My Sign In Keeps Dropping Out
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Enabling cookies doesn't work with Chrome, apparently I have 22 cookies from Pistonheads on my PC but I'm getting exactly the same problem that these other folks are having.
Splash screen when first entering the site & not signed in, accept the splash screen, click on "sign in" and it's done without entering any more detail. It's not clearing browsing data when I leave and Pistonheads is the only forum I use that shows the problem, all the others are ok.
edit to add..... it might just be a Chome/PH problem, just tried Firefox and there's no splash screen and I've stayed signed in. If there's something peculiar that's needed with Chrome (cookies are enabled and present) then I'd welcome any clues.
Splash screen when first entering the site & not signed in, accept the splash screen, click on "sign in" and it's done without entering any more detail. It's not clearing browsing data when I leave and Pistonheads is the only forum I use that shows the problem, all the others are ok.
edit to add..... it might just be a Chome/PH problem, just tried Firefox and there's no splash screen and I've stayed signed in. If there's something peculiar that's needed with Chrome (cookies are enabled and present) then I'd welcome any clues.
Edited by b2hbm on Thursday 29th August 06:18
All I can add is that I use Chrome desktop to browse PH and don't have any of these login issues. If I clear my cookies I obviously have to login again but so long as I select the 'remember me' box it never asks me to login until I clear my cookies again.
chrome://settings/content/cookies
Check the top slider is set to 'on'.
chrome://settings/content/cookies
Check the top slider is set to 'on'.
Lemming Train said:
Do you have 'keep local data only until I quit my tab/browser' set to 'on' ? That is the cause of that happening.
Nope, it works properly on a shedload of other sites - it was fine here until a couple of weeks ago.It seems odd that clicking "sign in" doesn't take me to the sign in screen, but just signs me straight in...
Computers, don't you just love 'em?
Quinten said:
I'm suffering the same in Chrome (Version 76.0.3809.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) on OSX Mojave 10.14.6). Have deleted cookies, disabled ad blocker, signed in, out and in again, but every time I close the tab and go back to PH it thinks I'm not signed in. Clicking the sign in button immediately signs me in without asking for username/password so it sort of half knows who I am, but it just won't stick.
The same happens in Chrome (Version 76.0.3809.132 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows 10. Going to try a different browser at some point and see if that changes things.
Not sure if serious.I've been here about a 1/4 of the time you have but yet quickly noticed from other posts in this section that the tech department is seemingly nonexistent so I'm surprised that this has slipped by you unnoticed. 
Also, given that other users are using the same browser and OS yet have no such issues remaining logged in points to it being a local issue. If it was an issue at PH end then one would expect everyone on identical platforms to be experiencing the issue and this is not the case.
Also, given that other users are using the same browser and OS yet have no such issues remaining logged in points to it being a local issue. If it was an issue at PH end then one would expect everyone on identical platforms to be experiencing the issue and this is not the case.
Lemming Train said:
Also, given that other users are using the same browser and OS yet have no such issues remaining logged in points to it being a local issue.
Bulls
t, this place isn't wired up that reliably!Here's one alternative explanation. Pistonheads stores cookies against www.pistonheads.com and pistonheads.com separately.
Open a new window and navigate to http://pistonheads.com/gassing and watch as you're redirected to https but without the www. Try the same at http://pistonheads.com/gassing/mytopics.asp and you'll be redirected to www.
This can result in a user being logged out on naked pistonheads.com links but logged in as soon as they click something that navigates them to www.
768 said:
Bullst, this place isn't wired up that reliably!
Here's one alternative explanation. Pistonheads stores cookies against www.pistonheads.com and pistonheads.com separately.
Open a new window and navigate to http://pistonheads.com/gassing and watch as you're redirected to https but without the www. Try the same at http://pistonheads.com/gassing/mytopics.asp and you'll be redirected to www.
This can result in a user being logged out on naked pistonheads.com links but logged in as soon as they click something that navigates them to www.
Bloody hell!t, this place isn't wired up that reliably!Here's one alternative explanation. Pistonheads stores cookies against www.pistonheads.com and pistonheads.com separately.
Open a new window and navigate to http://pistonheads.com/gassing and watch as you're redirected to https but without the www. Try the same at http://pistonheads.com/gassing/mytopics.asp and you'll be redirected to www.
This can result in a user being logged out on naked pistonheads.com links but logged in as soon as they click something that navigates them to www.
My bookmark was http://pistonheads.com and after changing it to https://www.pistonheads.com it has now remembered me... A virtual pint to you sir!
Quinten said:
Bloody hell!
My bookmark was http://pistonheads.com and after changing it to https://www.pistonheads.com it has now remembered me... A virtual pint to you sir!
Glad it helped. My bookmark was http://pistonheads.com and after changing it to https://www.pistonheads.com it has now remembered me... A virtual pint to you sir!
Lemming Train said:
I've been here about a 1/4 of the time you have but yet quickly noticed from other posts in this section that the tech department is seemingly nonexistent so I'm surprised that this has slipped by you unnoticed.
Also, given that other users are using the same browser and OS yet have no such issues remaining logged in points to it being a local issue. If it was an issue at PH end then one would expect everyone on identical platforms to be experiencing the issue and this is not the case.
I am just a humble monk (slightly mad) I know nothing about these techie things.Also, given that other users are using the same browser and OS yet have no such issues remaining logged in points to it being a local issue. If it was an issue at PH end then one would expect everyone on identical platforms to be experiencing the issue and this is not the case.
768 said:
Lemming Train said:
Also, given that other users are using the same browser and OS yet have no such issues remaining logged in points to it being a local issue.
Bullst, this place isn't wired up that reliably!Here's one alternative explanation. Pistonheads stores cookies against www.pistonheads.com and pistonheads.com separately.
Open a new window and navigate to http://pistonheads.com/gassing and watch as you're redirected to https but without the www. Try the same at http://pistonheads.com/gassing/mytopics.asp and you'll be redirected to www.
This can result in a user being logged out on naked pistonheads.com links but logged in as soon as they click something that navigates them to www.
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