Confused

barrett.t · #1 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2008, 06:05 PM

I have to keep logging in to use all or some parts of this site does anyone know why and how can I rectify this please.

Jim O · #2 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2008, 06:16 PM

Please clarify. Is the problem that you are being logged out in the middle of a session? Or is it that when you return to the site you have been logged out?

Commander Waffle · #3 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2008, 06:23 PM

Click the little box that says "remeber".

Whiterook · #4 (**permalink**) May 4th, 2008, 11:46 AM

Waffle, if I could remember where the Remember button is, I'd be dangerous!

Barrett.t.....if I'm reading you right this is what I think is happening to you (Jim can correct me if I get this wrong): When you first bring up the site on your computer, you can read posts, for instance, but since you are at that stage a "Guest", you can't access cetain features, like posting to the thread you are looking at, and you can't see the pictures a member may have posted in their post.

If you notice at the top of the screen, it mentions that you are logged in as a Guest; and at the bottom of the screen (scroll down), you will notice it says (in a small box on the left, titled "Posting Rules"): "You may not post new threads" (..."post replies", :...post attachments", etc.).

In order to post to a thread; post attachments; see pictures; send a PM; etc....you need to log in, changing from Guest status with limited privelages, to Member status, with member privelages.

Hope that helps.

MAGNA · #5 (**permalink**) May 4th, 2008, 11:58 AM

Hi Barrett. I thought this was happening to me at one stage but it was because I was opening tabs to view different threads. When I was impatient (as I still am) I would go to the main page and then tab open a thread or two to read the posts. At some stage I would log in on one of the tabs and post. I usually close a tab after I post and then the earlier pages seem to show I am not logged on (hope you get what I mean). This is of course because I opened them before I logged on. It is simple to fix as a reload of the current tab/page then shows me to be logged on.

You can probably tell from this that I wasn't used to using tabs.

Whiterook · #6 (**permalink**) May 4th, 2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MAGNA

Hi Barrett. I thought this was happening to me at one stage but it was because I was opening tabs to view different threads. When I was impatient (as I still am) I would go to the main page and then tab open a thread or two to read the posts. At some stage I would log in on one of the tabs and post. I usually close a tab after I post and then the earlier pages seem to show I am not logged on (hope you get what I mean). This is of course because I opened them before I logged on. It is simple to fix as a reload of the current tab/page then shows me to be logged on.

You can probably tell from this that I wasn't used to using tabs.

Computers can still be a challenge for so many of us. I use the darned thing all day long at work, and it's still a great pain at times. The one thing that can be counted on...it's out to get us (did that sound paranoid?) Hang in there mates!

barrett.t · #7 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2008, 05:58 PM

I have to log in every time I want to use a function. Sometimes I have to log in continually.

Jim O · #8 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by barrett.t

I have to log in every time I want to use a function. Sometimes I have to log in continually.

barrett.t, there is no need to have started a new thread about this. Please use the one that you already had started about this problem. I have merged them for your convenience.

Now if you can answer the question that I asked you above, perhaps I can offer some assistance.