Not sure what the deal is, but my login here doesn't last very long.

I'm a member on several forums (at least 8-10). On all of them when I log in (and check the "Keep my logged in" box), I stay logged in literally for weeks, even months. Every time I go to the forum, I'm already logged in. I purposely don't clear my cookies for these forums, and I just stay logged in.

However here, I have to log in every day, sometimes twice a day. Are the cookies just set for a short period of time here?

I've been very active on forums for several years, so I'm fairly forum-savvy. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong.

Thanks,
Jason

Does your computer automatically scan for stuff? Might be deleting cookies.

I used to have to log in once in a while. Now I never have to log in.

Of course, as much as I talk, my computer might be on automatic pilot for the forum now!

I don't think the issue is on my end. As I mentioned, I'm active on 8-10 forums on two computers (home and work), and visit just about all of them daily and this is the only one I have to log into every day. And this happens with both my home and office computer.

Thanks,
Jason

Something happened there. From the start I was logged in automatically, now when I go to the portal I am logged in there but when I go to the forum I have to log in every time. This changed only during the summer. I can't understand what happened.

Gerard

"Short Cookies " , I thought you were giving us a recipe

I stay logged in on the portal, and as long as I don't change computers (office and home I seem to stay logged in on the forum. If I'm on a different computer than last time the forum wants a new log in.

I've had the same annoying problem all along, sometimes requiring me to log in six or seven times per day.

However, I just went into the bowels of the Admin controls and after rummaging around I found a default setting that I didn't know existed (there have been a lot of those). I turned it off.

I can't say for sure what will happen, but let's see if there is a difference with our log ins. Worth a try.

Thanks for taking the trip into the bowels, and glad you made it out.

We'll see what happens.

Jason

I stay logged in except when I shut down, or change computers.

i've had the same problem, even having to re-log in while logged, just to view a posted pic. i guess we'll see if your fix remedied the situation.

Yes, one of the more irritating manifestations of this problem is when I'd get logged out while in middle of making a post! Thankfully there is a feature that prevents you from loosing your text, but it was frustrating. I actually thought (prior to my trip into the bowels) that it was a bug in the forum software. It may still be that, but I'm hoping it is correctable. Time will tell.

I guess we'll have to start calling you Jonah.

Thanks for taking the trouble, Geoffrey - this seems to have fixed the problem at least for me!

Yes, I think that did the trick--I haven't had to log back in since I made the switch. Oh Joy!!

I'm staying logged in too.

Thanks!
Jason

After a 5 day absence I am still logged in.

Well I don't know what has changed, but for the past few days I've had to log in every day again. Not sure if it was the site upgrade, but I thought that was just for the main site, not the forum.

Was there a change?

Thanks,
Jason