I've noticed that each time I visit the Lounge (which isn't necessarily every day), I have to sign in again. Since I allow cookies on my machine, shouldn't I stay signed in?
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Plutonium Lounger
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2009-11-18 12:51Charlotte
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Star Lounger
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2009-11-18 13:03The problem may be that you have bookmarked http://wopr.com, but clicking the "Sign In" link redirects you to pages on http://www.wopr.com. The Lounge is theoretically be configured to write cookies that work on either domain, but it doesn't appear to work as expected.
If this is indeed the problem, it will be resolved after 2:00PM today, when the Lounge is migrated to lounge.windowssecrets.com.
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Plutonium Lounger
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2009-11-18 14:57I have a recollection that with IP.B the cookie 'life' is limited - possibly for security reasons. I thought it was around 10-14 days, but could be less, but the bottom line would be that you would be forced to sign in if you had been off-line for x hours or days.
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2009-11-18 15:09I can confirm that, Leif, although I've never tried to watch for how long the period is...
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2009-11-18 15:13Inspecting the cookies saved on my machine, it appears even a "remember me" session expires after one week.
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2009-11-18 21:39I did have to sign in today after the migration took place. I haven't had to on this machine for a little while. Originally Posted by charlotte
When IPB3 was first implemented, I had to sign in multiple times a day.Subway Belconnen- home of the Signboard to make you smile. Get (almost) daily updates- follow SubwayBelconnen on Twitter.
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2009-11-19 03:16That was to be expected - you had a wopr.com cookie but not yet a lounge.windowssecrets.com cookie. Originally Posted by gwhitfield
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2009-11-19 06:40I couldn't sign in today! I had to get a password reset... Originally Posted by gwhitfield
Memo to Admins: when you're given information about the maximum allowable number of password characters the phrase should be fewer than rather than less than...BATcher
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