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Control Panel Time Out

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Category: ProductCart
Forum Name: Getting Started
Forum Description: Installing, activating, and getting started with ProductCart
URL: https://forum.productcart.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5993
Printed Date: 24-April-2024 at 6:01pm
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Topic: Control Panel Time Out

Posted By: NWClips Craig
Subject: Control Panel Time Out
Date Posted: 23-March-2015 at 4:06pm

I've noticed that the time out for the control panel seems to be VERY short. Is there any way to make this longer? I work on a dedicated PC in a private office at home so I'm definitely not worried about someone jumping on and doing something, but it would be nice to not have to log in every time I make a small change to a page, an image or CSS file...

Thanks,

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~ Craig B.

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Posted By: Greg Dinger
Date Posted: 23-March-2015 at 4:33pm

if you site is not properly configured by your host, you could be seeing this problem. Where are you hosted?

I have this:
http://www.greybearddesign.com/productcart/admin-session-saver/" rel="nofollow - http://www.greybearddesign.com/productcart/admin-session-saver/

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Posted By: NWClips Craig
Date Posted: 23-March-2015 at 5:36pm

The development site is hosted with GoDaddy (where the customer's old site is and what he wants to go away from soon). 20 minutes? I'm not getting two... Maybe there's a setting with the host or it's also possible I'm having an issue with my cookies. Thanks for the reply.

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~ Craig B.

Posted By: NWClips Craig
Date Posted: 24-March-2015 at 12:04am

FYI - Right after I posted the above, GoDaddy's servers (control panel and ftp) were down for about four hours. In the meantime, I closed everything and rebooted. Once the servers were back up, I can now stay logged in for at least 15 minutes so one of those two things fixed the problem.

I hate having issues with new things where you're never sure what is causing it! *Sigh...*

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~ Craig B.

Posted By: Greg Dinger
Date Posted: 24-March-2015 at 2:40pm

GoDaddy is a poor environment for a serious store. They overload their servers and many of us have expressed over the years that the wise merchant hosts with a developer who is actively engaged in supporting this platform.

I stand ready to assist should you care to reach out to me.

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GreyBeard Design Group

Certified ProductCart Developer

Web Design/Development/Hosting

http://tinyurl.com/5c8t4t" rel="nofollow - Add-Ons & Custom Code |

Posted By: NWClips Craig
Date Posted: 24-March-2015 at 5:27pm

Thanks Greg. The goal is to get a website that can be easily ported to a new host. GoDaddy is only being used for the initial development because it's what he already has. I don't know how many suggestions and bug fixes I've submitted to them regarding their Quick Shopping Cart product - probably a couple dozen.

Although I'm fairly new to HTML5, CSS and Javascript (and Bootstrap), I've absorbed several video tutorials (at double speed - lol) which has helped give me a context to work in. Now the main things that trip me up besides general inexperience are the actual tools provided by ProductCart and that's only because I'm not completely sure what they are doing though I'm starting to get a good idea.

Actually, my biggest hurdle is getting my customer to understand that creating the content (hundreds of products with thousands of images) is what takes the most time and that anyone advertising to build a website quick won't be doing any of that.

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~ Craig B.