# One Theme To Rule Them All

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639 "2020-06-24T03:33:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/141 "2020-07-15T04:34:44Z")

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How do I start a new thread/topic? I’d start a new one to ask that, I really would, honest, but . . .

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/142 "2020-07-15T04:37:19Z")

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When you’re in each forum/category, there’s a button at the top of the page that says “+New Topic.” In the theme I’m using it’s in the top right.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/143 "2020-07-15T09:10:13Z")

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Nothing like that. A + next to a bell opens a form for “optional tags” with a search field and a “Type here” field. Search field returns “not found”.At the botton is a “Create topic” button. but nothing happens if I click it.

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/144 "2020-07-15T09:21:33Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> “Type here” field.

Try typing the text of your post in the ‘type here’ field. That’s what it’s for. 😀

And type the title where it says ‘type title’.

Then click ‘Create topic’. It won’t post an empty topic if you leave the text blank.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/145 "2020-07-15T12:19:35Z")

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> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> > [@jtur88](#):
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> > “Type here” field.
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> Try typing the text of your post in the ‘type here’ field. That’s what it’s for. 😀
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> And type the title where it says ‘type title’.
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> Then click ‘Create topic’. It won’t post an empty topic if you leave the text blank.

I Filled in text where it says “Type here”. What do I do then to make the “type title” field apprar, and where should I be looking for it?

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/146 "2020-07-20T02:23:19Z")

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It sounds like you’re trying to fill in the area where you add _tags_ or search for _tags_. You don’t want that, you want to start a _topic_.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/147 "2020-07-20T04:14:22Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> It sounds like you’re trying to fill in the area where you add _tags_ or search for _tags_. You don’t want that, you want to start a _topic_…

But that is the only field that open when I click [+] at the upper right, where “new topic” is supposed to be, but isn’t. For those of a normal display, how do you open “add tags”, if the “plus” button opens “new topic”?

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/148 "2020-07-20T05:48:25Z")

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I can only guess that you are using a phone with a small screen, and that part of the form isn’t visible.

It should look like this (I reduced the size of my screen to make it clearer):

[![](https://i.ibb.co/rMb2SR8/new-topic-4.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/rMb2SR8/new-topic-4.png)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639/149 "2020-07-20T05:52:56Z")

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I’ve solved the issue. See “bizarro zoom” thread.

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