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I've created a signup block as seen at /node/472 of the civicrm dot org site (external links are not allowed, apparently).

Works like a charm!

However, when submitting as an anonymous user, from any page, they do not see the success message, no matter how many times they submit the block.

Here's where it gets interesting: when they visit any path controlled by CiviCRM, like "/civicrm" (resulting in Access Denied), then go back to the block and submit it, they magically start seeing the confirmation message!

It seems obvious that it has to do with setting a browser cookie (since it breaks when I clear cookies).

How can I force Civi set a cookie for anonymous users, even though they don't actually visit a /civicrm page?

Thanks!
Jesse

Ah ha. The problem arose due to a change in Drupal 7. Anonymous users do not get sessions by default. I created a custom module and added this code:

<?php

/**
 * Implements hook_init().
 */
function mymodule_base_init() {
  if (!isset($_SESSION['mymodule'])) {
    $_SESSION['mymodule'] = 'session_initialized';
  }
}
?>

It basically forces Drupal to create a session for the anonymous user, and this fixes the problem.