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    “Time out” too short

    I don’t post here often but every time I do I have to log in twice. I will type something but when I go to post it I don’t have permission and have to log back in at which point I loose what I typed unless I thought to copy it. Is there a way to extend the inactive time before the site logs a person out? I never think to time it but sometimes I am surprised by how fast it happens.
    Jeff
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    51, drop RachelH or AmyB an email on your problem. Go to the Forum "Quick Links" and click on send message next to their names.

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    Log Out Time

    Quote Originally Posted by 51 CJ3 View Post
    I don’t post here often but every time I do I have to log in twice. I will type something but when I go to post it I don’t have permission and have to log back in at which point I loose what I typed unless I thought to copy it. Is there a way to extend the inactive time before the site logs a person out? I never think to time it but sometimes I am surprised by how fast it happens.
    I have that problem too - I either type too slow or talk too much.

    I will compose my message offline (like in Word), then copy and paste into the Forum message box.

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    This just happened to me today. I attempted to start a new restoration thread and had a very lengthy text. When I went to attach some pics, I got a pop up to log back in. When I did log back in everything I wrote was gone. What is the point in auto save when nothing really gets saved? Is there a was to have a draft saved should the time out occur?

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    Yeah - that happens to me as well.

    When I am going to write a dissertation, I compose it off-line, in Word, and then copy and paste it into the Forum.

    Often when I log back in and open another reply, I will get a query"Reload Autosaved Content?" and something I thought I lost will come back.

    It is a quirk ofd the tool the Forum uses - not easily fixed by users

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    There are rumors afoot of a "new" forum engine coming. I think the KW team is working on something.

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