You should use game1.companyname.com and game2.companyname.com and set the
cookies for the companyname.com domain.
Game1 and game2 can be completely different machines from
www.companyname.com .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: keeping a user logged in across totally different URL's
> I'm working on a game site and have the company 'home' page about done -
now
> I'm running into an odd problem I'm not sure how to solve. The
> gamesite is currently www.companyname.com but they also have urls for
> quite a few of thier games - www.game1.com, www.game2.com.
>
> I've built a system where people can surf around but to reach certain
> areas they need to login (forums, tech support) and am now wondering
> how the user can login at www.companyname.com and then go to
> www.game1.com and still be 'logged in'...
>
> We're moving this site to a new server, and have talked about redoing
> some URL's maybe do: game1.companyname.com or
> www.companyname.com/game1/ so that is possible if it would make
> things easier...
>
> Anyone ever run into this before and if so what are my options? Is it
> possible to write a cookie that could keep the user 'logged in' across
> different urls? Currently I'm not using any cookies just passing
> around #urltoken#.
>
> Hope this is somewhat clear - haven't had my caffeine yet this
> morning. :)
>
> jim
>
>
>
>
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