Logging out

[Lenya]

I keep having problems with logging out. I click on Log Out and sometimes the page says there was a problem with attempting to log out. Mostly though, the page says All Cookies Cleared. No problem. But often times when I get on the internet again, after having successfully logged out the previous time, I am still logged in. How does that work?

[Lenya]

Oh, this has happened for the previous 4 times now

[Khamûl]

You might want to manually clear your cookies after every visit. Or, if that would be too much trouble, clear the cookies once, uncheck the 'Remember Username and Password' box (or whatever it says -- I can't remember the last time I logged out ) and retype your name and password every time you visit.

If you have any questions about how to do any of this, just ask.

[Lenya]

If I uncheck the remember me box, it doesn't want to log in. I have no idea how to clear my cookies, but it sounds like way too much effort to do. You never log out? I want to because its not just my computer & from tomorrow onwards I'm only here over the weekends - I don't want someone to think I'm here and just don't respond to them because I can't log out

[Khamûl]

Clearing cookies isn't hard at all. If you're using Internet Explorer, click on Tools at the top, then Internet Options. If you don't use Internet Explorer, you can also get there by going to your Control Panel from the Start Menu. Once in the Control Panel, you might have to click on Network and Internet Connections or you might not. You're ultimately looking for an icon that says Internet Options.

Once you get there, it's simple. After you double click on it, look in the middle of the first tab and there should be a button that says Delete Cookies. Then it will ask if you want to delete all cookies and you should click 'yes'. And voilá, you've done it.

Now when you come back to Entmoot, it shouldn't automatically log you in. As long as the 'Remember Me' box isn't checked, Entmoot shouldn't log you in when you visit.

One more thing. If you're worried about people thinking you're around but just not responding, as long as whoever uses the computer besides you doesn't visit Entmoot, it won't show that you're around. Sorry if that sentence was complicated. Even though I have a cookie that remembers me, as long as I don't have a browser open to Entmoot, I show up offline. As long as nobody else visits the website when you're not around, you won't show up.

[Lenya]

Originally Posted by Khamûl

One more thing. If you're worried about people thinking you're around but just not responding, as long as whoever uses the computer besides you doesn't visit Entmoot, it won't show that you're around. Sorry if that sentence was complicated. Even though I have a cookie that remembers me, as long as I don't have a browser open to Entmoot, I show up offline. As long as nobody else visits the website when you're not around, you won't show up.

Thank you very much for your help. I noticed that I don't show up, so it's fine. One more question though, should I clear my cookies while I'm still in Entmoot and then log out, or close the page and then clear my cookies? If the latter, won't it screw someone else having cookies elsewhere?