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There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 12:15 pm
by wizardofmann
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 12:27 pm
by Groucho
When pressing submit or preview on a post that you have spent a lot of effort on why not copy the text so that you can recover the post...
Sometimes pressing the back arrow several times will take you back to your workings too.
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 12:33 pm
by wizardofmann
Foresight is a wonderful thing!
However, I have been using this forum for many years and I cannot remember being automatically logged out before. Could it be a bug after the re-vamp?
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 12:43 pm
by erol
To best of my knowledge the forum has always had such a time out when posting. Could it be you have never taken so long to write your post before ?
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 12:50 pm
by wizardofmann
Could it be you have never taken so long to write your post before ?
It could be but for sure in the future I will copy and paste from my word processor!
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:07 pm
by Groucho
erol wrote: ↑Wed 25 Mar 2020 12:43 pm
To best of my knowledge the forum has always had such a time out when posting. Could it be you have never taken so long to write your post before ?
And you would know.... oh ye of the the lengthy post...
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:18 pm
by Soner
You could always use the
Save Draft button, then continue typing and saving every now and again.
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:24 pm
by Groucho
Soner wrote: ↑Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:18 pm
You could always use the
Save Draft button, then continue typing and saving every now and again.
That's not an option in 'quick reply'...
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:29 pm
by Soner
Click on Full Editor & Preview
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:31 pm
by Groucho
Soner wrote: ↑Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:29 pm
Click on Full Editor & Preview
Yeah but horse has bolted....
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 1:33 pm
by Soner
Yeah but it will stop it bolting again....
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 7:39 pm
by wizardofmann
Thanks for the replies but I don't understand what the reason is that the site logs one out automatically? And what is the actual the length of time before it 'chucks' one off?
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 7:41 pm
by wizardofmann
Thanks for the replies but I don't understand what the reason is that the site logs one out automatically? And what is the actual length of time before it 'chucks' one off?
Re: There it was gone!
Posted: Wed 25 Mar 2020 9:17 pm
by erol
At a guess its a security thing. When you go to post a reply a 'session' is opened with your credentials. The longer it is open the greater chance someone 'inbetween' you and the forum could intercept this session and post something pretending to be you when they are not you.
