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    • Idle timeout problem

    Posted by Rick

    Ok, I'm setting up TikiWiki for a political site, and ran into a snag.

    I tend to make long posts, and I sometimes write slow. And the software has a very annoying habit of logging me out while I am posting.

    Changing the session timeout setting does not effect this. It only changes the maximum time I can be logged on.

    Is there some way to change the time before it logs a person out for being idle?

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    Posted by Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties

    Use the Edit Idle Timeout option on the Admin: Wiki page to adjust the session timeout.

    -Rick

    > Ok, I'm setting up TikiWiki for a political site, and ran into a snag.
    >
    > I tend to make long posts, and I sometimes write slow. And the software has a very annoying habit of logging me out while I am posting.
    >
    > Changing the session timeout setting does not effect this. It only changes the maximum time I can be logged on.
    >
    > Is there some way to change the time before it logs a person out for being idle?
    >

    Posted by Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties

    And if that's not good enough, here is how you can alert users with a popup before they time out.

    HTH,

    -Rick

    > Use the Edit Idle Timeout option on the Admin: Wiki page to adjust the session timeout.
    >
    > -Rick
    >
    > > Ok, I'm setting up TikiWiki for a political site, and ran into a snag.
    > >
    > > I tend to make long posts, and I sometimes write slow. And the software has a very annoying habit of logging me out while I am posting.
    > >
    > > Changing the session timeout setting does not effect this. It only changes the maximum time I can be logged on.
    > >
    > > Is there some way to change the time before it logs a person out for being idle?
    > >

    Posted by Horch

    IS it possible to set this to "never"? I noticed the max hard coded in the dropdown list is 30 minutes. I want much longer, like hours, or never.

    tia, -H

    Posted by Horch

    Thanks for that suggestion.

    I have no idea where to find the php.ini file, and I'm on a hosted web server, so odds are I can't edit the file even if I did find it, no? It's external to tikiwiki, correct?

    This timeout issue when editing a page is a real SHOW STOPPER which would prevent me from unleashing tikiwiki onto my unsuspecting general user community at work! Seriously. There MUST be a way to stop this timeout from happening. PLEASE PLEASE any more assistance or ideas would be great! Help!

    Thanks again to all, -Horch