Hmmm I really am not the expert, but I use chrome and my bookmarks are gardenweb as well. I just looked and it does load as houzz.

Hopefully a real expert can come in.

lulu bella are you using windows 10? I had no problem till I started using this new laptop an hour ago :-(

Hmmmm.....I upgraded my computer from Win7 to Win10 and use Chrome - it was surprisingly seamless so I guess I’m of no help either other than to confirm it can work.

I have chrome but am still using Windows 7. However a few minutes ago I went to click onto my Home Decorating Conversations bookmark and it was gone. For bookmarks GW related I have Hot Topics, Kitchen Discussions, Kitchen Table which are all still there. But HD conversations is gone. It was there yesterday and today it's not.

Fortunately I had it listed under "your topics" and it's still labelled as GW. So, I wonder if you go into the GW list of topics and click onto HD Conversations would that work.

I've had WIndows 10 for a while. On Chrome this page presents as

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5765779/another-gw-vs-houzz-help-me-post#n=5

On Firefox it reads

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5765779/another-gw-vs-houzz-help-me-post#n=5

blfenton using my list of topics unfortunately only brings me to houzz urls now.

writersblock that's what I'm afraid of - it still works on my old computer (the GW url) but not on the new.

graywings that's one reason I didn't switch to firefox even though I know there are security issues with Chrome.I tried it but got the houzz url so switched back.

Well this computer may be going back due to other issues anyway - can't get the scroll on the touchpad to work work which s a major pain but there may be a setting I haven't found yet.

Well now that i think about it I also have a new laptop with Windows 10 and Chrome and that works fine for GW too.

For most links, I still get GW. When I get shunted over, I re-enter. Usually works, but I can't guarantee in your situation. Probably something most of us will face down the road. Hope you can do it.

DLM, please try the following link.

Link to conversations

Edited to correct link.

Moxie I'm on my phone, came here via chrome browser and my bookmark for this forum. This is the address at the top of the page for this post, a gw url.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5765779/another-gw-vs-houzz-help-me-post#n=10

When I follow your link it brings me to this address for the forum in general and a houzz url

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/home-decorating-conversations

They infect your stuff like a virus. Once you get sucked into the Hoazz universe I don't know a way to get back out.

I got a new phone and no matter what I try, I can't get the good old GW links to not convert into Hoazz ones. I never use the app either - I'm talking about the browser on my phone. Doesn't matter what I do, it's no bueno.

So I don't ever come here on my phone. I only use my laptop which still uses the GW links.

I know they couldn't possibly care less....but the day I lose the ability to use my GW formatting is the last day I post here.

So frustrating patriceny - I hear ya.

One of the downsides of the HOUZZ version is in the search function. The HOUZZ search function will not allow you to search within a specific forum. You can only search within ADVICE. In the Gardenweb version, I can limit my search to just the Cooking forum, for example.

I wasn't sure what it was but I find the search function super wonky. When it does work (to a degree as a search) it generally brings up results from like 2007 or 2013 when I know there was something within the past months. I find the whole site a lot less user friendly. Even getting help - I know there used to be a part for that. The only help I see is regarding orders. Maybe it's me?

DLM, since "gardenweb" is redirecting to "houzz" for you, I wanted to provide a houzz URL that would get you to the conversations forum. It sound like that worked. The link you noted is what I intended. Once you're logged in and accessing the forum, you should be able to click "Follow" in the upper right corner to add a link to the left navigation. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/forum-name should get you to most forums, albeit in the annoying houzz format.

I wonder what happens when you try a forum that is not in the houzz list. When logged in to houzz, you could try https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/hottopics to see if that gets you to the gardenweb format, and then see if you can keep that format when you go to the gardenweb URL for conversations.

Thanks Moxie - it's hard to communicate these houzz/gw glitches sometimes. I had no problem getting to this conversation forum from either my old or new computer since I use a direct to this forum bookmark in Chrome. The old computer opens with a gw url and the same bookmark on the new computer starts with that url but switches to houzz as the page loads. But right now it's all moot - the new computer is going back due to a defective touchpad. So I guess I'll be going through this all over again once I figure out what my next move is for a new computer.

Your idea about hot topics may turn out to be the saving grace! I just tried it on the new computer but through IE since I already deleted Chrome on it. It opens in gw url but switched me to houzz in order to sign in. But once signed in it went back to gw and the list of my topics hold the gw url as I open them. So the trick may be to do that (once I get another new computer) in Chrome and then save as a NEW bookmark. Maybe. I hope! At least it's a possibility - thanks for the suggestion.

Strange, starting last night, my bookmarked gardenweb links no longer work. When I click on any of them, they take me to the same Houzz Page, which also shows me as not signed in. This morning I tried the links to the three gardenweb boards I visit and none are working. Last night, it was just happening with one. Now this morning, it happened with this board. Im using my same iPad I always use, I haven’t changed anything, haven’t cleared my cache or reset my iPad that would’ve logged me out of everything. Basically I haven’t changed anything, but boom, my gardenweb links stopped working. I started to type in www.gardenweb.... and the gardenweb link to this board popped up in my history, and when I clicked on it, it brought me here. Phew! But when I click on my bookmark link, it takes me to Houzz. I wonder why all of a sudden my bookmarked links are now redirecting me?

Last night when I was having trouble accessing a different board when my bookmarked link kept sending me to Houzz, I managed to find it by coming here first, with my bookmarked link, then from here, I then looked for the main gardenweb board menu and and found the board listed there. I then bookmarked it again. That new bookmark still takes me to gardenweb whereas the bookmark I’ve had since I joined years ago now only sends me to a Houzz page (not even the Houzz version of the board I’m trying to visit.

edited to add, my new bookmarks this morning now don’t seem to work either. If I can’t bookmark my favorite boards anymore, I’m done with Gardenweb/Houzz unfortunately. I visit here frequently on a daily basis, but if it takes me several minutes to try to find my favorite boards b/c my saved bookmarks no longer take me to them, then I give up. And the weird thing is, when I click on my bookmarks now, it takes me to Houzz, but it’s just a random Houzz location, with tons of unrelated threads from different boards.

My bookmarked links are working ok this morning but HD conversations never did come back but fortunately I was able to set it up again to connect to GW.