Users appear online way too long

[Erika]

Hi - I am trying to reduce the time that a user appears online, after they have not officially logged out, but have essentially closed out my forum.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Any help is much appreciated :)

[Aken]

Admin CP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Cookies and HTTP Header Options ('Time-out for Cookie' is what you're looking for)

Just make sure that in your General Settings the Thread/Forum Read Marking Type is not set to 'Inactivity/Cookie Based', or once your user goes off the Who's Online list any unread posts they left will be set to read, which might confuse your visitors!

[Erika]

Thanks so much :)

[Zachery]

Just remember not to set this too low, otherwise for your users who choose not to stay logged in (eg: dont use cookies) will have issues wirting longer posts.