# What happened to the board?  Need help.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [September 23, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071 "2005-09-23T15:48:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071/1 "2005-09-23T15:48:44Z")

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When I view a thread the text starts halfway across the page so the entire left half of the text box is left blank, making each post twice as long. I can’t find a way to fix this. I assume this has to do with the board change. Anyone?

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### Author: ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071/2 "2005-09-23T16:28:07Z")

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Check the drop down box to the left of the Contact Us link ant the bottom of the page make sure that “straight dope v3 Gamma” is selected. if not select it and things should be back to normal.

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### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071/3 "2005-09-23T19:37:58Z")

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I’d always heard that the board skewed _left_…

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### Author: ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071/4 "2005-09-24T02:01:13Z")

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> [@askeptic](#):
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> Check the drop down box to the left of the Contact Us link ant the bottom of the page make sure that “straight dope v3 Gamma” is selected. if not select it and things should be back to normal.

Thank you. I knew there had to be a simple way to fix that.

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### Author: ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-board-need-help/323071/5 "2005-09-25T16:19:22Z")

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Thanks. Funny **Marley**.