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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => General Interest => Topic started by: Steven N on November 12, 2008, 10:34:06 AM
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Help! I appear to be unable to log out of firenet! As informative & useful as it is please help me from being stuck in the here for ever!
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Stevo
Started doing this a couple of weeks ago
You have to delete all your cookies
In IE this is under tools- internet options from your toolbar
It will log you out but you will still be showed as logged in at the bottom
Note to Chris
ITS A PAIN IN THE A**E!!!!!!!!!!!
davo
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Thanks Davo will try to do that cheers :-)
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As I look at the board there are 3 others logged in. Does this mean that the other 3,553 member have gone through the painful process of cookie deletion, or that you might have a specific issue?
Happy to help with it if someone tells me what it is they would like me to do.
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As I look at the board there are 3 others logged in. Does this mean that the other 3,553 member have gone through the painful process of cookie deletion, or that you might have a specific issue?
Happy to help with it if someone tells me what it is they would like me to do.
Chris,
If you remove the option of 'remember me' once logged in, probably this will sort out the problem... etc, this issue has been discussed in some thread, but I can't remember where is it, and/or under what topic...
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Chris
This only came about recently, might be connected to your recent IT solution?? as it was about that time
for my part, it happens at work (IE) and at home (IE and Firefox)
When you eventually log out it tells you you are logged out at the top but still shows you online at the bottom
Will try it on opera and chrome tonight
davo
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Question 1:
What is the problem? Is it that you log out and the homepage still shows you as logged in? If so, what is the problem with that. Personally I never bother logging out anyway, I don't see the point.
Question 2:
How many people are affected by this?
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Chris
Same thing happens on Chrome
On Opera deleting cookies throws you out completely
davo
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Sorry, I don't understand. What is Chrome and what is Opera? (And what flavour are the cookies?)
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Don't knock it, Ive struggled recently to log in. So please leave me logged in
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Question 1:
What is the problem? Is it that you log out and the homepage still shows you as logged in? If so, what is the problem with that. Personally I never bother logging out anyway, I don't see the point.
Question 2:
How many people are affected by this?
Chris, I am also affected by this 'problem'.
What happens is you can't 'log out' until you delete cookies. Even after you delete cookies and the header changes from 'log out' to 'log in' you will still be listed as a 'user on-line' until you shut down your Firenet window.
However, I am not concerned by it. It doesn't cause me any difficulties to be, or even only appear to be, logged on.
The 'problem' definately started when you arranged whatever 'fix' you found to allow new members to join.
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Chris
They are both browsers, Chrome being google's effort at world domination
As the browsers use different types of build it means the fault is at your end
davo
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I only ask because nobody else has mentioned it and I still don't see the problem with being logged in while you are away and at the point of writing this, only 3 people are logged in, which suggests people are logging out perfectly easily.
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Hi Chris,
Same problem here. The "logout" button (on taskbar at top of page) takes me back to the main index page instead of logging out. Still logged in afterwards.
I haven't a problem with it because I assume there will be an automatic default "time out" on punbb as with other board formats. It's just a bit of the board that's not working for me.
Browser: Firefox 2
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Chris;
Just try to open new account for yourself, give it any user name and password just to check, make some inputs…, log in and out and try to find out what's going on!
Also try this; from a different computer, not the one usually you use, probably your software is struggling the IP addresses of some computers… etc
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Multiple user accounts are not permitted.
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Chris
Get a life!
remove your new account after- there are hundreds of dead accounts anyway
davo
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"Get a life"?
Are you rude to everyone, or is it just a internet thing? I'm not paid for this and I am answering your "complaints" in my own free time. If you don't like it, then feel free to request a membership fee refund.
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Multiple user accounts are not permitted.
It's for maintenance and investigation proposes…, and not for having multiple user accounts! you may delete them afterward… etc
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Chris
I apologise if offended. I am not rude, cheeky maybe.......
The reason one should not remain logged on is that
a) it clutters up your server time and
b) could expose us to viruses and spyware from some of your unsavoury callers- we know firenet tries to be safe but not even HMG can guarantee it.
c) its good manners to log off
what I was trying to express is that for those of us who visit often, especially if we post, deleting all cookies also has the effect of slowing down other websites. So we are frustrated.
As Benz suggests have a Chris's test account
Sorry
davo
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Multiple user accounts are not permitted.
It's for maintenance and investigation proposes…, and not for having multiple user accounts! you may delete them afterward… etc
I don't think its possible to delete your account, i've never seen that option.
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Multiple user accounts are not permitted.
It's for maintenance and investigation proposes…, and not for having multiple user accounts! you may delete them afterward… etc
If you wanted to, can you actually delete an account? I have never seen that option
You can probably delete your only own one, not someone else account…, it's the site owner or site admin who can delete them!
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Where would the delete bit be then? If you look on your own profile to see if there is a setting, i don't think there is which is probably the reason behind why there are a lot of 'dead' accounts.
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As I look at the board there are 3 others logged in. Does this mean that the other 3,553 member have gone through the painful process of cookie deletion, or that you might have a specific issue?
Happy to help with it if someone tells me what it is they would like me to do.
yes i have to go through the same routine evert time too.
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It logs you out after a time of inactivity. Just leave yourself logged in. No need to worry.