Staying Logged In on Front Page

izibo · 01-30-2007, 05:42 PM

I am having some odd problems with the front page... I can log in, but it still shows me as being logged out. I can search the forums, make posts, and click away from the front page and everything works (it even shows me being logged in then).

Yet, even if I go back to the front page, it doesn't show that I'm logged in. I'm running Firefox 2 on XP... cleared the cookies and all that goodness, and am still perplexed.

**k0NG0** · 01-30-2007, 06:29 PM

Could depend on what URL you're using.

Say you log in using http://abxzone.com/ but the links go to http://www.abxzone.com. That means cookies for one URL won't work for the other, since the domains aren't identical. So even though you've logged in the front page can still show you as logged out, if the URL is different.

Cookies resolve to the full URL, not just domain names like whatever.com. The www bit matters.

01-30-2007, 05:42 PM	#1
izibo ABXpert Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,679	Staying Logged In on Front Page I am having some odd problems with the front page... I can log in, but it still shows me as being logged out. I can search the forums, make posts, and click away from the front page and everything works (it even shows me being logged in then). Yet, even if I go back to the front page, it doesn't show that I'm logged in. I'm running Firefox 2 on XP... cleared the cookies and all that goodness, and am still perplexed.
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01-30-2007, 06:29 PM	#2
k0NG0 Remembering TQ Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,637	Could depend on what URL you're using. Say you log in using http://abxzone.com/ but the links go to http://www.abxzone.com. That means cookies for one URL won't work for the other, since the domains aren't identical. So even though you've logged in the front page can still show you as logged out, if the URL is different. Cookies resolve to the full URL, not just domain names like whatever.com. The www bit matters. __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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