Extending timeout?

[jtech77]

I just received this comment in a post regarding my forum, I have not experienced this. I am not sure what he means, is there a timeout setting in vbulletin? Thanks here's the thread someone just posted:

""As a suggestion, Please, either eliminate or extend the automatic timeout period of your site . Before I became wise enough to copy my blog before submitting it for posting, I didn't realize that there was a certain time period in which to complete my text. As a result, when I clicked on SUBMIT POST, all my work had dissapeared because i had automatically been logged/timed out of the site.

Many people have yet to experience this inconvenience, but when they do, you will no doubt be hearing from others."

Best regards.

[Trevor Hannant]

Go into:

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cookies and HTTP Header Options > Session Timeout

This setting controls how long a user is logged in when they're not actively browsing.

[EvilAkuma]

When a user(s) is idle for certain amount of time. He/she may be logged out if they have cookies disable and/or they don't check mark the "Remember Me" option. So, ensure that every members click on that button and have cookies enable.

To increase the idle time.

ACP > vBulletin Options > Cookies and HTTP Header Options > Change 900 to whatever.

900 seconds = 15 minutes
1800 seconds = 30 minutes
2700 Seconds = 45 minutes


Hope that resolves their issues.

Trevster, you beat me to it.

[cbiweb]

Just remember, the more you increase the timeout, the longer people will appear as being online, when they really are not. For example, if you set it to 45 minutes: someone who comes in, sticks around for 10 minutes, then leaves, will still appear to be there more than half an hour later.

On the flip side, do not under any circumstances, set the timeout to 0 (zero)! Nobody will be able to use the forms, even admins. After all, if you log in, and as soon as you do you're logged back out.... ruh roh!

[Steve Machol]

Also tell them to click on the 'Remember me' box when they login. This will keep them logged in as long as they are not blocking cookies, assuming of course you have no modifications that broke this.

[jtech77]

Nope, no mods yet! A big thank you to everyone for helping me with this.