Redirect back to page

[~DS~]

Does SMF have a way to redirect user back to page they are before they logout or the log timeout instead of home page. I was writing in the middle of a thread and it log me out asked me to login again because I got timeout and have to re-write the thread. i know there's "Always stay logged in" but it would be great to have the last url in the sessions.

[Kill Em All]

It doesn't do that automatically for you? It does on my test install, just doesn't keep the text.

Also if you get that message, just hit the back button, copy your message, then login again if its a problem.

[~DS~]

Ugh. I can click back and copy the message that way but it's annoying when it goes to the home index if you are logged out. I tried to log back in it does not go to the last url session.

[Kill Em All]

It is working perfectly fine on my test install.

Admin>Config>Cookies and Sessions

If you don't mind, please take a screenshot of that page. or just fill in the info here, such as ticked and unticked :
Cookie Name
• Default login cookies length
• Enable local storage of cookies
• Use subdomain independent cookies
• Use database driven sessions
• Allow browsers to go back to cached pages
• Seconds before an unused session timeout

[~DS~]

[Arantor]

No, there is nowhere in the system for that, on login/logout it always redirects to front page. It's not a huge modification to stuff the URL into the session and reuse it (or shouldn't be) but it's at the cost of filling the DB up.

[Kill Em All]

Arantor, that isn't true, in SMF 2.0, I am perfectly able to reproduce the redirect to the page I was on before by either going to the login page or just using the login box provided on the top left.

Shadow, your settings look like mine btw.

[Arantor]

Arantor, that isn't true, in SMF 2.0, I am perfectly able to reproduce the redirect to the page I was on before by either going to the login page or just using the login box provided on the top left.

Logging out will always redirect you back to the front page without fail which is what the OP was talking about. The code used in login/logout is virtually the same and is actually in LogInOut.php.

[Kill Em All]

Ok, true, when purposely logging out, it will always redirect them to the home page, but if you visit a topic and then login, it will redirect you to that topic automatically. And if you are looking at a topic but your cookie length times out, and you have to log back in again, it will still redirect you to the page you were at before.

[Arantor]

The OP was discussing logging out, and forced log out does often do the same thing, on an unmodded installation.

[Kill Em All]

I was writing in the middle of a thread and it log me out asked me to login again because I got timeout and have to re-write the thread.

I personally take that as them not logging out by choice. I get the same results on my live site(which is modded) and my test site, which has no mods.

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

[Arantor]

Does SMF have a way to redirect user back to page they are before they logout or the log timeout instead of home page

Same code is used in both places.

[~DS~]

I was writing in the middle of a thread and it log me out asked me to login again because I got timeout and have to re-write the thread.

I personally take that as them not logging out by choice. I get the same results on my live site(which is modded) and my test site, which has no mods.

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Not by choice, no but by "Minutes to stay logged in" and "Always stay logged in:"

[Kill Em All]

When I logged into my test forum, set the min to stay logged in for 2 min, went to create a topic, let it time out, it brought me to the login page, I then logged back in and it redirected me to the create a topic page.

[Arantor]

I just hit this very issue on SimpleDesk. We haven't modified the code at all in question concerning the authentication.

I was mid way through commenting on a bug report, was logged out, when I was logged back in I was on the front page.


It actually depends on where you were as to whether it will log you out or not. Let me guess... the board was visible to guests?

[~DS~]

When I logged into my test forum, set the min to stay logged in for 2 min, went to create a topic, let it time out, it brought me to the login page, I then logged back in and it redirected me to the create a topic page.

O.O How?

[Kill Em All]

Yeah, the board is visible to guests, let me try blocking it.

Shadow, I really don't know, it just has always done that for me.

Edit: I limited the board to just admins, and it still redirects.

[Arantor]

Browser?

[Kill Em All]

FF 3.6
add-ons for FF:

adblock plus
adobe dlm
bitdefender antiphishing
downloadhelper
firebug
greasemonkey
ms .net framework
skip screen
wot

Also note that I have it clear my cookies, history, etc whenever I close it.

[~DS~]

Let's say, I found a interesting thread which is buried in the 8th page of that section, I found something I want to say and quote a post so I login my username and password, it redirect me to the damn front of homepage instead to that thread/page or post that I was about to reply. Only walk around is login then back, back, hit refresh.