Short login time

I don't know how long it takes before the system throws me out after logging in, but in my opinion the time is far too short. A period of one hour seems more appropriate.

This is of course related to the way the New Posts marking operates (i.e. New Posts since your last login). Should have been Not Read marks instead. I have put the issue in reports, but so far I have not received a sensible answer.

Do you all have time to go through all new posts in one session? I don't. There I am, just logged in and started reading the new posts. Then the phone rings, and when I return to the computer I have been thrown out. Logging in again, the New Posts marks are all gone .

Or, in the middle of a session the wife calls "supper is ready". Not good keeping her waiting for half an hour or so. And the result is the same: all New Posts marks disappeared.

Am I the only one getting frustrated over this?

I agree completely.

I am sure that the time used to be longer.

I find it a bit short aswell

I'm never logged out in fact I never log in it's always on don't know why but that's the way it is.

I'm always logged in, and tbh I never leave my browser on this forum for any great length of time. I skim through new posts and read those that grab my attention. Then if I have time I go back and read the rest. I've certainly never left it on PU for an hour or more.

I'm allways logged in if i don't physically log out

I rarely log out and when I return, I just load the main or any page and go to Menu..... Forum...... Recent Activity and I can see all the posts and usually remember the time I was last on, or I recognize which post I last looked at, so I look at the ones above it.

shim

I've never been logged out, locked out but not logged out

I do the same shim does. And as I have a time to open the fora at late evening, usually it's not a big problem for me. I think I ticked 'keep me logged in' tickbox, but I'm not sure.

I get automatically logged out as well - but rarely more than once a day. I'm using Internet Explorer, if that makes any difference?

When I first started to use this site I was logged out quite often and I found that really annoying.
Now, and like others say, I never log out and when I shut down and restart the next day, the pages all open nicely and I am already logged in.

Pete, I use Firefox and very rarely use IE due to the security scare a couple of months ago. I'm not going to lecture all of you on what is beter, Firefox or IE, but lets say that there is a clear winner in terms of security....oops a little off topic there, apologies.

Paul

I only log in to post, but have recently been logged out on 2 occasions prior to pressing the add comment button, resulting in loss of message.

As a precaution I now copy text to the clipboard before posting, just in case I have been logged out.

Steve

Is this a Firefox thing, maybe? I use IE7 and I am forced out after a short time. Could also be that us Norwegians are outside the EU .

I notice that several members state they are logged in all the time. I just don't understand how to achieve this.

Fine, but you have to log in to have the benefit of the New posts marking.

I stay logged in and am still logged in after leaving and returning to the forum. If you click the box Remember Me and don't logout you should have the benefit of being recognised when you return.

Very occasionally if the server goes down I might have to Login again.

The only time I need to log back in is when I log in using another computer. Something is stored on the server as well as locally. If these do not match, you need to log in.

I did have a situation where I had to log in every few minutes at the start of the new web site change long ago.
You may want to contact support... They had me do something special with clearing cache and some other piece of info that I generally would not have thought of, and that seemed to work.