HI everyone.

I am currently using cookies for the authentication in MCMS 2002.

The authors/editors will log in using the default login page. But the
problem happens when the time which editors/authors work on the page
exceeds the cookie lifespan.

In this case, when the user tries to save their work, they are shown
the login screen again. Upon input of credentials, all the effort is
lost and this can be quite frustrating.

Is it possible to set the cookie to non-expiry when work is being done
on a page? Else is it possible to have an alert to prompt the user to
save when the cookie is about to expire?

thanks.

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Hi Triston,

I don't think that one of this is possible.
You can increase the lifespan in general in the SCA (ensure that the ASP.NET
cookie lifespan is also increased in the web.config)

Cheers,
Stefan.

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"triston" <triston1977sg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> HI everyone.
>
> I am currently using cookies for the authentication in MCMS 2002.
>
> The authors/editors will log in using the default login page. But the
> problem happens when the time which editors/authors work on the page
> exceeds the cookie lifespan.
>
> In this case, when the user tries to save their work, they are shown
> the login screen again. Upon input of credentials, all the effort is
> lost and this can be quite frustrating.
>
> Is it possible to set the cookie to non-expiry when work is being done
> on a page? Else is it possible to have an alert to prompt the user to
> save when the cookie is about to expire?
>
> thanks.

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Hi

Or place one of those javascript based timers on the page
in edit mode (careful, we don't want subscribers to see
this). Before the time is up, alert the user. Here's an
article that may help:
http://javascript.about.com/library...y/aa073001a.htm

Mei Ying

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Triston,
>
>I don't think that one of this is possible.
>You can increase the lifespan in general in the SCA
(ensure that the ASP.NET
>cookie lifespan is also increased in the web.config)
>
>Cheers,
>Stefan.
>
>--
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>MCMS FAQ:
>http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/5/4250f79a-
c3a1-4003-9272-2404e92bb76a/MCMS+2002+-+(complete)+FAQ.htm
>MCMS Blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossner/category/4983.aspx
>MCMS Sample Code:
>http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/...les/Default.asp
x? ProductDropDownList=Content+Management+S
erver
>MCMS Whitepapers and other docs:
>http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossne...e/2003/12/07/41
859.aspx
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>
>
>"triston" <triston1977sg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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