session expired

newbie22 · 16th May 2008, 11:22 PM

I am running joomla and my site allows user registration.

Many people are getting an error telling them their session has expired and/or there is an error related to cookies.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? I have no clue what to check.,

percepts · 17th May 2008, 12:19 AM

have they cookies enabled in their browser settings?

red-defender · 17th May 2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by newbie22

I am running joomla and my site allows user registration.

Which version of Joomla! are you using? Is it on a domain or subdomain? Is SEF enabled? Do you have Community Builder or other third party components installed?

It is not possible to make suggestions unless the actual nature of your Joomla setup is known.

newbie22 · 18th May 2008, 07:36 PM

well apparently it is a community builder software issue. I am running joomla 1.5.3 and latest CB. Went back to my test system and it happens on 1.5.2 also. Really frustrating. Seems to happen more often in explorer but not positive about that. If anyone knows a hack to solve this until they release a fix I'm all ears.

red-defender · 18th May 2008, 09:18 PM

As you will have found, CB development is slow, I think mainly because they try to cover all historical versions of Mambo & Joomla, too. If you have an additional component installed then the situation can be really bad. I am involved in support on a Joomla plugin component site and know how often problems are caused by the use of CB, so much so that often the first reponse to an issue is "If you have CB installed then remove or disable it.". I won't have it anywhere near any of my sites.

The other problem that may cause an issue like yours is the use of Joomla's SEF. If using this then disable it and remove the .htaccess file. Third party SEF components are far better.