Login timeout

osolemio · 01-03-11, 06:52 AM

When I log into this forum, I will be logged out again after something like 5 minutes. From previous bitter experience, I have a habit of marking all text and copying, before pressing any "submit" button. If it takes me longer time to reply to a post here on EcoRenovator, I surely have to log in again, and the paste my reply back into a new post.

Do I need to change some cookie behavior? Other sites will remember my login using cookies, for weeks without problems.

Daox · 01-03-11, 07:10 AM

If cookies are enabled I don't think you should have this problem. I just click the 'remember me' checkbox and I stay logged in.

Is anyone else having login problems?

osolemio · 01-03-11, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daox

If cookies are enabled I don't think you should have this problem. I just click the 'remember me' checkbox and I stay logged in.

Is anyone else having login problems?

I do click that, but there is no difference.

I wonder if I can make some manual setting which will make it work?

strider3700 · 01-03-11, 12:12 PM

I sort of have issues at times but it seems to be browser dependent. using chrome sometimes it can't find ecorenovator.org forcing me to use into Ecofriendly DIY Home Projects. once there I log in it says thank you and drops me back at the login screen needing to log in again. I don't get this behaviour if I'm using other machines. It also only recently started up so I think an update in chrome is what broke it. I'm just waiting for the next one to come out before getting serious about figuring it out.

Piwoslaw · 01-03-11, 02:24 PM

Osolemio, you beat me to this thread!
I've also noticed that I get logged out of ER within 5-10 minutes unless I keep clicking something all the time. I've learned to use the preview quite often when writing a reply, and to copy what I've written, just in case.

EcoModder.com keeps me logged in much longer (20-30 minutes?) before logging me out, and I don't use the 'Remember me' option on either site.

MetroMPG · 01-03-11, 05:42 PM

vBulletin first advises that you log out, delete all cookies, clear your cache, close the browser.

Then open the browser and log in again being sure to use the "remember me" checkbox.

MetroMPG · 01-03-11, 05:47 PM

Note: they also say "Chrome (browser) is a known problem" regarding this behaviour.

RobertSmalls · 01-03-11, 07:21 PM

I had to manually whitelist this site in Mozilla's cookie settings under Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Exceptions.

Clev · 01-03-11, 07:57 PM

I had this problem for a while with Firefox; I never did anything to fix it so I guess it was a Firefox update that fixed it for me.

01-03-11, 06:52 AM	#1
osolemio Hong Kong Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 108 Thanks: 20 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Login timeout When I log into this forum, I will be logged out again after something like 5 minutes. From previous bitter experience, I have a habit of marking all text and copying, before pressing any "submit" button. If it takes me longer time to reply to a post here on EcoRenovator, I surely have to log in again, and the paste my reply back into a new post. Do I need to change some cookie behavior? Other sites will remember my login using cookies, for weeks without problems. __________________ Space heating/cooling and water heating by solar, Annual Geo Solar, drainwater heat recovery, Solar PV (to grid), rainwater recovery and more ... Installing all this in a house from 1980, Copenhagen, Denmark. Living in Hong Kong. Main goal: Developing "Diffuse Light Concentration" technology for solar thermal.

01-03-11, 07:10 AM	#2
Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	If cookies are enabled I don't think you should have this problem. I just click the 'remember me' checkbox and I stay logged in. Is anyone else having login problems? __________________ Current project - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-03-11, 02:24 PM	#5
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 964 Thanks: 189 Thanked 111 Times in 87 Posts	Osolemio, you beat me to this thread! I've also noticed that I get logged out of ER within 5-10 minutes unless I keep clicking something all the time. I've learned to use the preview quite often when writing a reply, and to copy what I've written, just in case. EcoModder.com keeps me logged in much longer (20-30 minutes?) before logging me out, and I don't use the 'Remember me' option on either site. __________________ Ecorenovation - the bottomless piggy bank that tries to tame the energy hog.

01-03-11, 05:42 PM	#6
MetroMPG Infrequent noob Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 1000 Islands region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 402 Thanks: 37 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts	vBulletin first advises that you log out, delete all cookies, clear your cache, close the browser. Then open the browser and log in again being sure to use the "remember me" checkbox. __________________ . To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-03-11, 05:47 PM	#7
MetroMPG Infrequent noob Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 1000 Islands region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 402 Thanks: 37 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts	Note: they also say "Chrome (browser) is a known problem" regarding this behaviour. __________________ . To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-03-11, 12:12 PM	#4
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	I sort of have issues at times but it seems to be browser dependent. using chrome sometimes it can't find ecorenovator.org forcing me to use into Ecofriendly DIY Home Projects. once there I log in it says thank you and drops me back at the login screen needing to log in again. I don't get this behaviour if I'm using other machines. It also only recently started up so I think an update in chrome is what broke it. I'm just waiting for the next one to come out before getting serious about figuring it out.

01-03-11, 07:21 PM	#8
RobertSmalls Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 344 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	I had to manually whitelist this site in Mozilla's cookie settings under Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Exceptions.

01-03-11, 07:57 PM	#9
Clev Wannabe greenie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 74 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I had this problem for a while with Firefox; I never did anything to fix it so I guess it was a Firefox update that fixed it for me.