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siegs · 01-31-2011

Why is it after a certain time after logging in and viewing threads I'm suddenly not logged in anymore? Do I smell??? Bad breath? I have a good attitude!
Little help please...

Babaloo · 01-31-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by siegs

Why is it after a certain time after logging in and viewing threads I'm suddenly not logged in anymore? Do I smell??? Bad breath? I have a good attitude!
Little help please...

You have to participate to remain logged in.
You don't need to be logged in to view.

Luv2Dance · 01-31-2011

Click the "remember me" box to the right of your username.

If you aren't navigating the forum for a period of time, it will log you out if box is unchecked.

Friday · 01-31-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luv2Dance

Click the "remember me" box to the right of your username.

If you aren't navigating the forum for a period of time, it will log you out if box is unchecked.

Cool ! Thanks.
I thought that was only to remember my password so I never clicked it.
Thanks !!

Luv2Dance · 01-31-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Friday

Cool ! Thanks.
I thought that was only to remember my password so I never clicked it.
Thanks !!

I DO know that if I am away from the forum (even when the box is checked) it will log me off after 15 minutes. But, when I bring my tab back up, I am logged back on again. I've never explored to see if that time is shortened if box is left "unchecked".

Sorry, it's been a long day.

I'm having a difficult time trying to explain this.

**james** · 02-01-2011

It's just how the Interwebz work. HTML is a stateless protocol. You really are never 'logged in.' Requests are either accepted or rejected based upon the authentication scheme used, in this case, a cookie, which is just a local value stored by your browser associated with the domain of the site you are accessing. A cookie (which is set on your browser during the 'login' process) normally lives about 15 minutes (this is settable by the site administrator, but 15 minutes is default for this software). After that time, the cookie expires and no longer identifies your account.

This is different from the "who is online" function of the forum, which simply remembers a list of what users have made requests in the last 15 minutes. You can have a valid cookie yet not be on that list, so you might think you are "logged out" but you are not... since you are never really logged in anyway.

01-31-2011	#1 (permalink)
siegs lost on fifth Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 23	Log in and throw out... Why is it after a certain time after logging in and viewing threads I'm suddenly not logged in anymore? Do I smell??? Bad breath? I have a good attitude! Little help please...

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james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Sweden Posts: 12,270	It's just how the Interwebz work. HTML is a stateless protocol. You really are never 'logged in.' Requests are either accepted or rejected based upon the authentication scheme used, in this case, a cookie, which is just a local value stored by your browser associated with the domain of the site you are accessing. A cookie (which is set on your browser during the 'login' process) normally lives about 15 minutes (this is settable by the site administrator, but 15 minutes is default for this software). After that time, the cookie expires and no longer identifies your account. This is different from the "who is online" function of the forum, which simply remembers a list of what users have made requests in the last 15 minutes. You can have a valid cookie yet not be on that list, so you might think you are "logged out" but you are not... since you are never really logged in anyway. __________________ Get your own signature countdown image!

01-31-2011	#3 (permalink)
Luv2Dance añejo Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25,599	Click the "remember me" box to the right of your username. If you aren't navigating the forum for a period of time, it will log you out if box is unchecked.

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