Logging
In/Out
Logging In/Out
| • Logging In
• Logging Out • Login Problems • Forgot Password |
Once you have registered, or if you are returning to a site, you can
login to the site. In the menu bar on the forum you will find an
image/text that says "Login". If it says "Logout" you are already
logged in. This can happen if you've already logged in before and
chosen to have the forum remember who you are. This places a cookie
on your system. Once you choose "Login" you will be prompted for
your user name and password. If the combination is correct you will
enter the forum.
Logging Out
If you are done browsing the forum you may decide to logout. Perhaps you share a workstation with someone else, in this case you would want to log out of the forum upon leaving. When you are logged in you will see "Logout" in the forum menu, select this and the forum will log your user name out.
If your desired user name is available you will either be able to login or you will receive an email with a temporary password - again this depends on what type of registration the administrator has set the forum to.
Login Problems:
When logged in, everytime you change to another page or topic, you
are set as a guest again.
- If you manage to login, click logout again to try and erase your cookie.
- Make sure your Browser allows cookies and security is set at medium. FOR Internet Explorer, if you set it to "accept all cookies" it works just fine. In your web browser (asuming you have IE6 or higher) - go to tools > internet options > privacy, and make the bar go to medium, then click apply, and then ok ... close your browser, then try to login again after reopening. Or you can go to your cookies folder which should be in one of the folowing locations: ("C:\Windows\Cookies" usual location c:\Documents and Settings\username\Cookies c:\windows\temporary internet files) and delete them all. Then attempt a login again.
- One reason for login problems stems from the fact that you're logged into another YaBB board.You need to LOG OUT -- restart your computer, and go directly to The Gaited Horses Forum -- without visiting any other YaBB board.
If you're trying to login to the forum but you forget your password or have lost it, you can retrieve it using the lost password tool. On the login screen, just below the Login button, it says "Forgot password?" click this to be taken to the forgot password form. Enter your user name on this screen and press the Send button. Your password will be sent to the email registered to that user name.