Hi Lucky,

I'm sorry that your username was taken, but the good news is that you can still change your display name -- the one that shows with your posts. If you click on 'Your Houzz' in the top right corner and then 'Edit Profile', you can then change it to your old name. If you need to login, you'll need to use your new member name, but the display name won't change unless you change it.

I know that the look is different with the gallery and exchange no longer being separate, but I hope you'll give it a chance. If you have questions, we're always here.

Hope this helps!

Tamara

I will be looking for another garden website!

Tamara

I tried changing the usename but Houz states that my username was taken so I have been assigned a Houz name. Slick site...very commercial, I will say that.

Also can't preview or edit posts

DWN Forums a better option !

DWN? I'm going to be looking for a new forum as well.

D

Where might one find member trade pages?

Hi Lucky,

My mistake -- I wasn't very clear. When you go into your profile settings, you need to change your 'First Name' - scroll a bit farther down the page.

We no longer have a preview option, but you can edit your post once you've submitted it if you've made a mistake. There's a small pencil in the top corner of the post window - I've included a screenshot.

Jaynine - Trade pages are coming!

Tamara

Ok, so I have my name back and I see the edit pencil. It is not as bad as I thought. After Captcha, I was really irate. I can not read those twisted letters. I have an eye disorder that causes distortions. The letters look bad enough without Captcha. Can't Captcha do something for the visually impaired? The audio is so bad the DH made me turn it off. He was very annoyed by the sound and he couldn't understand it either so maybe I am prejudiced by that experience when I just wanted to come here and look at what was new in the Gallery..and that is GONE....Bad Morning all in all

Hi Lucky, The other forums --exchanges and gallery--are mixed in with this one. The exchange posts are included. I got the automated message that my user name was taken. However, it was taken by myself, of course, to that appears to be a glitch in the new H system.

Am I getting old, or do I just not handle change very well? I nearly didn't confirm my gw ID here just because I resent it having to do it.

Guess I am heading over to the brats.

Karin

Joanne

I will give them an honest chance, now that I am starting to understand the system. I typed in African Violet Forums on Google. This page was listed first as "Garden Web" and the link was straight to here so newbies should find it easily. I hope so.

Karin

Brats for me also but I did like this forum and as Joanne said, no green words, no pop ups, so it is already better. It may work all right in the end but I am not liking new stuff either.

I really like that new sidebar. Check that out. It has posts from this Forum ..but then again I liked the "newest posts from any forum" on the old forum. I do like the look and feel of this page better..so we will see. Give it a chance...

I'm hoping this forum will survive. I also belong to the Brats & lurk on Violet Voice, but recently have been surprised to see this forum more active than the two mentioned. It seems like the majority of people frequent FB; I do also, but I prefer the forum format. Any topic on FB disappears way too fast. So, we shall see. Terri

Hi! Hang in there Karin! You are the techie, after all!

I realized I had been a member of Bratzzz (modern spelling) years ago but lost my password. Brats was over my head!

Lucky, glad you checked that out!

Terri, Thanks for your feedback!

As for FB, what is the name of the FB page?

I plan to remain on this forum, even if only in reader mode, as it is public. A lot of newbies will find this one first.

Like Lucky, I enjoy seeing the new postings on the sidebar.

My local club has a FB page now.

Joanne

It is me- my ex-name was bloodyfrancois, I could not sign in with that name because I forgot the password of my email. So I had to sign up a new account with a new name.

Glad you made it kai!

Joanne, There are many FaceBook AV groups, some with thousands of members. I belong to a couple of these & I know there are more: African Violet Nerds, African Violet Buddies, African Violet Addicts, Optimara, etc. You just have to search under African Violet. I am in general not the social media type & really joined FB just for the groups. I post sometimes, but mostly just read.

Terri

FB is mostly for eye candy. Places like this are where you get your start up info :-)

So.. which web are we going to join!

Not so sure about this new layout yet. I like not having the "green" words that I was constantly accidentally hitting and having to get rid of the ad. But I really having trouble finding things - the the Spring RR thread.

Vikki, The different threads, Exchanges and Gallery, were all combined into this one. The RR is still there. If you scroll down the general section where all the topics are listed, you will find them.

Terri, Oh, yes, I have seen those FB pages before! I did also type in AV in a search and lots came up.Yes, Karin, lots of "eye candy!"

Kai, Whew! Glad you made it! There is a password recovery process, but it is complicated!

Joanne

Kai

You have to sign into Houz with that username BUT you can change your display name by clicking on the "My Houz" in the upper right hand corner. Find where to edit profile. There are two sections. Scroll down until you see the second place it asks for your name and change Kai_001 to bloodyfrancois and it will display.

Glad to see you. I do miss the Gallery. Check out the right hand column. Your picture of Mac's Black Jack was displayed in that list for a long time last night.

I actually love this forum better. I can now insert pictures and videos. How wonderful is that!

Lucky, I cannot find the edit pencil on my posts. I also do not know how to post a new topic. Do you know if we have to sign in somehow in order to edit a post or post a new topic? I hope you see this. Thank you, Joanne

Hmm, On my page, the new post form is right at the top where the discussions are listed. On my posts, the edit pencil is in the upper right corner. I haven't signed in since the initial startup.

Hi fortyseven,

If you look at the green breadcrumb trail at the top of the page, that will allow you to go back to the main African Violets forum where you can start a new thread. (See screenshot below.) Once there, you'll see a posting window prominently displayed at the top of the page where you can start a new thread.

Dave's garden is great. Just saying.

Joanne

You have to log/sign in before you can see the edit pencil. It is in the upper right hand corner of your posts, up by "delete." Also, I seem to notice the edit pencil disappears in older posts. You may have only so long to edit.

Dave's Garden is Great but I haven't found it be a viable forum, chat type, like this. It is great for trades. I traded trees and received some good deals but I haven't traded AV's.

I bought a new white noid possibly Ontario. It is white but the older flowers show a trace of pink blush. Is that Ontario? It is a simple white, nothing to write home about, so I won't post a picture. Also, very isolated, I checked it out carefully once I got it home and I am suspicious of thrips. Very Very Isolated and will remain so for many a moon!

http://hgtvmessageboards.proboards.com/

I'm probably going to get thrown off here but here's a new board to try. Since I've tried in vain to get my old user name back, have all my passwords, etc. Maybe I'll have 6 or 7 hours to try to get back where I want to be tomorrow night.....

darn, I've tried to change my user name and my name is still incorrect.

I'm done...bye, everyone.

I'm sorry! But, I still can't find the RR exchange.

Lucky, I do think the pencil remains just for a day or two.

Dixie, Linda posted to you for you to send her an email!

Good luck to all, we will get this figured out, hope we don't lose too many people.

Dixie, you have chi's! Lots of them!

Lucky, the editing pencil seems to be back now.

Karin, how did you insert the icon? Is it to a FB page you already have set up? I just have my personal FB page, I would want to set up a separate one related to growing AVs. Joanne

Joanne, top right of the page it says "your houzz". There you can edit your profile. Pictures and info.

It even kept the clippings, though they now are " bookmarks" :-)

Thanks, I found it, so disregard my comment on another thread. I do not know how to upload a personal icon or photo, though. I chose one of their suggestions for a background photo as it pretty much resembles what I look out on from my backyard. I hope Linda sees this as she was looking for her clippings. Guess I will post an alert to her and everyone.