Online Users Modules Wrong numbers

bhanu · 31.08.2004, 07:43

Hit counter jumps so fast and makes webmasters so happy.

After publishing Online Users module and who is online module, the happiness bubble bursts.

Developers can now work on this for more precise action of the modules.

There are two online users=as per Online User module

Whos Online module shows diff numbers and hundreds of guests hanging on to the site

Admin · 31.08.2004, 08:33

Make sure your "Login Session Lifetime" is set to 900. Go to Admin->Site->Global Configuration and reduce the setting to the value above.

MrMastah · 10.09.2004, 20:20

I have the same problem. Online users show:

Quote:

and it's only me browsing the site... besides that suddenly I couldn't login with any account, but after approx 15 min I managed to login again???

I have the "Login Session Lifetime" set to 900, so that can't be it or???

Could it be some permissions in my mambo directory that has gone wrong?
Searched for some list over what permissions to set on files/folders but couldn't find anything useful...

Please help a newbie out!

//Jon (Sweden)
The Website

anagorn · 27.09.2004, 22:00

I am experiencing the same problem as you with one linux server (on other servers it works fine for me). I found that cookie management produces this problem but i didn't find the solution.

What happens: the IE client trying to connect to mambo but it can't estabilish an connection. Only after erasing cookies, IE client successfully connects to the mambo. During this time, who's online counter significately increases.

I find some other bugs related to the random logouts (user successfully login based on cookie, but if he try to click on any link it appears that he is no longer logged in). Funny, isn't it?

Do you use SoutIt module? I didn't check, but i found some errors within SoutIt module which appears to be cookie management - related (???)
The error message was:

Fatal error: Call to a member function getAroGroup() on a non-object
in mambo.php on line 187

All of these symptoms may have influence on wrong number of "Who's online" module.

I am using Mambo 1.0.9, u can see it at http://www.studentskiforum.com

MrMastah · 30.09.2004, 13:37

No I don't use the ShoutIt! module... Only way to fix the Online user thingy was to disable it

cory2070 · 04.10.2004, 01:48

I had the same experience with a stock 4.5.1 install. Running it on my test linux box didn't give any errors, but when I went to host it on the live server -- KABOOM!...

... so it must be some subtle difference between the settings on my test box and the live server...

Here's some relevant (and irrelevant) settings of the live server:

Database Version: 4.0.20-Max
PHP Version: 4.3.8
Web Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Red Hat Linux)
WebServer to PHP interface: apache2handler
Mambo Version:
Version: Mambo 4.5.1a Stable [Three For Rum] 29/09/2004 20:11 GMT
User Agent: Opera/7.51 (X11; Linux i686; U) [en]
Relevant PHP Settings: Safe Mode: OFF
Open basedir: /home/httpd/vhosts/my-domain/httpdocs:/tmp
Display Errors: ON
Short Open Tags: ON
File Uploads: ON
Magic Quotes: ON
Register Globals: ON
Output Buffering: OFF
Session save path: /tmp
Session auto start: 0
XML enabled: Yes
Zlib enabled: Yes
Disabled Functions: none
WYSIWYG Editor: No WYSIWYG Editor

I've noticed every page I view (both regular, and admin) result in an increase of the hit counter by one... (until 900 seconds passes, and it starts to decrease)... yes, sounds like a cookie issue...

Cheers,
Cory.

blueview · 09.10.2004, 15:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by cory2070

I had the same experience with a stock 4.5.1 install. Running it on my test linux box didn't give any errors, but when I went to host it on the live server -- KABOOM!...

... so it must be some subtle difference between the settings on my test box and the live server...

Here's some relevant (and irrelevant) settings of the live server:

Database Version: 4.0.20-Max
PHP Version: 4.3.8
Web Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Red Hat Linux)
WebServer to PHP interface: apache2handler
Mambo Version:
Version: Mambo 4.5.1a Stable [Three For Rum] 29/09/2004 20:11 GMT
User Agent: Opera/7.51 (X11; Linux i686; U) [en]
Relevant PHP Settings: Safe Mode: OFF
Open basedir: /home/httpd/vhosts/my-domain/httpdocs:/tmp
Display Errors: ON
Short Open Tags: ON
File Uploads: ON
Magic Quotes: ON
Register Globals: ON
Output Buffering: OFF
Session save path: /tmp
Session auto start: 0
XML enabled: Yes
Zlib enabled: Yes
Disabled Functions: none
WYSIWYG Editor: No WYSIWYG Editor

I've noticed every page I view (both regular, and admin) result in an increase of the hit counter by one... (until 900 seconds passes, and it starts to decrease)... yes, sounds like a cookie issue...

Cheers,
Cory.

I have exactly the same problem cory, and no one seems to know the answer. frankly its gonna make my site unworkable unless some good soul can point me in the right direction.

bkws · 17.12.2004, 13:29

this is a major issue that is being completely ignored for the last couple of months. There are loads of threads about this issue and i am experiencing the same issue in 4.5.1a stable. It is not possible to use mambo with this bug can someone please find out what is going on.

I can't continue with mambo with this bug.

citrusluvr · 31.01.2005, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by anagorn

I find some other bugs related to the random logouts (user successfully login based on cookie, but if he try to click on any link it appears that he is no longer logged in). Funny, isn't it?

This happens to me when my Firewall is active. I have to turn it off to make my 4.5.1a Mambo sites work right for me in both the front and back end.