weepingwillow wrote:The logging out only seems to be when i take a while to write so i'm thinking its just timing out or something.
Yes it times out after 30mins I think. The best way I've found around this is to check the box that says "log me in automatically" (or some similar wording to that) when I'm logging in and then, before hitting the submit button on my message/reply highlighting all the text and pressing Control + C to copy. That way if I suddenly lose it all from timing out, I get logged back in automatically and can just press Control + V to paste my message/reply back into the box again.
weepingwillow wrote:Also, i haven't been getting emails to let me know when someone replies to a post or i receive a pm.
For this, check "User Control Panel" (up near where you go to private messages). For PMs, go to the third tab "Board Preferences", "Edit Global Settings", check that "Administrators can e-mail me information" is set to yes, and that "Notify me on new private messages" is set to yes, click "submit" button. Then for replies, same tab "Board Preferences", left menu "edit posting defaults", check "Notify me upon replies by default" is set to yes, click "submit" button.