two from now they'd automatically be logged in instead of having to do it again?

Thank you

[ForceHSS]

What browser are you using?

[ZUCCO]

I have a similar problem but when I go to mysite.com I log in and everything fine. When I go to www.mysite.com I have to log in again

[K4GAP]

Originally Posted by ZUCCO

I have a similar problem but when I go to mysite.com I log in and everything fine. When I go to www.mysite.com I have to log in again

My host allows me to choose if I want my site to recognize with or without the "www".

[ZUCCO]

Originally Posted by GaryT

My host allows me to choose if I want my site to recognize with or without the "www".

How I do that? I use hostgator

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by mike76

here's what I've done:

-Cookies and HTTP Header Options

-->Session Timeout - 2147483647 (Which's Max)
--> Path to Save Cookies - left as '/'
--> Cookie Domain - Changed to Blank Cause different domains, pulling off one, which is same content from main

That session timeout will get you in trouble with a full session table one of these days. It is NOT recommended to set it that high at all. Default is 900, or 15 minutes. I wouldn't set it to anything more than 1 hour, or 2700.

What is the URL to your site?

If you allow users to login to your site via both http://www.yoursite.com and just yoursite.com, then you MUST have your cookie domain (AdminCP > Settings > Options > Cookies and HTTP Header Options > Cookie Domain) set to ".yoursite.com" (no quotes, but note the period at the beginning) or your users will have problems.

Make sure to tell your users to click the Remember Me button when they login.

[ScoobyDoo]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

What browser are you using?

Hello ForceHSS, thank you for responding!! I'm using Mozilla, but my hope is to have it set to where regardless of ones browser they could just come to my site and they'd already be logged in, especially due to the fact that a lot of people use different passwords, forget which one for where, and just sorta like say "the heck with it".

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Hi Lynne, thank you for your help! I've changed the setting to 2700, thank you very much.

In regards to setting it to .mysite.com, being how my site is mysite.com/forum.php I wasn't sure how to handle that because the following:

"You most likely want to leave this setting blank as entering an invalid setting can leave you unable to login to your forum."

and 'Path to Save Cookies' states:

"Please note that your path should always end in a forward-slash; for example '/forums/', '/vbulletin/' etc."

so if they were in someway connected I wouldn't want to get myself locked out cause even though I have Vbulletin.com support, the help there is 100% worthless as 26 messages later (different subject tho), I have Zack asking 'What's the problem' and he's was the one I had been talking to during the whole conversation, so to get a question like that, and 5 days of completely wasted time, I've resolved to that support being a complete and frustrating waste of time.

Note, if you work for them "Sorry for stating this, and no offense at all to you if you do", but just pointing out my fear in regards to: .mysite.com vs .mysite.com/forum.php and getting no help at all to log in.

[Lynne]

You want it to be set to ".mysite.com", NOT ".mysite.com/forum.php". And, don't touch the Path to Save Cookies setting.

[ScoobyDoo]

Originally Posted by Lynne

You want it to be set to ".mysite.com", NOT ".mysite.com/forum.php". And, don't touch the Path to Save Cookies setting.

Thank you so much Lynne!

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Originally Posted by Lynne

You want it to be set to ".mysite.com", NOT ".mysite.com/forum.php". And, don't touch the Path to Save Cookies setting.

I changed the 'Cookie Domain' to .mysite.com and I was unable to login to member's area, even though I'm the admin, but luckily I was able to login to control panel to fix, so that for sure didn't take care of my want/need/hope for users to always be logged in when they come by site. Please check your PM if you don't mind.

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Is the 'ONLY' way to have a memeber remebered, and automatically logged in as themselves is by checking the 'Remember Me' box?

[ScoobyDoo]

I guess I'll be starting a new thread here in a minute cause this one's no longer getting replies...

Now when I go to login to the Control Panel it says "Thank you logging in admin.." and looks like I'm getting back in, but brings me back to SAME EXACT login place I just was...OVER and OVER.

On the main forum I can not log out even though it says "All Cookies Cleared" and when I log out, then come right back to page I'm automatically logged in, which IS actually what I want for all members, but can anyone tell me WHY I can't logged in to the control panel, besides the obvious being 'Something's Wrong'?