[Typo3] Typo3 Forum vs. phpbb?

[Eric Blom]

>> In my experience phpBB is very similar to other web systems where
>> sessions can time out due to inactivity, your session is ended  
>> when  you
>> log out, and each use has the option of setting a "remember me"   
>> check
>> box when they login. As far as I can tell Typo3 does not offer  this
>> kind of FE user experience.
>
> I think it works the same way in typo3. Login, Logout, time  
> termination.  Yes, all there. Remember me function? Haven't seen  
> it, yet.

Typo3 has very basic login logout functionality. If you dig deeper  
and try to create a typical front end user experience the Typo3 and  
Typo3 extensions can't do the job. I'm going to end up paying someone  
to make Typo3 work like a "normal" web site, such as phpBB, and will  
return the solution back to the Typo3 community. If you want to send  
requirements inputs to me please send them ASAP and I'll look over them.

Typo3 has a lifetime setting in the install tool, however, this is  
not the same as session length. Lifetime is really the auto login or  
remember me time. Here is the description from the install tool

"Integer, positive. If >0, the cookie of FE users will NOT be a
session cookie (deleted when browser is shut down) but rather a
cookie with a lifetime of the number of seconds this value indicates.
Setting this value to 3600*24*7 will result in automatic login of FE
users during a whole week."

I'm trying to get Typo3 to perform like a normal web site such as My
Yahoo.
      1) If you login and then close your web browsing application
your session is no longer valid. Therefore, if you open you web
browser again and go to the site you have to log in again
      2) If the web browsing application is left open and you login
there is a fixed number of seconds of inactivity before the session
expires.
      3) The user has the option of selecting a checkbox when the
login that sets a cookie that will automatically start a new session
when the visit my site again even if the browser has been closed and
reopened.

To me a non zero lifetime setting in Typo3 accomplishes #3 only.

Cheers,
Eric