How do I get rid of Session ID's on my messageboard without causing user problems?

I've heard when people turn off session ID's, it can prevent people from staying logged onto the forum as they browse from page to page.

Is there some sort of code I can use to turn session ID's off? I'm not very computer savvy with coding (just learning), so any help would be greatly appreciated.


The site is www.obesitydiscussion.com

 

Most people use cookies. If any one has trouble, tell them to turn cookies on.

 

Gotcha, so as long as they use cookies, then they shouldn't have problems without session IDs. Thanks


Now, to figure out how to turn em off

 

put this in your .htaccess
php_flag session.use_trans_sid off

or this in php (in your header include if you've got one)
ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', false);

or modify it in php.ini if you have access

 

Not sure if SMFSErg supports RC1.1 yet, but you should head over there.

 

Know I use php but do not have a header. Could someone show me with proper code and exactly where to place this code? I have attached my forum code below in a .txt file

I would be forever greatful. Thanks so much everyone for all your help!

 

Put this above the first line of that file.

ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', false);

 

I'm attaching two examples.....I want to make sure I'm doing this right....thanks for helping me on this void

 

Yep, that's exactly what I meant. If that doesn't work, drop me a PM.

 

I put that line above my keywords

 

I don't see any session IDs on your site, so I assume it's working now.

If you still see them, try Ctrl+F5 for a deep refresh instead of using a cached version.

 

Wow, thanks void! That helped me out a ton! Maybe now the search engines will place my keywords on their search engines.

 

No problemo, good luck with the search engines!