Admin Keepalive Timer [Support Thread]

Since v1.5.0 was released with stronger security against unattended admin logins, some people have found it frustrating if they've been taking a long time composing content and didn't know that their inactivity had logged them out, or while talking on the phone but not touching their computer.

This plugin aims to counter that problem by** popping up a notification window if there is no activity in the admin screen for an extended period of time, and logs out only if the prompt is not acknowledged, else keeps them logged in as long as they keep working.**

INSTALLATION IS SIMPLE:

1. Unzip and upload the files.
2. Make a small addition to the bottom of the existing /your_admin/includes/header.php file to enable the keepalive system.

DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1526

NOTE: I won't be surprised if there are some small display quirks in Chrome, and maybe IE (doesn't everything break in IE?).

Feedback welcome.

Great idea. Works as advertised on my 1.5.1 test site.

Errr...thanks but see no option on v1.50
Where is the fonction appearing in the admin panel?

There's no admin switch to turn it on or off, if that's what you're looking for. As the instructions say, To activate it, simply add the following line to the end of your existing /RENAMED_ADMIN/includes/header.php file: <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'keepalive_module.php'); ?>

In the constants, do the empty spans do anything?

<p class="ui-state-error-text"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert" style="float:left; margin:0 7px 50px 0;"></span>...

torvista:

do the empty spans do anything?
Yes. They're part of the jQuery UI constructs

Afternoon!

I have been waiting for something like this..... too many times Have I been logged out halfway through a long page write up :o/

I am not sure if it is functioning correctly. When the 15 mins is almost up the entire screen goes green, you can not click anything or carry on working and there is no pop up message. The header also changes to a count down timer.

The only way out is to press F5 to refresh the screen, which means I lose everything I was writing.

I dont think this is how it is intened to work. I am using zc1.5.1 and ie9.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

The countdown dialog box (during green overlay) might be displaying at the top of the page ... so scroll up to access it. Instead of pressing F5.

DrByte:

The countdown dialog box (during green overlay) might be displaying at the top of the page ... so scroll up to access it. Instead of pressing F5.

thanks for the reply.... All i get is the green overlay, there is no dialog box displayed. :o/

I have scrolled up, down and side to side (lol). Could I have installed something wrong?

I have tried accessing the admin in ie8 aswll but I get the same result.

Thanks once again for your help ;o)

I've never personally tested it on any IE browsers. I thought IE was dead?

Do you get the same symptoms on a more reliable browser?

DrByte:

I've never personally tested it on any IE browsers. I thought IE was dead?

Do you get the same symptoms on a more reliable browser?

IE dead? ..... never lol

I got the same result on others too, however today it just started working.

Funny five mins me thinks. Thanks for you help DrByte, great addon!

Dr Byte

Great bit of kit....

Been using it for a few days now, today I noticed with this module installed if I go to edit a page of the website it doesnt allow me to in the WYCIWYG mode using the TinyMCE editor it just displays the page in HTML plain text format.....strange this one

I've removed the module and it started working again the TinyMCE is displaying the page content.

Anyone else got this happening to them at all?

I am using CKEditor without any trouble with Keep Alive ...

Ok Ive been doing some more digging around and here is where I am with this......

The TinyMCE editor stops working the minute I place the;

In the my header.php file.......

Any ideas people.....Module works a treat but the minute I complete the above last step I lose my TINY MCE editor

I'm sure its go to me something small

Guessing that your editor plugin is trying to reload jquery but it's already loaded by the keepalive script.

DrByte:

Guessing that your editor plugin is trying to reload jquery but it's already loaded by the keepalive script.

Any idea how I can fix this?

Apologies for the delay in replying. I've submitted a new version which "plays better with others", such as TinyMCE which also loads jQuery on the page. This update will skip reloading jquery if it's already loaded.

FYI: using Zen Cart 1.5.1

I work with Firefox for admin purposes only.

It works perfectly in Firefox (18.0.1). I only wish it would warn you of the session ending with a popup window. If you are using many tabs in your browser or have many browser windows open, and the admin window is not active, you will miss the warning.

As for IE9.0.12, it warns you with the green screen appearing below the footer section of the admin window. ( picture attached). After 15 minutes, It warns you "Sorry, you have logged out due to inactivity". Once you click continue, you can go back in and continue working in admin, or in another-words the admin session remains active!

In Chrome, nothing happens the warning doesn't even appear.

I have not tried Opera yet.

Works great in all pages except the pages that has spiffyCalendar. The timer dialog or the timeout dialog does not, instead the input box of the calendar and the blue dropdown button shows in the left top corner without any header display. This is happening on all the following browsers, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE.

Appreciate if you can provide a fix.

We are using Zen 1.5.1 and Keepalive Timer-beta0.2.