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nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
Posted:
I'm using library computers, and I've been having a bit of trouble in the last few weeks with randomly being logged out- I sign in, go onto main index- and can't see the 'Introduction' forum, and it says I'm not logged in..
Also sometimes when I try post in the intro forum, I get a 'you are not logged in' message- anyone else been having trouble like this? It can happen several times in a session, and I have to keep on signing in.. I guess it could be an issue with these computers, but I've never had it before, and I've actually never owned a computer (really!) so I've always been on public ones..
Only minorly irritating..
I'm using library computers, and I've been having a bit of trouble in the last few weeks with randomly being logged out- I sign in, go onto main index- and can't see the 'Introduction' forum, and it says I'm not logged in..
Also sometimes when I try post in the intro forum, I get a 'you are not logged in' message- anyone else been having trouble like this? It can happen several times in a session, and I have to keep on signing in.. I guess it could be an issue with these computers, but I've never had it before, and I've actually never owned a computer (really!) so I've always been on public ones..
Only minorly irritating..
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Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
My guess is it's the computers' cookies settings.
My guess is it's the computers' cookies settings.
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BRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
It could be the cookie settings, but there's another possibility. A lot of public computers use something called a proxy server, which saves bandwidth and increases control/monitoring of what sites are being surfed. A side effect is that they store a version of every page you see, so instead of you seeing the most recent logged in version of the index you're actually seeing a copy of the index you visited when you weren't logged in.
There's nothing we can do about this as some proxy servers ignore all our efforts, but one way round this is to add a random string after the URL. So the main forum index URL is:
[Old link]
try:
[Old link]
Everything after the ? should be completely random. It's annoying, but it should mainly be the index page that has this problem.
Hope that helps!
It could be the cookie settings, but there's another possibility. A lot of public computers use something called a proxy server, which saves bandwidth and increases control/monitoring of what sites are being surfed. A side effect is that they store a version of every page you see, so instead of you seeing the most recent logged in version of the index you're actually seeing a copy of the index you visited when you weren't logged in.
There's nothing we can do about this as some proxy servers ignore all our efforts, but one way round this is to add a random string after the URL. So the main forum index URL is:
[Old link]
try:
[Old link]
Everything after the ? should be completely random. It's annoying, but it should mainly be the index page that has this problem.
Hope that helps!
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nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
Posted:
*changes cookie settings to 'chocolate chip'*
Oh well, I'm using free computers, I can't complain
*changes cookie settings to 'chocolate chip'*
Oh well, I'm using free computers, I can't complain
THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!
If that's okay with you?
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