[Typo3] 2 simple(?) FE user questions

[Bernhard Kraft]

Eric Blom wrote:

> 2) How can I control the front end session length for Typo3? I've  seen
> the FE auto logout extension, but, this extension only works if  the
> user actually has one of my pages loaded. I would like their FE  session
> to expire based on time regardless of if they are still at my  site. For
> example, I would like to set a time limit of 10 minutes. If  the user
> has not navigated to or reloaded one of my pages their FE  session
> should be ended and they should have to either log in again  or the
> cookie from (1) above should log them back in and start a new  session.

Set:
[FE][lifetime]

in the install tool to the required value in seconds.

If you set it to a "very" high value it will be kept even when the browse
is closed (which is not the case when "0" is chosen - such cookies are only
valid through the complete browsing session: until the user opens a new browser
by clicking the IE icon or starting another FF session)

> 1) How can I provide users with a "Remember Me", "Auto Login", "Save 
> Login", etc, checkbox when they login just like the Typo3 bug  tracking
> system and many other sites provide?
> http://bugs.typo3.org
> 
> I'm using the New Front End Login Box (newloginbox), but, could  switch
> to another extensions if that is the solution.

You would have to set [FE][lifetime] depending on the case if this checkbox
is set or not. this feature would need to get implemented in the T3 core I
suppose (possibly as an XCLASS extension).


greets,
Bernhard