As an additional security precaution, you will be automatically logged out of Presto if you do not interact with your Presto backend or website for more than 30 minutes (this timeout period pertains to all users and is set by a system administrator).

IMPORTANT: When this happens, your browser will not automatically return to the Log In screen. This is due to the nature of online applications. Instead, the first link or button that you click in the Presto! back-end (including a content form's Submit button) will bring up the Log In screen. This can result in loss of work if you were to have left a content page open with unsaved changes.  For this reason it is good practice to always save what you are working on before leaving the browser for an extended period of time. It is also recommended that you get in the habit of logging out each time you are finished using the system.

Restated, if a user tries to click on ANY Presto page link in an expired Presto backend, they will be redirected to the login form.

There is a "keep alive" function that works with Presto forms in general, and with some form WYSIWYG editors fields, that enables you to keep working on a form, and have a signal sent every 5 minutes to Presto to stay logged in.  This prevents the aggravation of editing content without having to save it repeatedly in order to avoid being logged out automatically.

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