Set user as online in asp.net membership

Question

When a user sets the option (remember me) and closes the browser and then opens the site again he does not appear listed with the on-line members.

How can I set a user to on-line after the user reopens the site again?

I am using this code Membership.GetNumberOfUsersOnline(); but it returns 0 on-line

Answer 1

If by "sets the option" you mean sets the "remember me" flag. The reason for this is that this just sets a persistent cookie on the users computer. They are not "logged in" again afterwards. Thus, the Membership login never occurs again.

You need to perform some membership activity that has a "userIsOnline" flag, such as calling Membership.GetUser(username, true) to set the userIsOnline.

Answer 2

As an alternative , if you want to track users online, you could look at SignalR , see some tutorials here .

There's a post with a similar question here SignalR for tracking online users and chat .

and here signalR tracking connected users