logout timer

**hikelite** · 12-13-2010, 12:59

Is there a setting somewhere for how long to stay signed in?

I'm signed in right now, but if I let this page sit for a half hour or so and then clicked submit, it would try to log me back in and I lose my post. This just happened again. It gets pretty frustrating as it is common for me to leave a post half written and come back to it hours later.

Am I the only one this is happening to?

**Youngmoose** · 12-13-2010, 13:00

Right before you sign in did you check the box that says keep me signed in?

**angrysparrow** · 12-13-2010, 13:09

Youngmoose has the right answer. Be sure to check the 'Remember Me' option when logging in.

It also won't work if you have cookies disabled in your browser.

**hikelite** · 12-13-2010, 13:09

It was auto logging me in, so I never saw the box. I checked it now, but I also have my browser setup to clear cookies every time it closes. Maybe I just need to play with my configuration.

**silentorpheus** · 12-13-2010, 13:09

Might be your browser acting up. I logged in once like 6 months ago, and haven't needed to log in since.

**hikelite** · 12-13-2010, 13:10

Cookies aren't disabled, just set to clear.

**Just Jeff** · 12-13-2010, 13:23

Some versions of browsers have a setting that clears all the cookies except for sites in your favorites. That may be an option for you.

**wisenber** · 12-13-2010, 22:08

I always enjoy cookies when I'm browsing.

**adkmcmahon** · 12-13-2010, 22:10

Cookies is good eaten.

**hikelite** · 12-14-2010, 13:15

I think it was that checkbox when you login. I use LastPass and it was auto logging me in, so that box was not getting checked. There is still a timer somewhere. Logging in without checking the "remember me" box, keeps you logged in temporarily. I guess I just expected it to keep me logged in as long as I was still on the site.

Anyway, it's behaving the way I like now, so I'll call this resolved.

A mod can close this thread if they want.