Anyone else keep getting logged off? at DVinfo.net

Les Wilson · February 6th, 2010, 08:55 PM

Did something change on the site? Several times I login, write a post and by the time I'm finished 20 minutes later, I click submit and I find myself logged out and the post is lost.

Chris Soucy · February 6th, 2010, 09:11 PM

Had the problem a while ago, Jeff Cramer posted this link to sort the problem, which it did.

4 Ways to Clear Browser Cookies for Just One Site Optimize It!

Don't forget to click the "remember me" thing on your login else it won't afterwards.

CS

Andrew Gyles · February 7th, 2010, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Les Wilson

Did something change on the site? Several times I login, write a post and by the time I'm finished 20 minutes later, I click submit and I find myself logged out and the post is lost.

Yes, this did happen to me when I wrote a post about a month ago. I wrote again, and pressed on "Preview Post" a couple of times during the writing to try to avoid being logged out. It worked, but I didn't take as long the second time.

It can take a long time to write a post if you are looking up technical references as you go.

Andrew Gyles

Bob Hart · February 8th, 2010, 12:22 AM

This is actually an old issue and maybe has much to do with tidily and efficiently operating a site as heavily subscribed to as this one. Log ins time out and this can be vexing.

The easiest way around is to copy the topic into wordpad or similar, log out and write the reply at your leisure, login in again and post it. During this time you can also ponder do I really need to do this anyway and by the time you log in again to reply, the answer may well have been conveyed by someone else smarter and more in the knowing of the topic.

Chris Hurd · February 8th, 2010, 03:32 AM

Bob has given some excellent advice in better words than I would have chosen.

Les Wilson · February 15th, 2010, 01:26 PM

I'd not had the problem with this site before so I was not doing the usual
Compose for a long time
select my whole post
copy to the clipboard in case the submit fails
click submit

The problem for me in this case was I had switched to 1Password and the Remember Me was not getting selected on my login. Fixing that fixed the problem.

February 6th, 2010, 08:55 PM	#1
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	Anyone else keep getting logged off? Did something change on the site? Several times I login, write a post and by the time I'm finished 20 minutes later, I click submit and I find myself logged out and the post is lost.

February 6th, 2010, 09:11 PM	#2
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Hi Les.............. Had the problem a while ago, Jeff Cramer posted this link to sort the problem, which it did. 4 Ways to Clear Browser Cookies for Just One Site Optimize It! Don't forget to click the "remember me" thing on your login else it won't afterwards. CS

February 8th, 2010, 12:22 AM	#4
Bob Hart Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PERTH. W.A. AUSTRALIA. Posts: 4,477	This is actually an old issue and maybe has much to do with tidily and efficiently operating a site as heavily subscribed to as this one. Log ins time out and this can be vexing. The easiest way around is to copy the topic into wordpad or similar, log out and write the reply at your leisure, login in again and post it. During this time you can also ponder do I really need to do this anyway and by the time you log in again to reply, the answer may well have been conveyed by someone else smarter and more in the knowing of the topic. Last edited by Bob Hart; February 8th, 2010 at 12:22 AM. Reason: error

February 8th, 2010, 03:32 AM	#5
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Bob has given some excellent advice in better words than I would have chosen. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

February 15th, 2010, 01:26 PM	#6
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	I'd not had the problem with this site before so I was not doing the usual Compose for a long time select my whole post copy to the clipboard in case the submit fails click submit The problem for me in this case was I had switched to 1Password and the Remember Me was not getting selected on my login. Fixing that fixed the problem.