Website timeout?

[Jerry G]

More than once, I've lost a carefully-crafted post due to my website session timing out while I was writing. 15 minutes seems very (and needlessly?) brief to timeout.

Can this be increased or customized ... or user input saved before terminating ... or at least cause a warning popup? :-)

Nonetheless, thanks for the great website, and TIA.
Jerry

[tomliotta]

Re: Website timeout?

I don't recall losing a post at this site. Actually, it's been so long since I've seen a timeout, I'm going to let this post sit until a timeout shows up. ISTR, there's a way around the problem of "losing" what's been typed.

So, now to wait for 16 minutes...

...and we start again. And what happens?

Added edit after posting: Nothing happened. It posted without a problem even though it sat for a good half hour.

[Jerry G]

Re: Website timeout?

Thanks, Tom. So maybe it's me. ;-)

(Possibly a bit of "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing", setting browser options, HOSTS file, whatever, and interfering withe the site operation.) Thanks again for testing!

Jerry

[tomliotta]

Re: Website timeout?

Not necessarily a fair test, of course. Plug-ins can interfere with javascript for example. If my browser, or browser settings/plug-ins/add-ons/etc., are different, then results are...?