I set Fireboard flood protection to 3 seconds.
It blocked every attempt to create a new thread.
(It might block every post, but I did not try.)

When I removed the number 3 and left flood protection blank, I could create a new thread and post without problems.

Running:
Joomla 1.0.12
PHP 5.2
Fireboard Forum

Now this is sounding like a bug report so I will try to submit it there.

I have the same issue, but with 1.0.1

If a user replys to a post, then trys to post again they get the flood protection message.

Help appreciated !

Same here on 1.0.1. Have been experimenting with different flood protection settings but anything other than 0 will block users after the first post they make.

www.starVmax.com

Has anyone solved this yet? I have the same problem. I have to set the flood to 0 or 0.5 to get it to work. That seems a bit dangerous to me.

Please help, FB is the core of my site.

Nick

Nope - Still not working.

I am having the exact same issue.

The following is my solution:

After:

[code:1]
if ($fbConfig['floodprotection'] != 0)
{
$database->setQuery("select max(time) from #__fb_messages where ip='$ip'"«»);
$lastPostTime = $database->loadResult();
}
[/code:1]

Add and repace:

[code:1]
$usertime = $systime+($fbConfig['board_ofset'] * 3600);
if ( $fbConfig['floodprotection'] != 0 && ($lastPostTime + $fbConfig['floodprotection']) > $usertime && $do != "edit" && !$is_admin)
{
echo _POST_TOPIC_FLOOD1;
echo $fbConfig['floodprotection'] . " " . _POST_TOPIC_FLOOD2 . "";
echo _POST_TOPIC_FLOOD3;
return;
}

if (($fbConfig['floodprotection'] != 0 && ((($lastPostTime + $fbConfig['floodprotection']) id)
{
$database->setQuery("SELECT name, username, email FROM #__users WHERE id=$my->id"«»);
$userquery = $database->loadObjectList();

if ($database->query())
{
foreach ($userquery as $user)
{
$my_name = $fbConfig['username'] ? $user->username : $user->name;
$my_email = $user->email;
$registeredUser = 1;
}
}
else
{
echo _POST_ERROR . "";
echo _POST_EXIT;
return;
}
}
}
/* comment the following code
else
{
echo _POST_TOPIC_FLOOD1;
echo $fbConfig['floodprotection'] . " " . _POST_TOPIC_FLOOD2 . "";
echo _POST_TOPIC_FLOOD3;
return;
}*/
[/code:1]

what file does that go into? And do you mean we replace the first line of code with the second? Or do we put the second block of code after the first?

thanks!

The flood protection code is found in post.php

However, this fix doesn't work for me, using the latest Joomla 1.0.13 and Fireboard 1.0.3

Is anyone else experiencing the same difficulties using flood protection? This is an important element of the board for me, and I imagine many other users.

I'm dealing with the same issue here, also with the newest versions.
My guets and registered users get the following message all the time when creating a new thread;
"The administrator of this forum has enabled Flood Protection and has decided that you must wait 3 seconds before you can make another post.
Please click your browser’s back button to get back to the forum."

Flood Protection at 0 doesnt sound very safe

I hope the BoJ-crew can help us out


Greetz Rody