[SOLVED] Issue with getting the Add a Blog button to work properly in CB

We are experiencing a puzzling issue with getting the Add a Blog button to work properly.

We have attached two zip files:

1. A full description of this issue plus The Administrator and User logins needed to view and diagnose our issue are in the PDF zip file which is attached.
2. The other zip file includes the system status files you needed.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

PS: If there is no article in the blog, the button works. As soon as it is added, the button does not work.

Please just post the issue in the future. Do not attach ZIP documents filled with other documents. We do not need system information unless directly requested (nearly never). Please do not provide login credentials unless we directly request them.

Regarding your issue the button is a standard HTML link. It has no JS on it or attached to it. There's nothing special about it. It's not working on your site because you have a CSS issue causing another element to sit on top of the bottom and is intercepting the click event. Specifically it's the below custom CSS.

IN: /templates/js_techie/css/custom.css
ON: Line 585
That is breaking all of CBs flexbox usages with that. Removing it solves the issue. However removing it causes another CSS issue caused by the below.

IN: /templates/js_techie/css/custom.css
ON: Line 218
Having removed both your profiles look fine and work fine. Please be careful in the future when adding custom CSS.

Hi Krileon,

Wow, thanks a million, it had us stumped big time. How you found it is magic and many thanks for the fix. How the heck did you find it?

We had checked out the custom styling but likely missed seeing the problem because we didn't check the accounts with posts. But you came to the rescue!

We knew it had to be a self-inflicted injury because CB is just so darn solid, but we just were plain out of ideas. So, thank you again for the quick response.

Sorry about the overkill on the post, i did my best to get you everything you'd need, guess it was overkill, we'll calibrate better next time.

You guys rock! Thanks again,


We can call this one "fixed."

Wow, thanks a million, it had us stumped big time. How you found it is magic and many thanks for the fix. How the heck did you find it?

Right click and inspect element on the button to see why it looked so wrong compared to a clean install. Reviewed the CSS in the browsers built in developer tools. Fixed the CSS and confirmed working fine after seeing the search form element was overflowing on top of the button.

We knew it had to be a self-inflicted injury because CB is just so darn solid, but we just were plain out of ideas. So, thank you again for the quick response.

No worries, glad to be of help.

Sorry about the overkill on the post, i did my best to get you everything you'd need, guess it was overkill, we'll calibrate better next time.

I appreciate the thought, but be sure to post at the signs of an issue as early as possible instead. That allows us to walk you through debug steps that may provide better results. One of the first tests I'd of advised is switch to default Joomla protostar template and the issue would've gone away letting us know it's a template problem since the custom styling is coming from your template.