Nuffnang Login Screen Bug
This is a common error I get when I design login screen at the testing stage. You mix up the coding for the session and the programs sees a partial session and kicks you out.
Here’s what I mean.
This is the Nuffnang normal login screen.
The chicks are cute aren’t they. Oops I digress..
Click on the Login text on the top right corner.
You get this nice cool login box to enter your email address and password.
After I key in the correct email and password I get this:-
The cool chicks disappear and you get an error message instead. 
It says: Your session has expired. Please login again.
After the second login I get to the dashboard without any problem. But I had to do a double login to get in.
It’s nothing serious but rather an annoyance. The reason is I think the system detects that you have login before but it was so long ago the session has expired. But the thing is, this is the FIRST time I login today. So all sessions or cookies should have been cleared or at least ignored after a length of time.
It’s a quick fix and I know this can be done really fast. Hey Timothy, if you want me to take a look at the PHP codes, I have no problem since it’s what I’ve been doing for years 
(just joking).
PS: Again let me emphasise this is NOT a security hole or anything like that but just a user interface annoyance.
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November 9th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I only use this login page to do my logins. No errors.
This one.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Ha ha I know about that trick too. It’s actually the second page (with red text error message). Can bookmark that and go directly there.
But the whole point is that the FRONT login screen should do the same. Forget about ‘old’ sessions and let the user in if the email/password combination is correct right?
And anyway the main screen is better right? It has your handsome face there
November 9th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Yes, but if they can’t fix it or too lazy to fix it or yet to fix it, I will use that to login. Heh! They should get it fixed anyway, maybe during the launching of 2.0?
My face will be there for one month only. LOL.
November 9th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Ok la.. I bookmark that page already
http://www.nuffnang.com.my/public/blogger_login.php
So that’s why they must fix fast, so that everyday you can see your face when logging in, not the second screen without your face!
November 10th, 2007 at 12:41 am
I actually covered this Nuffnang ‘bug’ awhile back. One of the reasons i found is because you only type the URL without www prefix. My solution most of the time is i’ll login to http://www.nuffnang.com, select country then click login.
But of course, if i didn’t have to do this then it’ll be good.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Still two steps. Have to look at 2 screens first before reaching the dashboard.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:44 am
I think nuffnang should fix this problem..they cant expect novice users to login the hard way.
The bug can actually be resolved in less than 5 minutes also..but maybe their programmers cant find their way out..
November 10th, 2007 at 2:40 am
I always see that page, I thought it’s because I didn’t log out the last time I entered, and the “logged in” duration went into timeout.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:54 am
My guess is they’re still working out the kinks in Nuffnang 2.0 and most likely to launch in Malaysia on Jan 1, 2008.
TIM DO YOU HEAR ME! Jan 1, 2008. LOL!
Anyway, a noticeable thing that it may only affect the geeks or ‘more IT-savvy users’ is that we know a website can be accessed without the prefix and etc. Most users still would type http://www.nuffnang.com.my.