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[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

Marty, maybe something to add to your list of things to correct.
Once in awhile, I forget to log out of the site.  In the past,  I haven't been concerned because the system drops me out due to inactivity.
But tonight, I've been gone for hours - and here I'm writing this without signing in. 

I was getting tossed from the admin area in mere seconds, so I raised the timeout values there.  I guess that affects regular users, too.  Let me sleep on this.  I'll try to come up with a better setting later this very morning.

[Monte Chalmers]

[I was getting tossed from the admin area in mere seconds, so I raised the timeout values there.  I guess that affects regular users, too.  Let me sleep on this.  I'll try to come up with a better setting later this very morning.

I was a forum moderator on a P2P site called K-Lite (a Kazaa spin off) in 2003 - 2004.  Had some of the “powers”  that you have to edit and move threads, etc.  And there were forum members above me that could do even more.  But what you mention here regarding timing sounds like a more advanced program. 

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

...what you mention here regarding timing sounds like a more advanced program.

There are two timing settings.

One is for how long cookies should last.

The other is the function that logs people out after a period
of inactivity.

The default is 60 minutes and 1000 seconds, respectively.

I had set them to 600 minutes and 100000 seconds because I was tired of having to log back into the Admin area so frequently. 

We're back to the defaults now. 

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Murphys law on computers...

When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.
The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.
When the going gets tough, upgrade.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
To err is human... to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, it is downright natural.
He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.

Good job on the server resurrection Marty, all the systems are running ok now, just a matter of getting them to run in the same direction

[Monte Chalmers]

...because I was tired of having to log back into the Admin area so frequently. 

OK.  Sorry that your pain will be back.   I don't remember that I needed to log into the admin function.  I would just log in as a member and my moderator functions were there for use.  I would think the issue you are having could be resolved by the designers - I hope so because it's very obvious that you have more than enough to do without having to keep re-logging. 

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

Good job on the server resurrection Marty, all the systems are running ok now, just a matter of getting them to run in the same direction

Thanks, Jeff.   

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

I would think the issue you are having could be resolved by the designers - I hope so because it's very obvious that you have more than enough to do without having to keep re-logging.

It was some kind of quirk.

Maybe stale cookies in my browser.

We've used this software for three years now.  It was never an issue before.  I don't see any point in bothering the developers about it.  It's not a bug that I can reproduce on demand--if it is even a bug.