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[nimmo]

why do my forums have all these numbers and letters in the links like this?

/forums/showthread.php?amp;threadid=82

i see that most of the forums i go to have links like this, /forums/showthread.php? how do i get rid of all those letters and numbers in the links if possible? thanks

[Cary]

I wouldn't suggest you remove the session hash.
In your options, go to the User CP --> Edit Options

Look for 'Browse board with cookies?' and set it to 'Yes' - the gibberish will disappear.

[Steve Machol]

Originally posted by nimmo
why do my forums have all these numbers and letters in the links like this?

/forums/showthread.php?amp;threadid=82

i see that most of the forums i go to have links like this, /forums/showthread.php? how do i get rid of all those letters and numbers in the links if possible? thanks

I don't see the 'numbers and letters' in your message, but I'm assuming you are talking about the sessionhash. To get rid of these you need to set the User CP options of 'Automatically login' and 'Browse the board with cookies' to 'Yes'.

[nimmo]

what would be the downside of getting rid of it?

[Steve Machol]

Not sure what you mean by 'getting rid of it', but there are no real downsides to changing the user options I mentioned.

[Guest]

Originally posted by nimmo
what would be the downside of getting rid of it?

Errors upon errors upon errors for users behind proxys, this includes AOL etc. but they have problems as it is, if you sould like to force users to use cookies check this out:

http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mo...;threadid=1771

I do not know the effects this will have on your board as a whole, i did that by request. also old acounts will have to be updated to use cookies.

[nimmo]

thanks guys