Update: auth_event doesn't catch the login event when happening through the "remember me" option. Any suggestions on how to track this?
-- Aditya On May 22, 10:28 am, Adi <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 21, 7:44 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does this mean that the "remember me for 30 days" feature works well > > for you? > > I have been having some problems with it. > > Good question :) > > Actually without this option I've experienced that my session expires > after a while (I think 10 minutes?), while with this option the > session remains active for a long time (at least one day). But now > that you mention this, I should check this behaviour thoroughly. > > On May 21, 5:13 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why don't you just keep a last_activity date? Also, the auth event log > > keeps track of the last login automatically. Why not check it to see > > what it's doing regarding last login when user has the "remember" > > checkbox checked? Technically, if it's checked, they're not logging > > in, right? Can you better articulate what you are really trying to > > measure? > > I'm trying to measure user activity on the application - like sign- > ups, sign-ins and sign-outs, etc. Introducing last_login was a way to > internally track "active" users (for example, anyone with last_login > in past one week is active, and anyone who has not logged in for a > long time is an "inactive" user). I'm actually trying to mash-up my > site activities with google analytics to come up with a variety of > analytics of user behaviour that google analytics can't track alone. > > auth_event should do it. I'm checking its behaviour (checking > "Remember me for 30 days" needs some time. :) ) Thanks a lot. I forgot > all about auth_event. I should be using it to track my custom events > as well.
