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Is anybody else having difficulties with the "Remember Me" aka "Persistent Logins"? I've tried a laptop with Vista, a tablet with Android and a phone with Android, and the same thing happens. I log in on the home page, select something I want to read, and click on it. But when the next page loads I'm logged out again. When I'm reading a long story like "Whisper" it gets annoying. My account page says I have one persistent login, but I see no way to toggle that setting to test it.
So, anybody?
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Check your cookie settings
Check to see if you have "accept cookies" blocked in your internet settings.
Persistent logins work by placing a login cookie in you internet files, to show you have logged in. If it blocks the cookie, you have to login every time you session up.
Now, you need to make sure you block third party cookies, and other tracking cookies. But, that is another matter.
I hope this helps.
Bad local cache
This problem is usually caused by a bad local cache if not by blocked cookies. Try clearing your browser cache. If that doesn't work, it may be your ISP is caching a bad page for you. Our caches do not normally cache the error pages but on your end, your machines have no way of knowing which is an error page.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Nope and nope
Considering this happens on three different computers with two different OSs I have my doubts about a problem on this end. This does include two different methods of connecting to the web. At home I have a DSL modem w/ wifi, the laptop is connected by hard line, the tablet by wifi. Away from home the cellphone has a 4Glte data plan and is a portable hotspot. This I use to connect the tablet when I'm away from home.
Of course I have no way of knowing what is happening past that point, ATT seldom keeps me in the loop regarding their problems. :-(
I went outside once. The graphics weren' that great.
It could be an IP security measure.
Some newer website security measures log you IP address, along with your login cookie. And if you try to login from a connection with different IP address, like your cellphone, it can mess up the security measure.