Hi guys,
Wow,... what a thread. One I had to react to. I guess in a way you guys both are somewhat right. However, I find the irritation and can I say aggressive, or defensive, language used by an Administrator a bit discouraging. Why my reaction,.. since this thread is 120 days old....you may ask???
Well, this thread is the only information I found on the log-in issue that I experience. And I have new info for you,... reader or developer!
Coppermine 1.4.19
New and recently installed.
Register and log in OK.
But then I noticed that in IE7 I couldn't log in regularly. In other browsers such as Safari and Firefox I could log in... This is what happened:
Log in screen, correct user and password, welcome page gives user name, then refert / bounce back to log-in page. On this bounced back log-in page no warning on cookies or anything else. Just the regular log in page. When clicking on a link,
I did see the example screen with cookie warning earlier as a screenshot somewhere. So I thought this case isn't related to cookies, something messed up in the code. I checked everywhere in the login.php the index.php. the template.php, etc. etc. I just couldn't find anything. I checked the forum on log in problem key words, searched through Google. Nothing related to this problem.
I removed Coppermine and did a fresh install. And same thing.. probably after restarting computer. After three days, I found this thread.
Now I find out this is indeed related to cookies settings.
Solution, added my own site to the cookie safe list. For IE7 this is...
Tools
Internet Options
Privacy (tab)
Sites (button)
type in:
http://www.yourwebsite.comclick on "Allow" button
click on "OK" button
Great everything works.
BUT, I do agree that users should not have to go through this discovery process. In addition the fact that the Cookie warning doesn't seem to work means that I (and maybe others) were put on the wrong track/path, thinking it was a log-in coding issue.
Thus I suggest that someone looks at the Cookie Warning.
I conclude that this is a manufacturing fault, oil warning light in the car is not working. And indeed, not the responsibility of the driver, but for the manufacturer or mechanic. And I am one of those users who have no training, programming skills. Any mechanical skills I learn while crashing the car on the side of the road. (this time, not my fault is seems)
(In addition I would like to suggest that on the log-in page someone creates a seperate register link. But this has mainly to do with the lack of an appearant registration button on the Eyeball theme.)
The administrator writes that a small percentage of users are "too computer illiterate". Well, I am not a programmer, but I am a bit computer literate and I try to create my image gallery to be used by family and friends back home (I live abroad). Not for strangers, hence the log-in requirement. Now, some of my friends and family are just simple computer/internet users. Computers come these days prepared and set up, pre-installed, and surfing ready. Great isn't it. Now computers are accessible to more and more people. Even those that only know that clicking a mouse links through to another page. Lets call them the "Simple Computer" users. They are not illiterate, but wouldn't know how to install a program or go into system settings. Some of my family and friends are like this. Shouldn't they enjoy my published Coppermine Gallery?
The easier a product is to use, the more it is sold. Or used freely in this case.
A programmer should not relate his own skills to the public. He should relate the product to the users. If using Coppermine Gallery for viewing is not meant for the average Joe, it should come with a big warning sign.
I am guessing here when I say that is probably not the case.
In addition to adding my own site to allow all cookies I have also put a permanent warning on the log-in page and instructions for other users. This because I am not a programmer and wouldn't know how to fix the automatic cookie warning.
Take care,
Kris
(sorry for any language mistakes as I am a non-native English speaker)