missing www results in logging out.

[scorpio24]

I keep getting logged out when I click on a link that doesn't have www in it.

http://website/forum/........
this would log me out.

http://www.website/forum/........
this would not.

[Steve Machol]

As far as cookies are concerned www.mysite.com and mysite.com are two separate domains. I recommend sticking to one or the other.

You can also try setting the cookies domain in the Admin CP to:

.mysite.com

Note the leading period.

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Cookies and HTTP Header Option -> Cookie Domain

[supergper]

IMO, I would setup a rewrite rule that rewrites anything from domain.com to www.domain.com. Do it as a 301 redirect so search engines will know it's been permanently moved to www.domain.com.

Like Steve said, domain.com and www.domain.com are two different domains.

[scorpio24]

Steve's suggestion fixed it.

Thanks guys.

[supergper]

Good to hear you have your issue resolved. However, as I mentioned in my post, I would do a rewrite rule if you want consistency in search results. Like we said before http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297210 and http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297210 are viewed differently to Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc unless you setup a 301 rewrite rule that directs all traffic to the www version. This helps with search engine results. (if you care about search engine traffic )