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Login problem - won’t work with www

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Forum Name: Web Wiz Forums
Forum Description: Support forum for Web Wiz Forums application.
URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=16595
Printed Date: 15 April 2026 at 12:33pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Login problem - won’t work with www

Posted By: Madster
Subject: Login problem - won’t work with www
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 6:46pm

Hi guys,

First of all thx for a great forum app, I really like it and will be suplying updated icons in danish at a later date

I recently installed my forum and everything seems to be working allright, except for one thing.

If I go to my forum using www, ex:

http://www.myforum.dk - http://www.myforum.dk

it wont let me login, keeps saying that I have some cookie problems.

However, if I go into the forum without www, ex:

http://myforum.dk - http://myforum.dk

then the login works flawlessly.

Anybody who has an idea as to what the problem could be?

Thx in advance,

Mads

Replies:

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 7:04pm

try re uploading the login files, and also clear your cookies.

has anyone else suffered with this issue

Posted By: mack
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 7:55pm

Madster wrote:

Hi guys,

First of all thx for a great forum app, I really like it and will be suplying updated icons in danish at a later date

I recently installed my forum and everything seems to be working allright, except for one thing.

If I go to my forum using www, ex:

http://www.myforum.dk - http://www.myforum.dk

it wont let me login, keeps saying that I have some cookie problems.

However, if I go into the forum without www, ex:

http://myforum.dk - http://myforum.dk

then the login works flawlessly.

Anybody who has an idea as to what the problem could be?

Thx in advance,

Mads

The problem is when you visit those two URLs, your browser is creating two actual cookies. One for www.myforum.dk and one for myforum.dk. It does this because www. is actually a subdomain.

What I did was create a permanent redirection in IIS to go to my website at www.sidrahq.com, rather then http://sidrahq.com (you can click that to see for yourself).

If I login to my personal admin page via http://sidrahq.com, it'll work fine. If I visit the webpage as www.sidrahq.com it will appear as though I am NOT logged in while http://sidrahq.com does.

Also the reason why www.myforum.dk does not work is probably because you're forum settings are using www.myforum.dk and some are using myforum.dk. Might want to check into that.

This is NOT a bug in the WebWiz forums, though.