Question about session hash

[TS | Julio]

Unfortunately I'm still not ready to upgrade to vB3 since certain scripts I use are dependant on vB2 however I'm still working on optimizing a few things around my site, your answers will come real handy... my question was the following:

What would happen if I removed the session hash part of the URLs for displaying forum categories and threads (forumhome & forumdisplay templates)?

For example I would use:
"forumdisplay.php?forumid=$forum[forumid]"
instead of the default:
"forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"

Could that cause a problem with users browsing through my forums?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Floris]

It shouldn't be a problem, but .. remove it from a few pages and try it out!

[Jake Bunce]

That will cause a problem for users who rely on the sessionhash. Users who don't use cookies will be logged out when they click on a link without a sessionhash.

[TS | Julio]

Hmm I see, in that case you would recommend waiting until I move to vB3 that doesn't make any use of the session hash in the URL? My main purpose was using mod rewrite for making search engine friendly URLs.

[Jake Bunce]

vB3 is cool that way. It only uses the sessionhash when necessary, and it automatically removes the sessionhash from URLs for search spiders that are browsing your forums.