Hiya,
Just to let you know, if you fancy doing a large reply or piece of writing then before you hit submit copy the text (highlight, right click of the mouse, menu pops up, left click on copy.) That way if you click on submit and it tells you to log in, you can then log in, go to the topic/thread you were writing in and you have not lost it as all you need to do is paste it (ensure the cursor is in the space you wish to write, then right click any where in the box, menu pops up again and left click on paste)
It is not just on this site this happens to, it is on any site. The site has to connect to the server, if this does not happen within a certain set time, then it times out. If we set it any longer then you/we would not know who is really on the site, as if people do not log themselves out then it would keep them logged in until the server logged them out. For example it could say there is ten people on and really there would only be 3.
Thanks for reading.
Vicky xxxx