Disable Admin Timout on Development site?

Is there any way to disable the VERY ANNOYING ADMIN console 15 minute timeout?
I do not care anything at all about being PCI compliant on a test site that is not live to public!
I spend more time logging in than I do making changes often! :blush:

As a newbie with almost no clue what I am doing with Zencart, Openoffice, Easypopulate, etc.. etc..
I do a ton of searching and reading trying to figure out how to do things. THEN I forget what I think I learned by the time I get logged back in after the time out.

It should at least be set to something decent like 1hr or so if not totally disabled. I can spend more than 15 minutes looking at the store as the customer would see it, trying to figure why something is not right, looking at the distributor site to get some info on an item or searching 2000 pics etc... and of course I am logged out again. LOL

I am not complaining, just stating it can be a big problem to some of us and why.

To get my Zenstore going I have set up at least 10 usernames and passwords now around the web. My hosting service, new email accounts, this forum, distributors, etc... so 1/2 the time I even forget what username or password is for my Zenstore and have to look it up. :blink:

Some of us are not very smart, but we still try. :smile:

Some ideas here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?210856-Keep-admin-logged-in-more-than-15-minutes

Thanks! That seemed to help allot!

I used the refresh Who's Online and set it to 1 minute, and included my IP also, so far not been timed out yet.

That seemed to be the easiest and best option, and when I go online later with the store open it will be easy to change back for PCI compliance.

Bikerstuff:

To get my Zenstore going I have set up at least 10 usernames and passwords now around the web. My hosting service, new email accounts, this forum, distributors, etc... so 1/2 the time I even forget what username or password is for my Zenstore and have to look it up.

A password manager makes finding those logins a breeze. I use RoboForm to manage in excess of 150 logins.

Thanks, I may try that RoboForm.

Bikerstuff:

Thanks! That seemed to help allot!

I used the refresh Who's Online and set it to 1 minute, and included my IP also, so far not been timed out yet.

That seemed to be the easiest and best option, and when I go online later with the store open it will be easy to change back for PCI compliance.

Just an update,

Though it worked for me, for awhile, it seemed to have reset to the default of manual and NO to my IP.
I had purposely let Admin sit idle for 25 minutes or so several times to test it last time and I was staying logged in. Then somehow I started getting logged out again after the 15minutes!
I just set it back to check 1 minute and Yes for my IP again now.

I have no clue as to why it reset back to the default setting.

I believe that admin setting is not a permanent change, but lasts only as long as your session is active. When you shut down for the night, you lose the session and will need to restart that setting.