curing MT’s senior moments

[the girlie matters] tips, tricks, and things to do to my site: remember me misbehavior

I found this information while I was looking for something else: I was so excited to see a solution to this problem, I forgot what I was looking for.

If your MovableType instance forgets that you or your readers have already established a relationship with it, try this fix in your individual entry template.

Change

setCookie('mtcmtauth', f.author.value, now, '', HOST, '');
setCookie('mtcmtmail', f.email.value, now, '', HOST, '');
setCookie('mtcmthome', f.url.value, now, '', HOST, '');

to

setCookie('mtcmtauth', f.author.value, now, '/', HOST, '');
setCookie('mtcmtmail', f.email.value, now, '/', HOST, '');
setCookie('mtcmthome', f.url.value, now, '/', HOST, '');