[Trance007]

Hi,

Every time I come to the forum, I have to enter my login/password again, despite selecting the "Log me on automatically each visit" option at login.
This even if the IP is still the same.
This is really anoying.

Could this be solved ?

Also, could you enable auto-login, even if the IP has changed since last login ?
Actually, I use 3 different computers (home, work, PDA).
Every time I switched from one computer to another, the login/password would need to be entered again.

This is also really annoying.

Thank you for your help.

[Nico_Noyau]

That's kinda strange, the automatic login works for me here, I use Safari...

I checked the cookies and sessions of the server, it works fine :/

[Jarreologie6]

Works fine in Firefox.

have you tried to clear your browsers temporary files / cookies, history, etc
it migt fix your problem

[Trance007]

I experience this problem since the move to zoolook.nl
Same things at home (Firefox), work (Chrome) and on PDA (Opera Mobile 10)

I just cleaned up cache/cookie on my Firefox setup, and still, auto-login doesn't work.

Any help welcome.

[Trance007]

OK, I've just find the problem.

I have a bookmark to http://zoolook.nl/forum/s...rch_id=newposts

On the old host, going to this url would auto-login me, and then show the "Posts since last visit".
In the new host, it does not work anymore.

If I begin with the main page: http://www.zoolook.nl , the auto-login works.

So, could this be fixed ?

[GeeJee]

Why do you use a bookmark to that specific page? All new posts you haven't read are marked bright orange when you log in. Still, if you would like to use that page, is it that much of an effort to just log in like everybody else and go there manually?

[Nico_Noyau]

[Trance007]

Indeed !

So, the problem was that my bookmark pointed to http://zoolook.nl instead of http://www.zoolook.nl (my mistake, sorry).

Problem solved, thank you for your help!

Another question: Is the auto-login enabled even when the IP is different from the last one?

[Nico_Noyau]

The auto-login is based on cookies, which can be found in your web browser's temporary folder.

The cookie is a small text file, composed of the url of the forum (www.zoolook.nl), your username and password.
No information about your IP is stored on the forum to connect you, which means that if you use another browser / computer on the same IP address than the IP you just used to connect, you will be asked to enter it again, as it's stored in the web browser's folder

[Trance007]

Well, you're right.

The auto-login is not linked to the IP.
Tryed with different IP on the same computer, and it works.

But, it seems the auto-login is tied to one PC only.

Here is what I just tryed :
On my home computer
1) I login to BlahBlahCafe, with the "Log me on automatically each visit" set
2) I close the browser
3) I Reopen the browser and go to www.zoolook.nl
4) I am automatically connected
5) Just to be sure, I repeat step 2 to 4
-> Auto login works on my home computer

on my PDA
(using my home Wifi connection, thus having the same public IP as the one on my home computer):
6) I login to BlahBlahCafe, with the "Log me on automatically each visit" set
7) I close the browser
8 ) I Reopen the browser and go to www.zoolook.nl
9) I am automatically connected
-> Auto login works on my PDA

on my home computer
10) I Reopen the browser and go to www.zoolook.nl
-> Auto login does not work

So, auto-login works on a computer, as long as you don't login on another computer.

Is this a bug or a feature ?

[Nico_Noyau]

I have no idea... we use the features of phpBB, so if phpBB does that, we do that

[GeeJee]

[Trance007]

Thank you for your feedback(s).

I think I can live with it.