Can't Create New Topics

[Rob]

P.S. Why are we only allowed to respond to ben?

Hi @Ray_H, you are allowed to do much more than that!

Are you asking why there is a “Be the first to post…” type of post for each lecture, or, are you experiencing difficulties with the forum?

[Ray_H]

In many areas of this forum (this one included) I am only permitted to reply to Ben’s ‘Be The First…’ topic. In other areas I can create my own topic(s).

[Rob]

Hello @Ray_H,

Could you give me a couple of specific examples that I could check for your please.

The forum software runs a user trust level system, the more a user participates, the quicker they move up through the the levels of the system. It may be that there are some limitations in place because you are currently a “member” as opposed to a “regular”, but if you could give me some examples I can check for you.

Note, I’ve broken our messages out into a new topic so as not to clutter the other thread

[Ray_H]

Rob, It seems to have gone back to behaving normally. i.e. I can now create new topics.

[Rob]

Hi Ray,

Strange. When you couldn’t did the + New Discussion button (top right of the page) not appear? Or did a message / error appear?

I know that there is a daily limit, I believe it’s currently set to 20 per user. There is also a kind of cooling off period after each post / new topic, this is measured in seconds but I don’t think exceeds three 2 minutes for a new topic.

[Ray_H]

There was no ‘+ New Discussion’ exactly as there is none at this moment because I am reading a discussion. But I can now exit reading the discussion and it will appear. Before there was no way to NOT be reading the discussion.

[Rob]

hmm, not come across that before.

If it happens again, please let me know, and grab a screenshot if you can - you can tag me (@rob) or send me a private message if you are unable to create a new topic in this category.

For now I will close this topic and re-open if this issue appears again.