how to login on the fly when posting?
08-09-03 | 08:09 AM
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how to login on the fly when posting?
i really like this forum, but i don't like the way it handles logins.
(i cannot enable cookies to auto-login because I share this PC with others)
For example, if i come to the site without logging in, and then find a thread i want to add to, i can't login on the fly (using the login fields at the bottom of a post form when not logged in). And when this happens, I lose EVERYTHING I had already typed. Instead, i get dumped to the standard "not logged in" page where you can login. Ok, but i never get returned to the thread i was on (i have to manually click through the forums to get back there), AND i lose the whole comment i wanted to post.
ARGH. This makes the forum very frustrating to use. I can't count how many of my posts just never got published because of this.
Any comments/help on this? Thanks!
(i cannot enable cookies to auto-login because I share this PC with others)
For example, if i come to the site without logging in, and then find a thread i want to add to, i can't login on the fly (using the login fields at the bottom of a post form when not logged in). And when this happens, I lose EVERYTHING I had already typed. Instead, i get dumped to the standard "not logged in" page where you can login. Ok, but i never get returned to the thread i was on (i have to manually click through the forums to get back there), AND i lose the whole comment i wanted to post.
ARGH. This makes the forum very frustrating to use. I can't count how many of my posts just never got published because of this.
Any comments/help on this? Thanks!
08-09-03 | 09:23 AM
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It's happened to me, too... I've just learned not to login on the fly, or to copy the comments I was going to make so that I could repaste them after I logged in.
08-09-03 | 05:28 PM
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When posting at work I had this problem. When I forget I am not logged in and furiously type in some right wing rant and hit submit I would get sent to the "not logged on screen". After loging on you simply hit the BACK button in Explorer until you are back on the screen with your typed post. Even though you don't look like you are logged in, you are. Hit submit and it will post your thread.
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08-10-03 | 07:01 AM
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Originally posted by DeputyDave
When posting at work I had this problem. When I forget I am not logged in and furiously type in some right wing rant and hit submit I would get sent to the "not logged on screen". After loging on you simply hit the <BACK> button in Explorer until you are back on the screen with your typed post. Even though you don't look like you are logged in, you are. Hit submit and it will post your thread.
When posting at work I had this problem. When I forget I am not logged in and furiously type in some right wing rant and hit submit I would get sent to the "not logged on screen". After loging on you simply hit the <BACK> button in Explorer until you are back on the screen with your typed post. Even though you don't look like you are logged in, you are. Hit submit and it will post your thread.
Thanks!
