Unable to stay permanently logged in

Stompa

Oddly, if I go here:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/

I don't appear to be logged in, but as soon as I select a board I am logged in. If I return to the link above, I'm no longer logged in.

1jim

thats happening to me too, if I select the forums front page it looks like I need to log in but when you go to a board I am logged in......very odd

jem16

Exactly what is happening with me too.

MSE home page suggests I'm not logged in - going to a board and suddenly I am logged in.

Also found yesterday that clicking through from an email notification showed that I had last visited about 1 minute before, even though it had been hours since my actual last visit. This knocks out the ability to see what new posts there had been since my last visit.

I'm using IE9 which had been fine up until yesterday.

Premier_2

Stompa wrote: »

Oddly, if I go here:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/

I don't appear to be logged in, but as soon as I select a board I am logged in. If I return to the link above, I'm no longer logged in.

I was going to say I use IE8 and have not had any issues.

BUT...

I must say, when I first came to the board this morning (as per the above link), I didn't notice immediately but later saw I was apparently not logged in.
However I could post no problems (I tend to open boards/threads in new windows, not tabs), and could easily identify the threads that had new posts in. It was because nothing seemed unusual, I didn't notice the request to login on the first screen.

Later, refreshing the screen on the original page (the link above) automatically showed me as logged in - I didn't add any login details, just pressed the refresh button on the browser.

poppy10_2

Same problem here, on Firefox

Stompa

Premier wrote: »

BUT...

I must say, when I first came to the board this morning (as per the above link), I didn't notice immediately but later saw I was apparently not logged in.
However I could post no problems (I tend to open boards/threads in new windows, not tabs), and could easily identify the threads that had new posts in. It was because nothing seemed unusual, I didn't notice the request to login on the first screen.

Later, refreshing the screen on the original page (the link above) automatically showed me as logged in - I didn't add any login details, just pressed the refresh button on the browser.

Interesting, I'm seeing the same. But, refreshing the screen doesn't log me in on my initial visit to that link, only on subsequent visits (after going to a board and finding myself logged in).

For me the effect is very obvious as I have chosen to retain the 'old look' on the site. So the original page appears in 'new look' but it changes to 'old look' when I go to a board etc....

Biggles

MSE_Ian wrote: »

If this functionality is important to you then please consider using Internet Explorer as a temporary solution. I believe this functionality works in Internet Explorer.

It used to. Now it doesn't. That's the point.

Biggles
IE8

LeeSouthEast

Chrome here, just to throw a spanner in the works. Same problem.

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The problem seems to be, for me at least, is that on the main forum page you aren't logged in but if you click through to any forum you find are logged in

jem16

There seems to be a big problem with the whole login procedure.

I am finding that if I stay logged in and visit the board later from another PC I appear to be still online for a long time afterwards even though I am obviously not online.

Result is that even when I do come back officially some 30 minutes later it still thinks I have never left.

How long does it take before it sees you as offline?