I sometimes get a brief message when I open a page the first time saying "something went wrong", then it loads OK. I'm "signed in" all the time.

I've changed my password twice in the last week or so. It's been a real pain.

bk

Nope!! I never sign out either.

What urks me the most is that my search box changes from 'Search Garden web' to 'Search Houzz'. The garden web search box allows you to search a specific forum, where the search houzz does a general search of all forums. Totally frustrating! :-/

But I get what beng gets sometimes too.

I also don’t sign out. But I may have been hacked through my email in my profile last year so that info was removed!

debra

I have trouble posting pictures in houzz the app. For some reason it doesn’t allow me to access my entire photo library. I can’t figure out why it doesn’t. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I always have to post photos from the hosta forum.

debra

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)

Yes. I don't log out either and when I first open my browser, and click my favorite link to get here, my search is always the good old fashion search garden web. I like that and can search just the conifer forum or whatever forum I wish.

But sometimes, after clicking on certain posts, my search box changes to a smaller 'search houzz' box which is totally worthless imo.

and click my favorite link to get here, my search is always the good old fashion search garden web. I like that and can search just the conifer forum or whatever forum I wish.

@BillMN-z4a, so what does one need to do (what do *I* need to do) to be able to search within a specific Houzz forum e.g. Perennials?

Obviously not Bill but here's how I do it. I am always logged into GardenWeb, not Houzz. So that is the first step - make sure you are signed on to the correct platform. Then enter the appropriate forum, e.g. Perennials. The search box will read "search in GardenWeb". Enter your search terms and the first entry below the search box will be the forum you wish to search in - Perennials. Ignore other search options (they will give you a bunch) and just click on search in Perennials and voila, you are good to go!

Sigh...I always have trouble signing in. I have to rummage about in bookmarks and hope for the best (superstitious finger-crossing, swearing, prodding the keyboard and such). I do not love Houzz at all - especially since I had a totally unjustified banning but probably best to not go there again...

Just curious why some of you sign out. I too am always signed in to GW, a much better experience than Houzz.

rouge,

I don't know, I've been logged in forever.

I have a 'favorite' button on my favorites bar that I press and it brings me to the tree forum.

Search in gardenweb is the default search box.

Sometimes I go to search and see it has changed to Houzz. So I just hit my favorite button and I'm back to Search in gardenweb.

Maybe, in the past, I was logged on to both GW and Houzz at different times and my profile got corrupt somehow. Or maybe the programmers got something hosed up.

FWIW:

I waited until my search box said 'search in houzz' and noticed the address bar said https\Houzz.

So I logged off and hit my favorite button (which I must've set when I was logged on to gardenweb) and it brought me back to https\gardenweb. I then logged on again and so far, so good. I've been staying in garden web. Fingers crossed. :-)

@gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) @BillMN-z4a - You two are my heroes! I didn't know you could still sign into gardenweb. Searching on Houzz is absolutely useless. I even submitted a help desk ticket and got zilch. This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you - just changed the link I used to come here.

I just noticed that I still get kicked into houzz and when I do, I'm not logged in anymore. :-?

But that's okay, at least if I want a search, I can switch back to GW for that.

I'll keep playing around and see. :-)

Yes, Ken, it IS just you.

Well perhaps not, doesn't always recognize me either, and I was here before you were! So much for longevity. ;-) How you doin'?

-Babka

Bill, I assume you're using bookmarks to get here at first. Make sure when you're in gardenweb to bookmark that page (and use that) and not houzz's page/bookmark.

Thanks beng.

At some point I must've logged into Houzz, possibly when trying their new 'Messaging'.

I do still use my old book mark and I come in as 'GW'.

What I've learned is; I stay logged in to GW unless I pick a thread from the list under the little bell shaped notification icon. As so as I pick from that list, I get thrown back into Houzz.

I'll just have to stay away from picking from the notification list. Bummer.

I make a magical sign (involving 2 fingers and swearing). Sometimes even works.

Bill, I have the same thing happen…., I have an old GW bookmark that gets me into GW. But in the address line it says 🔺houzz with an exclamation mark inside the triangle indicating it’s not a secure site. I can only post photos from GW as houzz doesn’t allow me access to my full library. I am signed in to both GW and houzz all the time.

Debra

P.s. yes, Ken how are you doing??

Debra,

That's weird. You could go to 'using houzz' ( Home Design Discussions - GardenWeb ) and post a question there. Sometimes an admin comes by and helps'

I miss the days when I could call in house IT and have a whizz come down and tell me what to do. :o)

I have no explanation for it but I seem to be able to transition back and forth between GW and Houzz without issue and never get shunted to Houzz in a manner that I can't easily return from.

As an example, when I enter the site, my home screen is labeled 'Your Topics' and the URL is GardenWeb discussions. But if I click on the notifications icon, the thread usually always comes up with the Houzz URL. But once I leave that thread, I am back to GW.

I have no idea why my experience should be different from anyone else who enters the site signed into GW (thinking of you specifically, Bill :-)) but just wanted to relay my experience.

To be perfectly honest, other than I find the format extremely awkward and not user friendly, I seem to have zero issues with Houzz and all its many foibles/glitches/malfunctions that so many others seem to have. I have no idea why but for that I feel very lucky (knock on wood!!!!)

Generally I just stayed in houzz, not knowing I could go back to gw when I want to find a thread. I just found that out recently and was almost ecstatic when I did. That was my only problem with houzz, was the clunky search box. Now I'm good.

Back in my computer programming days, I remember how much time and work it was (and headaches too), to make things work like you wanted. It takes experience to be able to do this, so, I try to give these guys a little slack. ;-)

The problem I have with houzz is now——I can download my photos, but when I go to “next” I don’t get the option of choosing “hostas” because it’s not there. I can post to perennials,trees, garden but there’s no hostas. How do others deal with this??

debra

I do most everything on my laptop. I save a shortcut on my favorites bar for everything 'garden web' related, never sign out or need to sign in.

Has Ken been here recently? It seems odd that he hasn't commented here? I hope he's ok

I use my PC mostly too.

My phone is on Houzz, all the time but rarely gets used.

When on my PC it appears to go to Houzz, and at times back and forth to GW, but I don't really pay attention. Until I want to search for a specific plant, thread or post. Then it has to be GW. :-)

For me- I can search a particular forum if I am on that forum's main page, but on individual posts it reverts to "search ... in Discussion."

" I miss the days when I could call in house IT and have a whizz come down and tell me what to do. :o) "

I miss the days of Spike around here.

Cearbhaill- I totally forgot about "Spike" the moderator/umpire! He sent me to "Disneyland" a couple times over posting a differing opinion, and I blamed my WebTV thinking it had disconnected me, sending me to the Disneyland website until someone commented that the same thing happened to them. You probably remember Hank Zumach too.

-Babka