Create a bookmark to login??

[jefflynn]

How do I create a bookmark that will login to the site automatically for me? Ive tried logging in and then creating the bookmark, but it doesnt work...

[patio]

HuH ? ?

What browser for starters...

[jefflynn]

Internet explorer. I want  to be able to make a bookmark that will log me into certain sites auomatically with my login. I know it can be done because I have one already that I pulled off a tool for my work, but I have no idea how they made it. It would save me time from logging in each time if I could just click the BM and be ready to use.

[Helpmeh]

Can't you just use cookies?

[jefflynn]

I dont think that would work. Cookies are automatically deleted by IT here anyways...

[BC_Programmer]

Bookmarks only store the URL. there is no special power to have login credentials or anything included.

[jefflynn]

Bookmarks only store the URL. there is no special power to have login credentials or anything included.

See that's what I thought, but somehow..... this one bookmark I have logs me in automatically and I'd love to know how it was done. 

[BC_Programmer]

cookies.

[kpac]

See that's what I thought, but somehow..... this one bookmark I have logs me in automatically and I'd love to know how it was done. 

It simply can't be done. A bookmark is only a link to page. A cookie stores login details like your username and password.

[Geek-9pm]

Well, let me take a guess. At home you don't have the same in environment. At home you have cookies enabled and you save passwords in your browser and you bookmark things. Here on the CH login there is an option to keep you logged in. So, you probably checked that also.  

[kpac]

So, you probably checked that also.

....which creates a cookie.

[jefflynn]

Well, let me take a guess. At home you don't have the same in environment. At home you have cookies enabled and you save passwords in your browser and you bookmark things. Here on the CH login there is an option to keep you logged in. So, you probably checked that also.  

Well no, only because with these certain sites I login to there is no way to stay logged in. So maybe I can save the cookie after logging in? Would that work like a bookmark if I dragged it to my start menu for example?

[kpac]

Well no, only because with these certain sites I login to there is no way to stay logged in.

What type of sites are we talking about? Bank sites?

So maybe I can save the cookie after logging in? Would that work like a bookmark if I dragged it to my start menu for example?

No, you don't create cookies, the browser does. There is nothing to drag and drop.

[jefflynn]

No they're not secure sites like a bank site. They're sites I use as tools for work. But everytime I need to use them I have to login and since Im trouble shooting over the phone it would make my life easier if I could figure out how they (I dont know who they are) made the one bookmark that I have.

[BC_Programmer]

maybe it's in the URL.