Cookie Issue

[Big Kahuna]

Not sure this is really y'alls issue -- but since two of the four products are yours -- maybe you know the answer.

OK -- here's the deal,

FACTS:
I have the account on the server as www.moparstyle.NET and park www.moparstyle.COM and www.moparstyle.ORG on it

In the root is a Portal (VBIndex) -- which was freeware a couple of years ago when I installed it -- but it is either now unsupported (I think that's what the deal was when I last looked months ago) or it is no longer free. Anyway -- I've not had a problem with it (until now). There are no cookie settings in the Admin Panel for this.

It is integrated with my forums www.moparstyle.com/forums -- which is VB3.06 -- that too has not had a problem. The cookie settings are / for the path to save cookies, and the cookie domain is left blank in the Admin CP.

What complicates it a little is that I also use PhotoPost Classifieds 2.0 http://www.moparstyle.net/classifiedads/index.php -- which integrates with the VB member database. The cookie settings on this in the Admin has the cookie domain left blank but a cookie prefix of moparstyle

Finally, I use PhotoPost http://www.moparstyle.net/photoalbum/ PHP 5.02, which too is integrated into the VB forums. The cookie path is blank, the cookie prefix is bb, and the cookie domain is blank. I don't remember the reason for this -- but there was some problems getting this all to work last year -- and after two days of pulling hair (as I'm again currently doing) that's what was told to me as what it takes to make it work -- and it worked.

THE PROBLEM:

All of a sudden I have this funky problem where if I go to the Portal using the .COM or the .ORG (the parked domains) I'm (and everyone else!) is always logged out. When I log in I'm taken to the forums. When I try to go back to the domain's root using .COM or .ORG -- this nasty cycle continues.

However, doing this with www.oparstyle.NET (the actual account) doesn't give me the problem. I've unparked and reparked -- no help.

I have cleared the cookies many times -- No help.

I use the latest update of IE -- and while we can argue the merits of the different browsers another time in another thread, I need to fix this as 96% of my 6,000+ users use IE.

Below is a throw down login to see the problem.

Throw Down User:Test User Password:testing1234

Any idea how to resolve this issue? I've spent many hours trying and failing.

[Big Kahuna]

OK -- I did a temporary fix with redirecting www.moparstyle.com to www.moparstyle.net/index.php until I can find the cure.



Those who get to the portal with the address of www.moparstyle.com/index.php will still have the problem.



So even though it isn't properly fixed (still looking for suggestions) you can't duplicate the problem unless you use www.moparstyle.com/index.php

[Chuck S]

Well cookies only work with one domain that is there limitation. You must resolve all domains to the one domain the products are on otherwise it is a violation of I beleive all products licensing requirements unless you purchase additional licenses. At least thats my take on vb licensing since I do own a vb license and our own policy as well. I can't run my forum on 3 different domains without purchasing 3 copies of the software. Now I can point the .org and .com suffixes to resolve to .net and thats allowed.

So a cookie is created with the domain moparstyle.net and as long as all products and cookie settings are right there is no problem.

I do see one inconsistency in cookies above with our products to point out. bb and moparstyle?? Your vb3 config.php file will have your true cookie prefix and this is what both our products should be set to.

[Big Kahuna]

Originally Posted by omegatron

Well cookies only work with one domain that is there limitation. You must resolve all domains to the one domain the products are on otherwise it is a violation of I beleive all products licensing requirements unless you purchase additional licenses. At least thats my take on vb licensing since I do own a vb license and our own policy as well. I can't run my forum on 3 different domains without purchasing 3 copies of the software. Now I can point the .org and .com suffixes to resolve to .net and thats allowed.

So a cookie is created with the domain moparstyle.net and as long as all products and cookie settings are right there is no problem.

I do see one inconsistency in cookies above with our products to point out. bb and moparstyle?? Your vb3 config.php file will have your true cookie prefix and this is what both our products should be set to.

YOU'VE GOTTA BE SHITTING ME! I HAVE ONE SERVER ACCOUNT AND THE SAME DOMAINS WITH DIFFERENT EXTENTIONS FOR THAT DOMAIN PARKED THERE. THERE IS ONE WEB SITE, ONE DATABASE, ONE DIRECTORY, ONE INTERNET COMMUNITY.

THAT IS BY FAR THE GREEDYIST THING I'VE EVER HEARD.

CREATE AND ENFORCE A STUPID POLICY LIKE THAT AND I'LL PUT YOU HERE http://www.oldhippie.com/badbiz.htm IN A HEARTBEAT!

[Chuck S]

Okay you need to calm down you asked a question and I gave an answer. I did not say you had violated our agreement.

Photopost and Vbulletin runs on one domain as you already know and the license agreement of both software products state one install one domain.

Cookies are only good for one domain name. If your portal product or whatever allows multiple domains thats fine but the cookies are not recognized on some other domain name.

If you login to vbulletin or photopost the cookie created should be the domain the software is installed on

moparstyles.net

Now if your logging into the portal etc and the domain name is different as in

moparstyles.com or moparstyles.org etc

That is a different website and the cookie will not be read when you go to moparstyles.net as I originally stated.

Hense my suggestion to make sure you forward those two domain names to moparstyles.net which is what most people do when they own multiple extention types. Everything goes to one domain extention.