Fix the cookie problem in vB

[Royal King]

Ok, I've seen many people are facing the problem of cookies with their forums. I also had that problem on my site and just figured out the reason. The reason is when you login on some site like http://domain.com it loads the cookie for http://www.domain.com
So when you click on the banner it redirects you to the correct location and everything is fixed and you can see your self logged on.

So how to fix this?

Here is the solution:

Method #1

1) Go to http://www.site.com/admincp/index.php
2) Find vBulletin Options (Click on vBulletin Options in the table)
3) Find "Cookie Domain"
You need the first setting only

This option sets the domain on which the cookie is active. The most common reason to change this setting is that you have two different urls to your forum, i.e. example.com and forums.example.com. To allow users to stay logged into the forum if they visit via either url, you would set this to .example.com (note the domain begins with a dot.

4) In Suggested Settings Change ".site.com" to "blank"

And the problem should be solved.



Method #2

If the above method doesn't work then connect to your site via FTP
In your site root folder find ".htaccess"
You have to change last three lines

Make it

# Redirect non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.YOURDOMAIN.COM/$1 [R=301,L]

Note: In the above quote, change YOURDOMAIN.COM to of course your domain.

It will 100% work


This tutorial is totally written by Royal King. A token of appreciation will make me happy

Royal King Reviewed by Royal King on 7th Feb 2010. Fix the cookie problem in vB Ok, I've seen many people are facing the problem of cookies with their forums. I also had that problem on my site and just figured out the reason. The reason is when you login on some site like http://domain.com it loads the cookie for http://www.domain.com So when you click on the banner it redirects you to the correct location and everything is fixed and you can see your self logged on. So how to fix this? Here is the solution: Method #1 1) Go to Rating: 5

[FancyPants]

What is the problem in the First place. What am i supposed to fix if I dont know what i am fixing lol.

[Royal King]

The cookie probem. When you try to login your site it logs you in but you see yourself as a guest.

Added more info in the main post

Ok, I've seen many people are facing the problem of cookies with their forums. I also had that problem on my site and just figured out the reason. The reason is when you login on some site like http://domain.com it loads the cookie for http://www.domain.com
So when you click on the banner it redirects you to the correct location and everything is fixed and you can see your self logged on.

So how to fix this?

Here is the solution:

[FancyPants]

Ok the cookie that logs you out gotcha kept logging me out on my friends forum: forum.xxx.tld
xxx.tld/forum

both were using the same db. And all the links were pointed to a diff site had to log into both sometimes Thanks tho i will tell him

[Royal King]

Welcome mate

[John]

# Redirect non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.YOURDOMAIN.COM/$1 [R=301,L]

My problem is still here. People can not use posters on my site.
freshwap.net don't have this redirection to www and posters work on that site.
I added u on my msn