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What is this and why is it happening?

Happens to me on occasion.  ANNOYING!  Especially when I'm carrying on more then one PM conversation at a time.  I'm sure it is another limit of SMF similar to the 10 PM's per hour.

It's correct.
PM's, replies to threads and reports to moderators all count to the 20 seconds limit.

I've seen it. Only a few times and I'm all over the place with a dozen internet tabs and posts, PM's

I improved this. The max time between posts now changes depending on how many posts you have. If you have more than 100 posts, you can now post more frequently than every 20 seconds. The more posts you have, the lower the time, down to a minimum of 4 seconds.

Members with few posts now have to wait up to 6 minutes between posts. Does anyone know the best way to make it so that form data is not reset when hitting the back button? I think this happens just because the forum uses HTTPS. Can this behavior be changed?

I might actually increase this minimum time between posts later and increase the number of posts allowed hourly once the form issue is figured out.

That is fantastic, thank you. I would think over 100 posts would be a better number though.

I'm not familiar with form data myself

When you say "form data" are you talking about the content of posts and PMs?  I use Chrome and I've never had a problem with losing content if I hit the back button.

Yeah. Form data is lost with Firefox and IE when you hit the back button. I think this is the default behavior with HTTPS sites.

Weird.  I do get warnings with some sites that form data will need to be re-sent and others (like my bank and some government websites) won't let me use the back button at all, but I assumed that must be server side because it only happens with some HTTPS sites. 

Not on my Firefox. I still have the form data when I hit the back button. ???
A good way to bypass it is to press F5, as it resubmits the data again without the need to go back.
Maybe a note on the error page saying to wait x seconds, press F5 and say yes when it asks if one wishes to submit the data again will do?

It should be more like 1 minute. I'm pretty sure most of the posts you write in less than 20 seconds are something like "+1" or "me too"- not really worth a new post. (tbh I also made some posts like that)

The best solution is probably to not force users to hit the back button in the first place - instead display the usual comment/PM submission form with their comment already filled in and a note at the top telling them they need to wait.

That would be better, but that's a bigger change.


That's strange. I use the latest version of Firefox. It happens even when JavaScript is disabled, and I don't think the forum is sending any cache-control headers or anything.

This likely has to do with your privacy settings. If you have specified not to save form and search data, or have disabled remembering browser history, then there should be nothing to go back to. Ideally the browser would not reveal what you were just looking at even three seconds before if you navigate away from that page.

It works for me on other sites.

I think it's just HTTPS. Firefox actually respects your privacy when using HTTPS in ways which it wouldn't normally, regardless of your privacy settings. I've seen quite a few HTTPS sites that are at least partially broken in Firefox because they expect the browser to handle private data in insecure ways.

theymos, I just ran into the 10 PM's per hour limit, would you update that to a larger number for people with a high amount of posts?

That is not possible.  It is evidently a limitation of the forum software.  many have asked.

This is great innovation. Thanks, it will help a lot when doing deals/loans etc.


For losing data, that gets copied and stored for reasons like these, its not a hit win to solve the problem, but I use Lazurus, just a suggestion if this does not get solved. Addon is great for when you lose a large type up for a large sum of forms.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/

Posting in less than 20 seconds doesn't mean writing in less than 20 seconds. When making announcements you often write the posts in advance and then post a few in rapid succession. I have very often encountered this problem.

Admin option. It can be changed.

Not by user level/post count, I think. Change it for one, change it for all.

Right. I could change the code like I did for this "last posting from your IP" thing. I probably will at some point.

Early today while switching from one account to post with another, I saw for the first time that posting from my IP I must wait 360 seconds. I was thinking about copying and pasting it somewhere, but chose not to, but now wish I did if I knew this thread existed.

~Bruno K~

I think 6 minutes is waaaaay too long. One minute would be a good spot.

I always copy into the clipboard prior to posting. Have had to retype messages too many times.

If the forum says you need to wait to post etc, it gives you a little back button hyperlink which preserves what you wrote in the form on the previous page. If you just click your browsers back button then it gets cleared.

THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!! >:(

???

The worst is when youre a newbie and have to wait 6 minutes!!!

I don't mind the wait, I understand it, but I do have a problem when somebody replies to the topic while you're entering your comment. Then it shows the "you might want to review bla bla bla" screen if you click the Post button, I quickly check what has been said and want to click again on Post but then I also get the message. So the first click on Post counts towards the counter even though nothing was actually posted?

Or am I doing it wrong? :)

You can turn that warning off in your profile settings. It's under look and layout and you check the box "Don't warn on new replies made while posting." if you want to disable it.

As far as I'm aware only personal messages, posting and logging in count towards the cool down you are experiencing.

Well... not the answer I was looking for because I actually like that warning, but ok, it's a solution :)

No, the preview message or warning you get does not re-set the clock. If you haven't waited the full 6 minutes before you post it will though.

I have made no posts today and got the message


i also couldn't search as it told me i had to wait, and yet i had literally just logged in..

Cache issue perhaps server side?

That's normal and nothing wrong with server or cache.

Logging in itself also resets the clock, even though it's not actually your 'last posting'.

You better read post #32 here again if you still have question.

Logging in apparantly does nothing. Whatever I do I still get the same stupid message and I can't reply to someone I had a private conversation with.This just sucks !

yeah man keep happening with me all the time while doing multiple pm at a time also when you are reading someone's offer  and you reply on thread and same time you got a query on your ongoing thread and you can't revert it instantly is the most irritating situation for this !!  :)

I think your other account was a newbie or so.
Newbie accounts need a 360 second gap between posts.

360 seconds for newbie is too long.

It's annoying for sure but everyone has to deal with it. The time limit between posts goes down the more activity you get so just ride it out and do your time and it won't be a problem.

At least there is no longer a newbie jail now. You have a "less annoying" newbie restriction than all of us here lol.

Ahh, the good old days... :)

I've never posted here and no one else on my IP has either, and I'm still getting the message.


Edit: not anymore, heh.

log-in, send PMs and report posts still will reset your timer