wondering if there's a setting that allows users to edit forum posts

Hi, 

I'm pretty new to dolphin.  I'm wondering there's a setting in the forums module that allows users to edit topics they have already posted.  

many thanks! 

By default own post editing is allowed within 1 hour from posting.

To change this timeout value - edit the following line:

$gConf['edit_timeout'] = 3600; // edit timeout in sec

in modules/boonex/forum/inc/header.inc.php file.

But what if i can't change it in the first 10 seconds?

I don't understand this, you can change the timeout so that one can edit it any time from now until 5 years from now.  You would also want to remove the countdown time.  I actually wrote a post on this way back when.  I don't think it is in the blog but in a forum topic.  Search using my name and see if you can find it.