How to keep from being automatically logged out?!

[Andy Ritter]

Hello,

I have had on more than one occasion the problem where it takes me awhile to compose a posting, either because I just put a lot of thought into what I want to say, or I am checking out the aquarium to make sure that I am accurate in what I'm saying, or simply because I might need to go to the bathroom, etc. The point is, it is very frustrating to have typed up many paragraphs of well thought through information, just to have it all disappear when you click on "Preview Post" because you get the page that says that you aren't logged in. Then when I log back in, all of my hard work is gone!! Sometimes I remember to copy and paste everything that I have typed into a Word document before I click on "Preview Post", that way when it ends up getting wiped out, all I have to do is copy and paste it back. However, if I forget to do that, or don't realize that I have taken too long, I want to just scream! Sometimes that makes me just say "forget it", and not even go back and type it back up. I tried to see if there was a setting that I could choose that would keep me from being logged out (like how eBay has the option of "Keep me signed in for today"), but I can't find anything.

Do you know of a solution to this problem?

Thanks,

Andy

[ashappard]

when you log in, there should be a checkbox next to your username that says something like 'Remember Me' - try that, and make sure you have cookies enabled incase that is the mechanism for remembering your information.

[Andy Ritter]

Thanks. That seems to be working. Hopefully I won't have any more issues.