Cookies!
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By gversion - May 22, 2012
There is a new law in the UK that means websites can't use cookies without the consent of their users. So, I'm trying to assess what cookies CMS Builder uses...
I have come across the following:
4a7b0fe4434a0__PHPSESSID
I think this is used to allow the user to login to their control panel but I'm not sure as it exists even if I haven't logged in. Can you please tell me exactly what this cookie does? I can then describe this to my users on the Privacy Policy page.
Also, are there any other cookies I should be aware of that are created by CMS Builder?
Thank you,
Greg
Re: [gversion] Cookies!
By robin - May 22, 2012
The *__PHPSESSID cookie is to track user login sessions. It stores a php session identifier on the client computer like looks like "keqhjuu6jj614de7prrp2ucg13"
It's created when a user tries to use the CMS Builder admin. It's also created on any page that includes the CMS Builder viewer functions if the Website Membership plugin is installed.
For sites using our Simple Cart product for e-commerce, another cookie "preLoginTempId" is used. This is to preserve user cart information if they haven't logged in yet.
Hope that helps,
Robin
Programmer
interactivetools.com
Re: [robin] Cookies!
By gversion - May 23, 2012
That's really useful to know, thanks for info.
Can you tell me which file(s) create(s) the *__PHPSESSID cookie?
Regards,
Greg
Re: [gversion] Cookies!
By gversion - May 23, 2012
Am I right in thinking that the cookie is created on Line 377 in the file cmsadmin\lib\init.php?
Thank you,
Greg
Re: [gversion] Cookies!
By Djulia - May 23, 2012 - edited: May 24, 2012
I also sought a solution. You can perhaps look with this script:
http://cookies.dev.wolf-software.com/index.htm
It is true that the subject is extreme! :/
For information : http://www.cookielaw.org/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/09/stupid-eu-cookie-law-will-hand-the-advantage-to-the-us-kill-our-startups-stone-dead/
An example :
http://cookiedemosite.eu/
Djulia
Re: [robin] Cookies!
By Djulia - May 23, 2012 - edited: May 24, 2012
In fact, if the cookies is not persistent, that should not be a problem.
But, it would be interesting if the administrator could adjust the lifetime of cookies directly in cmsB.
Thanks!
Djulia
Re: [Djulia] Cookies!
By gversion - May 23, 2012
Thanks for your message. That was actually the script I was planning on using!
Regards,
Greg
Re: [Djulia] Cookies!
By ross - May 23, 2012
Thanks for posting that script! Looks like that was exactly what Greg was looking for!
Cheers,
Ross Fairbairn - Consulting
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Re: [gversion] Cookies!
By ross - May 23, 2012
Glad to see Djulia got you a link to that script. Keep us all up to date with how you are making out.
Thanks!
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Ross Fairbairn - Consulting
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Re: [gversion] Cookies!
By gkornbluth - May 23, 2012
This sounds looks an issue that will affect many CMSB users and that may spread to other countries.
It would be great if you could post your complete solution, along with any implementation/coding suggestions for implementing it on CMSB sites.
Thanks,
Jerry Kornbluth
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