diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee
index 7928120bd1..262a3028c4 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class @DiscussionRouter extends Backbone.Router
       @nav.on "threads:rendered", @setActiveThread
       @nav.render()
 
+      @newPostView = new NewPostView(el: $(".new-post-article"))
+
   allThreads: ->
       true
 
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bd3322657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+class @NewPostView extends Backbone.View
+
+    initialize: () ->
+        @dropdownButton = @$(".topic_dropdown_button")
+
+    #events:
+    #    "submit .new-post-form":            "createPost"
+    #    "click  .topic_dropdown_button":    "toggleTopicDropdown"
+    #    "click  .topic_menu":               "setTopic"
+
+    #toggleTopicDropdown: (event) ->
+    #    if $target.hasClass('dropped')
+    #        @showTopicDropdown()
+    #    else
+    #        @hideTopicDropdown()
+    #
+    #showTopicDropdown: () ->
+    #    #$button = 
+    #    $button.addClass('dropped')
+
+    #    $topicMenu = @$(".topic_menu")
+    #    $topicMenu.show()
+
+    #createPost: (event) ->
+    #    event.preventDefault()
+
+    #    title   = @$(".new-post-title").val()
+    #    body    = @$(".new-post-body").val()
+    #    tags    = @$(".new-post-tags").val()
+
+    #    anonymous = false || @$("input.discussion-anonymous").is(":checked")
+    #    follow    = false || @$("input.discussion-follow").is(":checked")
+
+    #    $formTopicDropBtn.bind('click', showFormTopicDrop);
+    #    $formTopicDropMenu.bind('click', setFormTopic);
+
+    #    url = DiscussionUtil.urlFor('create_thread', @model.id)
+
+    #    DiscussionUtil.safeAjax
+    #        $elem: $(event.target)
+    #        $loading: $(event.target) if event
+    #        url: url
+    #        type: "POST"
+    #        dataType: 'json'
+    #        data:
+    #            title: title
+    #            body: body
+    #            tags: tags
+    #            anonymous: anonymous
+    #            auto_subscribe: follow
+    #        error: DiscussionUtil.formErrorHandler(@$(".new-post-form-errors"))
+    #        success: (response, textStatus) =>
+    #            DiscussionUtil.clearFormErrors(@$(".new-post-form-errors"))
+    #            $thread = $(response.html)
+    #            @$el.children(".threads").prepend($thread)
+
+    #            @$el.children(".blank").remove()
+
+    #            @$(".new-post-similar-posts").empty()
+    #            @$(".new-post-similar-posts-wrapper").hide()
+    #            @$(".new-post-title").val("").attr("prev-text", "")
+    #            DiscussionUtil.setWmdContent @$el, $.proxy(@$, @), "new-post-body", ""
+    #            @$(".new-post-tags").val("")
+    #            @$(".new-post-tags").importTags("")
+
+    #            thread = @model.addThread response.content
+    #            threadView = new ThreadView el: $thread[0], model: thread
+    #            thread.updateInfo response.annotated_content_info
+    #            @cancelNewPost()
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss b/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
index 88c9ffdb7f..269aa539d6 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ body.discussion {
           opacity: 0;
         }
 
-        &.is-dropped {
+        &.dropped {
           .browse-topic-drop-btn {
 
             span {
@@ -442,13 +442,13 @@ body.discussion {
         }
       }
 
-      &.is-dropped {
+      &.dropped {
         .browse-topic-drop-btn {
           background-color: #616161;
         }
       }
 
-      &.is-dropped {
+      &.dropped {
         .browse-topic-drop-icon {
           background-position: 0 -16px;
         }
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html
index 5b6be085e3..d84f252219 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="options">
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" id="new-post-follow" checked><label for="new-post-follow">follow this post</label>
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" class="discussion-anonymous" class="discussion-follow" id="new-post-follow" checked><label for="new-post-follow">follow this post</label>
                     <br>
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" id="new-post-anonymous" checked><label for="new-post-anonymous">post anonymously</label>
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" class="discussion-follow" id="new-post-anonymous" checked><label for="new-post-anonymous">post anonymously</label>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="right-column">