sawain1,
Thanks for your feedback regarding the Restoration Tips and Tricks forum. This area is for members of the forum and just not anyone that just wants to pop in and look.
The members of the forum are the ones that contribute to this area and should be kept for those that are willing to help other members not just the what I call blow ins that don't wish to contribute.
You can if you wish tick the box in the login page so that each time you visit the forum you are automatically logged in.
I hope this explains the issue that you have had in the past.