# StraightDope Architecture... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 18, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558 "2002-07-18T05:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/1 "2002-07-18T05:27:21Z")
Why is the board now designed to show a blank response box at the bottom of the page everytime I open a window to post a new thread? I believe it shows up after I submit a question - after the screen “returns” you to your posting. - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/2 "2002-07-18T05:28:32Z")
I am responding to my own question in this senseless “Your Reply” box. That is all… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/3 "2002-07-18T11:15:14Z")
The Straight Dope has architecture? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/4 "2002-07-18T12:40:17Z")
That’s just the quick reply box; it’s at the bottom of every thread. Just doesn’t have the cool formatting, like colors, url, bolding, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/5 "2002-07-18T12:51:14Z")
**dantheman** : You can do it manually, however. The big box has buttons that launch Javascript popups that do the actual coding for you, but it all comes down to vB code, which you can always enter manually into the box. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/6 "2002-07-18T14:00:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*The Straight Dope has architecture? \*\* Neo-classical, post-modernist ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/7 "2002-07-18T14:27:54Z")
Well, sure. You can either use the Quick Reply box (labeled “Your Reply”), click the “Post Reply” button, or click the “quote” button. All will allow you to post. The latter two choices will bring up the window with all of the formatting options; with the first choice (as you said), one has to enter the coding manually (which is what I do nearly all of the time). ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/8 "2002-07-18T14:33:29Z")
Hey **Jinx** , are you really just noticing that box now, or are you just getting around to asking about it now? It’s been there for some weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-architecture/119558/9 "2002-07-18T17:16:44Z")
[FAQ - technical issues - please read this **BEFORE** posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1996510#post1996510)