# Is anyone else having the same problem with this site? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468 "2017-11-17T17:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/1 "2017-11-17T17:03:53Z")
I can reply to posts, but when I create a new topic, if I include a link to an article, the “create topic” button disappears, and as a result, I cannot create a new topic containing a link. This has just begun as of today. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/2 "2017-11-17T20:15:54Z")
What happens if you create the topic then edit it and add the link? ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/3 "2017-11-17T20:46:00Z")
At the top in the middle of the reply section there’s two horizontal bars. Click and hold then move the mouse up. It’ll then display the Reply and Cancel buttons below ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/4 "2017-11-17T22:38:44Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > At the top in the middle of the reply section there’s two horizontal bars. Click and hold then move the mouse up. It’ll then display the Reply and Cancel buttons below That isn’t the problem the OP is having. Being one who is having dysfunction of the software when attempting to attach images to replies, I think there’s a glitch that’s wormed its way into the software. Unloading an image seems to want to disable control by the poster. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/5 "2017-11-18T00:08:31Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > At the top in the middle of the reply section there’s two horizontal bars. Click and hold then move the mouse up. It’ll then display the Reply and Cancel buttons below I’ve been noticing that problem of the “reply” box disappearing too, just recently, the last week or two. I finally discovered the two little horizontal lines which can be used to make it re-appear. For me this happens during a reply when I add a link to the reply, the link pushes the “reply” box off the screen. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/6 "2017-11-18T00:50:31Z")
I’m not having any problems with win 10 ad Chrome, except I need a new keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/7 "2017-11-18T01:29:15Z")
works for me > [@Push button start car, if you push it while driving will it kill the engine?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/push-button-start-car-if-you-push-it-while-driving-will-it-kill-the-engine/109477): > > We have had situations presented that turning the key to off is the solution, will hitting the start button turn the car off in all situations? Do not want to try it on wifey new car, you guys know? Posting an image in post re site problems [image] works for me ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/8 "2017-11-18T01:43:27Z")
Mysterious. I wonder if there have been any updates lately. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/9 "2017-11-20T08:55:57Z")
This is a test post. I just completed some software updates and want to see if it addressed the issue. Nope. No luck. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/10 "2017-11-21T00:53:08Z")
Are you having the same problem as VDCdriver above, where the “New Topic” disappears if you add a link to your post? Or when replying to a post, the “reply” button disappears off the bottom of the screen? If so, try this test. From “General Discussions” click “Create a Topic”. You should see a screen that’s split, brighter on the top, dimmer on the bottom. Do you see that? Now look right in the middle of the screen, where the bright top half meets up with the dim bottom half. Do you see a set of 2 short horizontal lines there? If so, you can click on those to move the Create button back up so you can see it again. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/11 "2017-11-21T16:08:40Z")
Yes, George, I’m having the same problem. Your solution is limited. If I add an image, or even type too many lines, it drives the REPLY button to disappear. I cannot lift the upper margin enough to compensate. There used to be a scroll bar to the right of each lower window that could be used to scroll down without pushing the REPLY button down, but it no longer exists. Somethin’s gone hokey. My guess is that at some point the solution will be stumbled upon. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/12 "2017-11-22T03:48:16Z")
Yeah, now you mention it, that’s the way I recall how it used to work too, with that scroll bar no matter how far the reply button got pushed down you could always bring it back into view. I guess I’ve never run into the problem you mention with the current arrangement, where the reply button is so far down you can’t get it back even by lifting on those two little lines. The website’s format change appears to have produced an unintended consequence. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/13 "2017-11-22T13:44:46Z")
Yup! This new problem persists… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/14 "2017-11-29T21:14:25Z")
Aha! I would appear that some software work has been done! Let’s see if it’s made the site work again. Testing… Nope. The problems still persist. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![neill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/neill/32/3306_2.png) [@neill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/neill)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/15 "2017-12-01T17:25:53Z")
Which OS and device are you using? iPhone, desktop (windows, osx, etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/17 "2017-12-01T21:58:47Z")
Let me give it a shot. ![flowers around chernoble](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/2/2c120085bce11b6c38187ebaa5c52a07b49fefa2.jpg) Yippeeee!!! You fixed it! Many, many thamks. . The flowers, by the way, are growing at Chernoble. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/18 "2017-12-01T23:06:44Z")
Is it fixed “for me”? Hmmm… Let’s see if I can post this link to a brief pictorial history of gasoline stations in The US: > **[A Short Picture History of Gas Stations](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/short-picture-history-gas-stations-180967337/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20171201-daily-responsive&spMailingID=31994560&spUserID=NzQwNDU2MzY2MjAS1&spJobID=1180143970&spReportId=MTE4MDE0Mzk3MAS2)** > > Gas stations have evolved a lot from their humble roots **Edited to add:** Yes! Apparently the fix was successful. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/19 "2017-12-01T23:13:42Z")
Good job, been a little while since I had to build a website, but my experience, ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/8/8cff0d01658221f14f08b1f64a9548ccd50b562c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/20 "2018-01-22T19:07:58Z")
I build them all the time. There are a lot of tools today that make building websites a lot easier in IE or any other web browser. (Angular, Knockout) to name a few. Our websites are not very graphic oriented, but a lot going on behind the scenes. 90% of it is on the server in either Java or C#. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-the-same-problem-with-this-site/109468/21 "2018-01-22T21:57:45Z")
Oh no, you mean there is windows 11 now, instead of 10? Say it ain’t so Joe.