Problems posting on FT.
 

Okay... I know it is not the computer's fault... but man am I upset :mad: . I don't seem to have this problem on my home computer, but all of a sudden (about 5 days ago), I am finding it very difficult to post from my computer at work :mad: !!!

I would log into my page and then go to a thread... The moment I try to post something or reply, I need to log in again... Sometimes I would get to the Post Reply or Post New Thread page, but the moment I hit Submit New Post or Thread, it takes me back to the log-in page :confused: .

It has taken me a few tries to get this thread posted :td: :td: ... Any idea what is wrong???

Try clearing the browser cookies by visiting this page:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mycookies.php

Thanks John ^ . I'll try it on my office computer tomorrow and find out what happens...

Same thing happening here. Log in, post something, a bit further down I lose my log in and have to sign in again, then later......... Happened three times so far tonight, twice yesterday. I clear cookies before I turn off my pc each day.

bj-21.

No luck...
 

Sorry to hear you are having the same problem blackjack-21. It is VERY frustrating at times... Wonder how long it will take me to post his reply :( .

Unfortunately John at Webflyer, the problem persists... It even happened (though only once) on my home computer yesterday. Not really sure why this is happening or how.

PS. I have been trying for the last 15 minutes to post this reply :mad: .

Its been happening to me all morning as well - I am logged out when I open certain threads (but not every thread, oddly).

How are you addressing the site?

As www.flyertalk.com, flyertalk.com, or maybe even by web1 or web2.flyertalk.com -- or possibly by the ip address of one of the servers?

If you don't already use it, try Firefox. In my opinion it is far superior to Internet Explorer. Less buggy and more secure. It can be downloaded free at:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html

I am not sure I understand the question. I go to www.flyertalk.com or www.flyertalk.com/forum/ (saved under Favorites). I have just tried going through www.flyertalk.com and choosing Forum Home. I logged in (it said thank you for logging in BEYFlyer) but then returned me to the Forum Home page where it showed that I still hadn't logged in. I click on this Forum and it showed that I was logged in. Now I am trying to post this message... I'll see if it will take it from the first try or if it will throw me back to the log in page...

So I was allowed to post the above message without having to try again :) . However, as soon as it posted, the system logged me out (even though the green dot still appeared under my name) :confused: . So, I had to log in again to post this reply. No idea what is going on. Sorry to keep troubling you with my technical issues :( .

John,

It's happening to me both when I come to FT using the IP address of 64.78.185.85, and when I use www.flyertalk.com.

Signed in earlier, with the "Remember Me" checked, yet after reading a few threads, I noticed that I was suddenly logged out. Had to sign in again to post this message in the thread. Just started happening over the last few days, and I haven't changed any settings nor the browser (Netscape 7.2) on my pc.

Seems to be happening to others here now too, so it's not my computer.

bj-21.

Never mind. Thanks.

So I am not logged in, yet the green light is showing under my name... I click "Post Reply" and it takes me straight to Reply to Thread and now I am logged in :confused: .

I try to check OMNI... It asks me to log in. I do. I flip through the pages, and by the third page, it throws me out and asks me to log in. I do, but it takes me back to the log in page. I do again, but it takes me back to the log in page :mad: .

It's like I'm logged in one moment, then I'm not, then I am, then I need to log in again. But then I log out, but I am still logged on, then I need to log in again, and again, then I am fine... Aggghhhhh... It's like I'm in the Twilight Zone!!! :D

PS. Here we go again... Still trying to post this message without having to log in for the millionth time this morning...

Oddly, everything is working OK again for me this morning. Not sure what the problem was yesterday.

(FYI, I log in using the 64.78.185.85 address)

Thanks. I'm going to have Tim look at your responses and how the login cookie is pathed. We'll let you know what we see.

Thanks... Any input would be much appreciated.

Okay... I've been posting for well over 9 months now, and I have never, EVER, had to do something like this... A fellow FTer pointed this out to me... Apparently if I mark the box "Remember Me", my problems should just vanish away... Low and behold, I haven't had any problems with posting on FT for the past 24 hours!!! Problem solved??? Tune in next week...

Would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for helping out with this "challenge".

Still not keeping me signed in for an entire FT session. Four times tonight, having to sign in again in order to post in threads. "Remember Me" when signing in is not remembering me.

bj-21.

You should avoid using the IP address to get to flyertalk. The cookie is set by the domain and using the IP address seems to cause at least a few problems.

Glad to report that FlyerTalk is still "functioning" within normal parameters (for me that is)...

Thanks, John,

So far tonight I've been able to stay signed in for the duration of my FT visit, using the www, etc. Hope it stays that way.

bj-21.

After a few weeks without problems, its started again!

Every couple of pages, I am logged out. It happens totally at random, often when clicking from page x of a thread to page x+1. It has happened both with the IP address and the usual flyertalk.com domain.

Hopefully it will go away (again) as quickly as it appeared!

Since only a few people seem to have this problem I think it would be a wise idea to run a spyware scan on your PC, or to reinstall the OS. If this were a widespread problem I'm sure we'd be hearing about it a lot more often, there are usually >1000 people on FT at the same time, none of which seem to have this issue...