forum won't remember me

Matthew Walton · Post by **Matthew Walton** » 4 Jan 2009 7:17 pm

Hey Y'all.
All of a sudden, whenever I come to this very forum, I look up to where it has all your stuff (Private Messages, Profile, etc.), and it will say that I am not logged in. So I log back in, and check the "Remember Me" box, and go on my merry way.
But the next time I come here, it will say that I am not logged in again!

Not extremely terrible, but still a nuisance.
BTW, I am using Firefox 3.
Thanks, Matt.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 5 Jan 2009 8:59 am

Failure to remember your login details is a cookies issue. This is controlled in Firefox under Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies. Be sure "Accept cookies from sites" is checked and that our forum is not listed in the "Exceptions" list. Furthermore, make sure that Cookies is not selected to be deleted when you "Clear Private Data."

John Roche · Post by **John Roche** » 5 Jan 2009 10:18 am

Matthew who?

Matthew Walton · Post by **Matthew Walton** » 6 Jan 2009 1:54 pm

John Roche wrote:Matthew who?

What do you mean?

it's not in my block list.

Craig Stenseth · Post by **Craig Stenseth** » 6 Jan 2009 5:27 pm

I seem to have the same problem. Although Firefox is set to accept cookies from this site, there are three listed, 2 of which expire at 'end of session' and the other expires tomorrow night. I have it set to 'keep until they expire', but don't know what determines the expire date. Those expired cookies taste a little funny, but probably better than some other stuff in my refrigerator.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 6 Jan 2009 9:22 pm

I checked my Firefox cookies for the SGF and have the same three as Craig, but, the last one expires on Jan 7, 2010. I have no trouble logging in automatically. If Craig's or other members forum cookie is really set to expire today/tomorrow, it should be deleted. After deleting the expired cookie come back and type in your credentials to log in. This will set a new cookie. Also, tell Firefox to Remember the login details for this site, in the yellow information bar that now appears over a page with a login box.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 7 Jan 2009 8:27 am

"forum won't remember me"

that may actually be a plus !

TP

Matthew Walton · Post by **Matthew Walton** » 7 Jan 2009 12:15 pm

I don't know if this is what you meant Wiz, but I deleted the 2 that expire when I close Firefox, and then it started working!

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Jan 2009 3:39 pm

Matthew Walton wrote:I don't know if this is what you meant Wiz, but I deleted the 2 that expire when I close Firefox, and then it started working!

Yes, that is what I meant for you to do. I'm glad it worked.