UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.classic [Archived] UBB.classic Bugs URL problem [NOTABUG]

I have a board at www.theanswerman.com/ubb.htm

The board WAS at www.theaman.com/ubb.htm until I finally was able to purchase the new domain name theanswerman.com (a better name).

Since search engine listings and other links go the theaman.com, I kept that URL alive and well. People going to that URL are now having trouble logging into the board. I had that same issue. When I went to log in, I would NOT get an error message when I tried to log in, but after I entered my username/password, I would be sent back to the board, but it would say I was not logged in.

I was dumbfounded, but after a while I realized that when I logged into the board by going through theanswerman.com my log in was accepted and I was able to post.

I've had countless emails from people asking me to help them log in as they are reporting the same problem. I advise them to make sure they are logging in via the URL theanswerman.com but I haven't actually heard back from anyone saying whether that's solved the problem for them or not. I thought I'd report the issue to you guys as a courtesy.

Also, is there anything I can do to fix this for people so they can log in regardless of what URL they come to the board from??

Thanks!

The Man

[This message was edited by Charles Capps on August 06, 2002 at 09:51 AM.]

You're using frames.. The cookie is not being seen. The best thing to do is have your UBb open in it's own window, or make a layout for your ubb with the links on it to match the frame setup.


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Thank you for your reply. Are you sure? When I log into the site via theanswerman.com URL the cookie seems to be seen as the site works just fine. I just want to be sure before I ditch the frames. The site works for me without a problem when I use theanswerman.com and doesn't work when I use theaman.com.

If this were a cookie problem wouldn't the issue nust not work for everyone all the time? There are many users who have no problem using the BB. Also, the site remembers me when I come back after reboots, which indicates to me there is no problem with cookies... I must not understand how they work...?

Thanks again!

The Man

UBB is designed to ONLY be used at one domain at a time - trying using it at two domains WILL cause problems.

Use one domain. No framesets - they only cause problems such as those you mentioned above.

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Charles Capps
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