You are not allowed to create or update this content

You cannot post to parent forums e.g. iPhone rather than Using iPhone. Occasionally a post you are composing a reply to will be removed while you are writing, which can give the same error. It is also possible that details you copy into a post from elsewhere might contain hidden characters or formatting which can cause a post to fail.

tt2

Hi Lourufmom. If you want to post a new question, just ignore the search results, and select the Ask Question option. I think it's below the search results.

try selecting a category

clear the catch and select the right category when you post, it will work

The post limit is an anti-spam measure and should ease off after some time or progress has been made on the site. We don't have the details of how it operates.

tt2

Valid point you made.

Their message was misleading. It said I could not create content, and the content I wished to make was a new post ergo I could not post, when in fact I should have written that I cannot start a new thread.

Tried again, and now have the message "Post limit reached. Please try again in a few moments."

I tried a "few moments" later, and it posted. I get the Post limed reached msg every time I post or edit. I can wait a few mins.

change the category

Which sub-community are you trying to post in, Using iPhone, iPhone Hardware, etc?

Use your User Preferences page to turn off the option to send email for content you are following, or stop following Using Apple Support Communities.

tt2

You've been blocked.

This is a huge thread - the answer is here somewhere

You must post NEW Questions in a "child" or "leaf" sub-forum - if they exist - the Parent/Branch/Top-Level won't allow it resulting in the error you cite

EXAMPLE

iPhone > NOT ALLOWED

• Using iPhone
• iPhoneHardware
• iPhone in Business and Education
• iPhoneAccessories

If you continue to have problems - or cannot post a REPLY somewhere - we will need to get you in contact with our Hosts

I would never ever have found or guessed this. The UI is terrible! I have been blocked from posting for a year because of this bug/bogus error message with no indication of what the actual problem is. This is typical Apple SW.

I also am unable to create a post, but can only post something to a thread that is already in existence.

i've tried using this forum to figure out why, but so far I've been unable to either solve the problem that I was originally trying to fix, or solve the problem inherent with simply posting something on the help blog even though my password and username work just fine.

Like many other people probably, I'm not at all interested in dbeing some kind of expert user or possessing a lot of esoteric knowledge, I just want to use my phone and do things that to me would seem like changing a lightbulb without requiring an engineer.

You know there is a real issue with apple user friendliness when folks like us need to use a support forum to try to figure out why we can easily post to an apple support forum.

I am no computer light weight having used and inevitably troubleshooted computers from commodore 128 thru various pc's and then finally about 6 years ago mac and iPhone. None the less, I find a high time cost associated with apple and iPhone with a lot of time required to fix various glitches.

I agree, Vincent. I have been in computers since about 1996. I built a computer around the first part of this century. I lived in a five star, 55 plus, park in Florida and helped a lot of other people with their computer problems. I have never had any problems with posting questions in other forums. You would think with all the problems that people are having, that they would make this forum more user friendly. Evidently they don't care.