Dropping Out

[Administrator]

One of our forum members sent us this report:

I am trying to discover why it is that I am constantly being dropped off line while I have in fact logged in. On more than one occasion I have completed a message to someone and when I get ready to send it have been informed that I am not logged in. This also results in the wiping out of all the work I was doing. Have I done something wrong?

Has anyone else bumped into this? Was there a solution?

Thanks for your help.

Bill

[joec43]

hi Bill, and welcome.
I also have that same problem, not just with this forum, but others as well. I think we get timed out, taking too long to assemble our thoughts, then typing slow (just a guess!).

My solution has been to highlight and copy my words, every time before clicking submit. That way, if I have to redo it, I just click 'paste' and presto, my pearls of wisdom are back and not lost to the universe.

Works for me, although, YMMV.

Joe
potogold.wordpress.com

[Administrator]

Thanks, Joe, for the timeout tip. (This is the time in seconds that a user must remain inactive before their login session expires. This setting also controls how long a user will remain on Who's Online after their last activity.)

It was set for 15 minutes, which is the default for our forum's software. I've increased it to a number which may be a bit more user-friendly.

HTH.

Bill

ps: Enjoyed the blog. Fun reading.

[ArtJ]

I have noticed that if I try to page back to double check the message I was replying to
I will lose the text window I was typing in.

Regards,

Art

[lat 64]

That used to happen to me, so I too "kept" my writing somewhere like notepad or MS Word so I would not lose it. I often surf around the web getting info in the middle of a post. I musta' got timed out. This makes sense now. Thanks for the extension.

Russ

[sastanley]

I think Joe nailed it..I definitely have taken longer than 15 minutes to assemble my thoughts - if you can even call my incessant babbling 'thoughts'! :D

I also use his same trick...Ctrl "A"(select all) + Ctrl "C"(copy to clipboard) is a lifesaver...especially on long detailed posts.

Incidentally, I haven't personally had the log out problem..I set up all of my computers to automagically log me in to the Moyer Forum anyway, so I never really leave...I am sure I have at least one PC logged into this forum at all times :cool: :rolleyes:

[Dave Neptune]

I too have had the problem and this sheds some light on it:rolleyes:.

I have also lost my log on privilages due to an inadvertant shutdown of the computer while logged on, twice:eek:.

Thanx for the info and the extension:), Dave Neptune:cool:

[hanleyclifford]

Thanks for the moral support. If I'm going to get kicked out, I like it to be in distinguished company.:cool:

[rigspelt]

When I compose posts I tend to hit "preview" which probably keeps me out of the timeout cycle. Never had that problem, and I get the post closer to right before I hit "submit".

[67c&ccorv]

It sometimes happens to me - you snooze you lose in this dang computer world!:mad: