Go to the homepage and scroll down until you see the list of forums. You'll see a green button below each forum that says "New Thread".
I just added direct excel support for uploads. No need to put it in a zip file now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
The reply box at the bottom of every page disappeared because of an upgrade. Just click on the Reply Button instead for the time being.
Hover your mouse over your name at the top right of any page and one of the menu choices will be to log out.
Discourse.org < in case you want to migrate to a modern forum software and let members help in moderating the forum.
It's always been an ideal meeting ground with the eye candy that goes through there ;-) I know you must be pretty busy with the new roll-out. Let me know when it's convenient for you.