Issues with forum since vBSEO was installed

[Exilera]

I've had a major issue with my forum (DCSwing) since installing vBSEO. Whenever I or a user logs into the forum, the login doesn't take. They get the guest view of the forum, as well as the same guest login box where they'd enter their username and password. If I browse to another section of the forum other than forumhome (usually I go to the photoplog gallery I have installed), the view reverts to the logged-in state. That is, they see all the registered user's links like UserCP, Log Out, etc.

When I try to log out once I'm logged in, I get to the redirect page and it says I'm logged out, but when I go to the forum home, I'm still logged in!

This happened around the time I installed vBSEO, however I'm not 100% certain that's the cause of it. Can anyone give me any suggestions as to why this might be happening? Users on my forum can't post because when they log in, the forum is treating them as if they're still a guest.

[Juan Muriente]

What browser are you (and users reporting the issue) using? Please test if this occurs with vBSEO temporarilly disabled. Thx!

[Exilera]

Hi Juan, thanks for registering and testing it out. I haven't polled any users to see what browser they're using, but I've tested it with Firefox and IE, from different computers (work and home).

I'll go ahead and disable vBSEO and see if the problem persists. Did you experience the problem I described after you registered?

[Exilera]

Sorry, is there one option to globally disable vBSEO in the vbseocp?

[Keith Cohen]

Yes, the very first option.

[Exilera]

Ok, I disabled the plugin through the vbseocp and initially was able to log in successfully. However, when I attempted to log out, I was not able to. Again I got the confirmation saying I was logged out, but when I was returned to forumhome, I was still logged in.

So, I guess this issue is not related to vBSEO?

Would anyone still be so kind as to offer some suggestions as to why this might be happening?

[Keith Cohen]

Have you changed any of your vBulletin cookie settings lately?

[Exilera]

No... I haven't touched the cookie settings, unfortunately. I actually wiped the cookies from both of my computers and attempted to log in. I still experienced the same problem.

Could this be a server-side issue? I contacted my host and they suggested I try to "register globals" in the "php ini" file, but I have no idea where that's located?

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Is it happening to all your visitors or to some of them only?

[LPH2005]

This wouldn't happen to have started after installing 3.6.1? I had a similar issue until reuploading the /includes. This solved the problem.