Folks
If you are experiencing some issues with cookies and/or issues with the site asking you to log in each time you come to the forum, and then it telling you that you are already logged in anyway, please reset your saved bookmark to the site. You should update it to point to:

http://villainsandvigilantesforum.com/public_html/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl

I have a redirect on for the old link, which will automatically bring people to the new link, but that can cause some of the issues stated above.

That is all.

The webmaster

It's strange, it doesn't happen to me at home, but it does happen to me at work.  The only thing I've done here at home (but dont have the access to do at work) is delete all cookies and form data in your browser then reloading the site. It's definitely something in the cookie that is corrupt.

I checked all other settings and I'm not seeing anything that would cause this issue.  I have a feeling since the link was different on the old server the cookies didn't update correctly with the new link on the new server.

Fortunately it's not a widespread problem.

I'm still having to log in, but it's not that big of a deal (since Chrome saves my password, and it's only a couple of extra clicks).

I don't have to do that for other sites, so I think there's still something up.

One other strange thing (since the changeover) is that once I log in it tells me that I'm already logged in (as my name Doug Taylor, not Majestic), but once I click on 'The Villains and Vigilantes Forum' in the upper left everything goes back to normal.

No problem at all.  Thanks for all you do for this site!   

Seriously, if not for Paul,  this forum would be a stained stack of yellow legal pad papers.

Thanks!

It's not a Chrome issue, and I don't know why that happens with some people.  It happens to me at work but not on my home machine. Might have something to do with the new host and coming into the site via a proxy (which work machines and even mobile devices on public networks will do at times).

Sorry.

That is weird because I don't *think* I have ever logged in except from home where I am having the problem (but then moving house last year may the answer to that conundrum).

Hey just want to rehash this as I found the problem and it seems to be browser related.

If you go to the site using the "suggested sites" or "recent sites" ability of the browser, it will bring you to the site but with old credentials.  If you use a true bookmark or better yet start to type the web address in the bar (it should autofill) it will use your cookies correctly.  I am using Chrome and figured this out.  The same holds true for IE 10 but not sure about 9.

This is the way I figure it out:

In Chrome I use tabs so when I want the forum to come up on a tab I click the new tab icon next to an already open tab. That brings me to the "recent sites visited" page, which shows you 10 or so icons of frequently traversed sites.  If you pick the V&V Forum icon there you get the login problem.  By typing the address in the address bar, it keeps my credentials and utilizes the cookie properly.

Hope this helps!