Remember Me (stay logged in) and secure

[Tomfoolery]

Another update - it works fine (now) with Firefox. Logs in automatically, shows the little padlock in the address bar. Works with my iPad, too.

Doesn't work with MS Edge, nor with MS Explorer.

[dlandersson]

Doesn't work with Maxthon either. Not a big deal.

Another update - it works fine (now) with Firefox. Logs in automatically, shows the little padlock in the address bar. Works with my iPad, too.

Doesn't work with MS Edge, nor with MS Explorer.

[Russ]

Another question for members:

How do you navigate to this forum?
Type in address manually?
or
Favorite/bookmark?

[kmclemore]

Favorite:

search.php?search_id=unreadposts&sid=3d ... 7e6b88bbd9

[kmclemore]

That last question may have solved the problem, Russ. I noticed that the "http" statement wasn't "https" so I changed it and I now get a secure site... it also seems to be remembering my sign-on! My new link:

https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/ ... 7e6b88bbd9

[DaveC426913]

I don't really get what URL is doing.

It shows as macgregorsailors.com, with a "lock" icon. If I click on the address bar twice, the URL changes to https://www.mac...
but won't stay that way, and reverts to plain old mac... with tke lock.

I interpret that to mean I'm actually secure, but by default it is truncating the prefix for readability. When I click twice, it shows the full URL.

Regardless, it still doesn't remember me, even after clearing cookies.

[Tomfoolery]

That last question may have solved the problem, Russ. I noticed that the "http" statement wasn't "https" so I changed it and I now get a secure site... it also seems to be remembering my sign-on! My new link:

https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/ ... 7e6b88bbd9

That worked for me, too! Now I even have the new favicon, along with the padlock and "https" bit. And so far, it's remembering me.

Oh, and Russ, I use bookmarks on my favorites bar, so I guess it was pointed at an unsecure version or portal or whatever it's called. I've since updated it.

[Russ]

I don't really get what URL is doing.

It shows as macgregorsailors.com, with a "lock" icon. If I click on the address bar twice, the URL changes to https://www.mac...
but won't stay that way, and reverts to plain old mac... with tke lock.

I interpret that to mean I'm actually secure, but by default it is truncating the prefix for readability. When I click twice, it shows the full URL.

Regardless, it still doesn't remember me, even after clearing cookies.

Chrome seems to abbreviate the address leader "https://www". I assume for the reasons you stated, for readability. If it's a secure "lock" connection, it should remember you.

Are you checking the "remember me" box during sign on?
Have you tried clearing cache on the browser?
Delete cookies (bottom of this page)?

Also how are you entering the site? From a bookmark?
Try manually typing macgregorsailors.com in the address bar.

[Russ]

That last question may have solved the problem, Russ. I noticed that the "http" statement wasn't "https" so I changed it and I now get a secure site... it also seems to be remembering my sign-on! My new link:

https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/ ... 7e6b88bbd9

That worked for me, too! Now I even have the new favicon, along with the padlock and "https" bit. And so far, it's remembering me.

Oh, and Russ, I use bookmarks on my favorites bar, so I guess it was pointed at an unsecure version or portal or whatever it's called. I've since updated it.

Cool.

Yea, if you bypass the normal navigation with bookmarks, the .httaccess file can't rewrite it to a https URL. It will use the insecure connection.
The cookie requires a Secure connection.

Whew! So we got some of it solved.

Now to figure out Dave's issue.

[kmclemore]

Yeah, I think that’s the fix.

Everyone with old links in their toolbar or bookmarks should edit the link and add “https://“ to the beginning of the link. I suspect this will resolve the problem for nearly everybody.

[Hamin' X]

Added the "s" to my bookmark and everything works now.

[Highlander]

When I click onto the site it shows locked secure but then when click onto a forum its says not secure ? , as I remember when u clicked on "stay logged in" it would just keep u logged in until u left the site it basically just kept u from timing out when typing a long post otherwise when finished typing a long post & went to post it u would b timed out & ur much type post was gone to davie jones locker never to b seen again lol
J
PS tried clearing cookies
OK Dumb F---k guess I shoulda read the second page of this post , deleted old bookmark clicked back on site re book mark all,s good now I,ll go hide in a corner somewhere

[BOAT]

Russ, are you still linking to the alias site addresses? There was a address that said MACSAILORS but was redirecting ? that was not locking.

What is the direct address to the site now? What is the native address?

I found this address in google:

https://www.macgregorsailors.com/index.html
[https://www.macgregorsailors.com/index.html]


But there seems to be two ways to get to the forum:

index.php


[****index.php****]
https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/
[https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/]

One of these did not have my cookies loaded. I will try clear all

I can't seem to get the actual native address to display here in the post - it keeps converting it to a URL - I think that's why we get confused because GOOGLE does the same thing in the address bar.


xxxx://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/index.php

https://xxx.macgregorsailors.com/index.html
damn this is frustrating - I can't really write here what my address bar really says.

[Hamin' X]

The address that I use as a bookmark is: search.php?search_id=active_topics

To show what it looks like in real life, use the Code display button above your editing window. It looks like </> and does this:

Code: Select all

https://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/search.php?search_id=active_topics

~Rich

[BOAT]

Okay for the sake of simplicity - when folks search for us in GOOGLE I assume they will type MacGregor Sailor into GOOGLE and get this:




So if they click on the first result there it is the right place and they can bookmark that - right?