Most of the time I just connect to the site and find myself logged in. Sometimes I do not get logged in, Then I log in and it works for a while again. I thought the cookie was expiring after some period. I see I have 3 cookies, as it seems to create a new one when I have to sign in. Looks like it could be every 3 months.
I looked back over these messages and saw that someone posted they could just hit the login button - which is convenient if you don't remember your login. So I tried it and it worked. That is really strange because it defeats part of the purpose of a login anyway. But that also gives us a clue to the problem. It means the cookie is stored and ready to be used, but the bulletin board is not using it. The user just connects to the site. After that it's up to the board program to do whatever goes on behind the scenes. That's not a browser issue. So a check with phpBB may find the answer to what is going wrong.
It's great to have users who will fight through this to get on, but many, especially those who can not easily put their hands on their login info will just give up and move on -perhaps permanently. So, it's important to get fixed.
I looked back over these messages and saw that someone posted they could just hit the login button - which is convenient if you don't remember your login. So I tried it and it worked. That is really strange because it defeats part of the purpose of a login anyway. But that also gives us a clue to the problem. It means the cookie is stored and ready to be used, but the bulletin board is not using it. The user just connects to the site. After that it's up to the board program to do whatever goes on behind the scenes. That's not a browser issue. So a check with phpBB may find the answer to what is going wrong.
It's great to have users who will fight through this to get on, but many, especially those who can not easily put their hands on their login info will just give up and move on -perhaps permanently. So, it's important to get fixed.
