UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.classic UBB.classic 6 Support How can multiple copies of postings be prevented?

What can be done to prevent a poster from clicking the "edit post" button more than once which is causing double and triplicate postings? Is there any way to trap these unwanted key presses?
What happens is that the poster becomes impatient because the system is slow to respond and additional key presses are initiated due to the slow system response.

Does the timing settings used to prevent flooding of messages play a part here?
Our current settings is 30 seconds whereas the recommended is 60 seconds.

It often takes about 30 seconds for someone to become impatient and hit the button again. If the server is bogged down a little bit it can take a little over it for the post to actually be posted. That is where you get the double posts. You'll want to be sure your floodcheck time is set above the time it takes for your server to complete the process of making a post, then add a margin of error. 1 minute is usually just about right.

Thank you David,
I will change to 60.

I am also considering changing the add post/add reply form to call attention to the need on only one press.

The link below shows an example of some changes being considered but these changes have not been made to the original template.

http://www.portone.com/aghatch1/misc/new_post_rev3.html