After you log in the top of the page will say "Welcome! YOUR PROFILE." Click on the -YOUR PROFILE-. Next, it will take you back to the log in page(depending on your settings). Log in again (this is what doesn't make sense) and then you should be taken to your own profile page.

Heather

Don't feel too bad gail. I have repeatedly tried to enter my favorite forums as Texas Gardening and Perennials and it keeps changing them back to Terrariums and Peonies - neither of which I have even visited. I don't know if I'd want my email to show anyway - might end up with a lot of junk e-mail that way.

I did the same thing gail! And when I finally got it to accept my email, I noticed that my favorite forums had changed to Tennessee Gardening & something else! Grrr.

Glad to know I'm not alone. :-P

same happened to me :(. can anyone tell me how to post pictures with my posts?

Yeah this is a great forum but their technical part sucks. I've been trying to change my user name for so long I finally gave up. My present husband is not amused.
And, my favorite forums do the same thing, despite repeated attempts to 'fix' it, jumping to the name below the one I click on.
Grrr. Between that and the stupid pop-ups, the only reason I bother is because the people here are great to communicate with. Thanks a lot, ivillage.

I didn't know you could even change your user name without registering all over again.

Yes, I've decided I will NEVER buy Honey Bunches of Oats not matter who wants it.

I thought I was messing up my profile since every time I go into it...my favorite forums is set at Terrariums and Urban Gardening.

Marti,
There is a fix to the pop ups, albeit a bit technical. This was posted on a different Gardenweb forum and I have sadly not made a note of the original poster, but I thank him or her! It works beautifully for me, but only when I am logged in.

This will work on Windows systems for all browsers; IE, FireFox and Netscape.
The Windows operating system provides a system-level method to block specific IP

addresses before they even get to the browser. To effect this solution you need to edit

a Windows system file called hosts. This file is located in the directory:

Windows XP: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
Windows 2K: C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
Windows 98: C:\WINDOWS

Open the file in Notepad. Cut the following from this post and paste it to the end of the

file.

127.0.0.1 amch.questionmarket.com
127.0.0.1 a820.g.akamai.net
127.0.0.1 iv.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 i.ivillage.com
127.0.0.1 m.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1 tste.ivillage.com
127.0.0.1 img-cdn.mediaplex.com
127.0.0.1 ads.vmirror.com
127.0.0.1 cmhtml.ivillage.overture.com
127.0.0.1 ads.pointroll.com

Edit each entry so that there is a tab between the IP address 127.0.0.1 and the URLs.

Save the file and you're finished. Close and re-open your browser and all the ads will

be gone.

Unfortunately, iVillage may in the future buy ads from a new source. In this event the

new ad source will have to be added to the list.

The IE solution.
Most of the ads are placed using Java$cript. You can remove the more offensive ads

in IE with the browser settings. You can't however remove them all. To improve GW

using IE do the following:
From the menu select Tools -> Internet Options -> Security and click on Custom Level.

Scroll down to the end of the list and you'll see an entry for Scripting. Disable all the

sub-entries. Now select the tab labeled Privacy. In the bottom of the box that appears

check on the option to block pop-ups. I recommend you also click on the button

Advanced and select the option to block Third-party Cookies.

NOTE: By disabling Scripting you will also effect the way other websites behave. You

may need to get used to switching scripting on and off as desired. That's why this is the

least desirable of these various options.

The FireFox solution
This is an excellent choice -- it's the fastest performing of the options listed here:

FireFox is superior to IE in every possible way. FireFox provides the added advantage

of blocking all Spyware, an evil that IE brought into this world.
* download and install Firefox 1.5
* in the FireFox address bar type about:config
* scroll down the list to the entry xpinstall.enabled
* right click on the entry and select toggle from the menu
* toggle as needed to set the value to true
* go to the Firefox website and follow links to extensions
* find the extension adblock and install it
* remember to toggle xpinstall.enabled back to false
* in Firefox select Tools -> Adblock -> Preferences
* use the New Filter field to add the following items:
http://amch.questionmarket.com
http://a820.g.akamai.net
http://iv.doubleclick.net
http://i.ivillage.com
http://m.2mdn.net
http://tste.ivillage.com
http://img-cdn.mediaplex.com
http://ads.vmirror.com
http://cmhtml.ivillage.overture.com
http://ads.pointroll.com
* enable Adblock

The trick with Adblock is to block the domain rather than the specific ad. If you click on

Adblock to disable an ad. Select Tools -> Adblock -> Preferences from the menu and

then edit the new entry; remove anything that follows after .com or .net. This will block

everyting from that source.

The Netscape solution.
With Netscape you can shut down all the iVillage ads using the browser preference

settings. From the menu select:
Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy and Security -> Cookies
Allow cookies for the originating website only

Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy and Security -> Images
Accept Images that come from the originating server only

Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy and Security -> Images
Block unrequested popup windows -- turn this on

Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced
Enable native object scripting -- turn this off

Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Scripts & Plug-ins
Enable Java$cript for Navigator -- turn this off

NOTE: GW will now be ad free, however disabling Java$cript will effect how other

websites behave. You may have to get used to switching this setting back and forth.

Therefore I suggest the Universal option above is more appropriate.

NOTE: You MAC users out there: Sorry I don't have more info for you except to say

that FireFox and adblock are available for the MAC.

There's no sense in further complaing, iVillage IS an ad. We need to let them be who

they are and stop them on our end. Take care all.

Firefox rules! I rarely see any ads.

The things that annoy me most here is

1. Not being able to search for a user's posts easily. Like my own for one thing. Plus imagine searching post from someone named 'gardener'. You'd get hits all over.

2. Can't edit your posts. In fact the whole forum system here is a bit archaic.

3. Your 'profile' doesn't contain everything about you on the site as you might expect it to. Like you can't get to your trade list from your profile. In fact it's real hard to find your trade list at all.

4. Constant logins

5. No technical help forum.

6. It's still so useful that there's few places that compare .

PKPonder:

I edited my hosts file like you said:

No more Honey Bunches of Oats!!!!

Thank You!!!!!!!!

I have spent 20 minutes logging in over and over to edit my profile. This is a difficult format ,ie hunting the tiny link for member pages, being thrown back to the log in repeatedly.

I love the forum, just wish I could use it better.
I finally found a send a message for a technical glitch. Maybe they can help. All i want to do is have my e-mail show. is that too much to ask? LOL ;-)

To edit your profile, go to Member Services (while logged in):

http://members.gardenweb.com/members/

Then you want to "Edit Your Personal Information, Page, and Preferences".

Just be aware that having your e-mail address visible in every post means that it can be easily harvested by spambots crawling the site. Personally, I don't recommend it.

thank you abt the e-mail advise.
I did everything you said and when choosing edit your personale info etc, I am thrown back to log in over and over and over.

Oh well,... So much for technology,me and i-village. i give up

Clear your browser cache and also clear any cookies. What might have happened is that you didn't accept *all* cookies (unfortunately, this site now has several) and refused the particular one you needed to be able to log in on that particular screen.