Hi GB,

We all had the same reaction when it happened a couple
months ago now! We were pretty much Up
In Arms, and then we found out that if houzz hadn’t taken over the site it
would have “simply” disappeared! Made it
a little bit easier to deal with, knowing that!

It’s much improved now from what it originally was, and the
admins seem to continue to try to help getting it back to something that’s a
little closer to the Olde GW. Actually
some things are easier here now, like posting and editing, seem to me to be
much quicker and easier. And posting
links to things is MUCH easier than it used to be! I don’t like “social media” sites, so I’m not
wild about things like the LIKE button, but guess I’d rather have it there than
to have GW disappear!

Here’s a link to a thread from shortly after the switch when
we were trying to figure things out.
Some of it is answering questions, and some of it is just random “trying
things” different ways. You might find
some useful info here, and if you can’t figure something out, just let us
know—we’ll help if we can.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2836905/rmg-how-do-i-do-it-where-do-i-find-it-thread?n=58

Glad you made your way back here,

Skybird

It's great to see you back! Yes. The sudden change was like having the rug pulled out from under us.

Houzz sent out their fire crew to provide some help where thing were hottest but it was easy to see that they were doing some real scrambling to respond and make things more user friendly. There were adjustments and, at least, it wasn't all on one side.

I find it a little disconcerting to know that I had to sign in as a different user during the early hours of the change. Since we can, apparently, choose our "name," I have chosen my olde one. However! If I ever log off, or am logged off, it will be a real senior moment while I find my written information so I can log back on ...

Mostly, it just takes some practice but that means olde ways may just have to be set aside. In several ways, posting is more simple. Songbird mentioned links. No longer, do we have to know html code - that GW oddity seemed like it was from a previous century!

If there is evolution, and really, there needs to be -- I hope it is at a slow but steady pace. Sensitivity to user feedback would be appreciated. It was disappointing that NBC seemed only interested in tweaking advertising over recent years. So, along with simple survival, there have been some positives.

Steve