Forum "forgets" frequently
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Topic: Forum "forgets" frequently
Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Subject: Forum "forgets" frequently
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 4:39pm
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I suspect that this is a cookie problem, but I don't know where to look. The server is IIS6. I test primarily with IE7 on the client.
The problem is that the forum shows new messages and the "active topics" lists all those messages. After a very short period of time, all topics are marked as "read" and no-longer appear in the active topics list. V8 never did this. Also, the forum doesn't always remember my login. I'm forced to log-in almost every time I visit the site, but not always.
If this is a cookie problem, where should I be looking? The date/time are correct on the server and client.
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:06pm
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Do you have a long SID=xxxxxx displayed in your address bar throughout the forum? If so this is a cookie problem, and it could be that the forum is unable to automatically create the cookie path. If this is the case edit in notepad the file includes/setup_options.asp and manually set the correct cookie path for your forum. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:13pm
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No, this is the typical suffix format on the URL: "/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2791"
I've never seen the SID= portion.
Interestingly, I had to log-in to this forum again to post this reply. This indicates a client problem, but what I don't understand is that this happens on three different PCs and wasn't a problem with earlier versions of the forum.
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:18pm
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If you use IE cookies are always a problem. Mocrosoft say on their own sites the way to fix the cookie index is to first delete all cached internet files, then delete all stored cookies. This resets IE's cookie index. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:24pm
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great... I haven't had to do that since IE6.
Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot.
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Posted By: dfrancis
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:45pm
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grrr... I hate deleting cookies. Another excuse to use Firefox? ------------- “If you want things to be different, you must be willing to do different things!” http://www.DavidFrancis.org/?wwf=signature" rel="nofollow - David Francis |
Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:55pm
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It's a one-time thing, apparently. Maybe subtle differences in the cookie between v8 and v9.
This seems to have fixed the problem. One thing I noticed though is the quick-login doesn't store a cookie on the client. In the past, the quick-login caused the computer to remember me across sessions. Now, it forgets after I close the browser. Is there a setting I can change on the forum to force the quick login to save a cookie?
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 6:04pm
Firefox isn't that much better... you always get that annoying " do you want to restore or continue your previous session" prompt. Maybe Safari? the Safari 3 Public Beta version is already out and its available on windows machines 
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dfrancis wrote:Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 6:08pm
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Safari, are you mad, have you tried the windows version? It was shockingly bad and buggy on the MAC and now just the same on Windows just with loads more security holes. If you want an alternative to Firefox try Opera. Apple need to stick to what they are good at, taking crappy sounding portable music players and making them the next cool thing to be seen with. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 6:50pm
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I second boRg on Safari. If you're "lucky" enough to get it installed, you'll be met with a clumsy, difficult to read, slimmed-down excuse for a browser. I only use it to render web sites the way they'd be seen on a Mac. Certainly, not good enough for day to day use.
Opera is a good alternative, but it is the only browser that costs $$$. IE7 is the winner in my book. Even Firefox was quick to adopt some of IE7's tabbed browsing features (close button on each tab).
Deleting cookies was a weekly problem for me on IE6. Now, I only have had to do it once on IE7 this year. Only because of the forum upgrade, I think a cookie crumb was left behind from v8.
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 6:53pm
| Ok, now I third you guys on Safari. I heard it was the most wonderful thing out there from a buddy that swears by his MAC... now that I tried it, I couldn't even read anything! |
Posted By: freakyfred
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 7:24pm
I also get this problem. And i agree Safari sucks with a passion. I would not use that browser if someone paid me. |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 8:04pm
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I installed Safari out of interest, that was quickly replaced with horror lol. It's absolutely amazingly bad. I still stick by Firefox and occasionally use IE7 for sites with lazy designers :p ------------- Handyman man? |