Use the search box at the bottom of the page.

when i go to the search bar on top...(dont see one on bottom) and type in carerra or calcutta or white marble..it shows nothing, i dont' get it! and isnt' there a place where i can see what posts i have started? how else would i find them?

A better way to search is to search on google... Type in garden web and then what you're searching for. You'll get a lot of results that way.

Check this instructional post, it will be helpful.

Here is a link that might be useful: read me

try carrera
the spelling.

in general, try google and then come back to this site later.
google does spelling checking and gives you what you want no matter how you spell it.

in google, try
carrera + ths.gardenweb.com

regardless of the spelling, use google too.
Different results.

try other search engines too.

Hth

It's spelled carrara, I think.

Although this doesn't directly answer your question of how to find the posts you initiated ( I agree with the google approach),getting the spelling right does help. :-) Try searching for carrara and calacatta.

Use the "search" at the bottom of the page with all the posts (back one from here), you are right, there is no search on the page with the open thread.

and google is fab at finding old threads and discussions

and welcome if nobody has said that yet!

I have probably spelled "carrara" with every possible variation there is, so don't think you're crazy. Try marble and then sift through. Some very dedicated forum members are working to implement a new search feature for the Finished Kitchens Blog where you can find loads of pics of kitchens. It does work to google and see what GW hits you get.

I was really hoping (and assumed) there was a magic bullet, its really shocking and kind of old school to me that when you click in marble or carerra spelled any way, that it only comes up with garden supplies! That ia have to go back to google to search seems so antiquated and then theres no real search engine for specific questions? Seems weird to me.....its like if and when you stumble across a great picture or post its just dumb luck, as has been the case with me. Thanks so much however for taking the time to write me...cheers!

Nobody spells cararrerea correctly--just do marble. :)

BTW the link remodelifla that you put is a link that connects me to Lowes.

Thanks to everyone for trying to help though...anyone know how i can fid my long lost link that i posted yesterday? am sure there are some replies.

>the link remodelifla that you put is a link that connects me to Lowes.

remodelfla didn't put the link there. This site is honeycombed with commercial links as a way to make money. If you have a good ad block they don't appear. It's usually best not to click on links unless they're obviously relevant, like when someone types "more pics in my album here" and the word "here" is a link, or links after the "Here's a link that might be useful" text at the bottom of a message.

If you don't have an ad blocker here, you will find many things much more annoying than random links, I'm afraid, like ads that talk or roll down over the page so you can't read it, etc.

i think it helps to google "gardenweb+kitchen"

more specifically, if you google "gardenweb.com::" and then your search terms, it looks just at the gardenweb site. (that's two colon marks after gardenweb.com, no spaces.)

Search for your name, or set a bookmark/favorite whenever you post. It's very primitive software here for some reason.

Or include the name of an obscure Seuss character in each post to give yourself a good search term.

Jake the pillow snake!

I had the same problem when I first used this site. DO NOT type in the white search box. Go to the Kitchens Forum page and then use the SEARCH in little blue letters.

To find your own post, click the box that says that it should email you when people respond. Be sure your profile is set up to allow that.

Ditto hungry heart. I've started threads about Carrara myself so I know there are posts to be found.

Thanks all! It is very dated and its surprising given the obvious popularity....just seems so backwards this system, its like having to look for a cryptic message out in cyberworld!! Thanks though seriously for all your help..glad to know I am not the only one!

And you know the Karadashian girls probably spell it Kararra, with a K

Now this link IS from me. The other was what writersblock said. Hope this helps

Here is a link that might be useful: 66 cararra threads

Thanks, Remodelfla. That's exactly what I found when I searched for "carrara" with the GW KF search function.

Christy,

This is a very old system. It was started by a guy named Spike who sold out to iVillage who partnered with NBC Universal. Big Corporate Overlords, right? They throw massive, disruptive advertising at us, using new technologies, but the forums remain untouched.

The good news is that you can use HTML to decorate your posts. The bad news is that if someone makes a coding error that the system reads we have to wait for tech support to dive in and fix it (though once in awhile an enterprising member has found the error in the source code and has been able to fix it first).

One of the reasons GW is so popular is its very longevity. Also, by having all the threads fall off fairly quickly in the popular forums, like Kitchens, and not having a large archive of past posts, we have to answer each question about carrara anew. That way, newcomers get new answers to age-old questions and feel addressed and welcomed, rather than being told to go look up what was said five years ago. Not much has changed about marble in five years!

So welcome to the cybertech dinosaur age full of the most up to the minute, well informed kitchen information available anywhere. Embrace the dichotomy!

Welcome Christy203!

Definitely check out the "Read Me" thread...it discusses all your issues and more...including those annoying in-line advertising links and how to turn them off, how to search, how to get follow-ups emailed to you, how to post pictures, etc.

(Mabeldingeldine linked to it above, but here it is again.)

Here is a link that might be useful: Read Me If You're New To GW Kitchens! [Help keep on Page 1]

What is amazing to me is how google always points me back here! I can even find old threads that I can't locate here on search will come up through google. Very cool!

Yes! If you're googling, be sure cached stuff is enabled in advanced search. (Not for YOUR posts since you're new, but for old stuff that isn't even that old.)

Hi Christy203,

Keep at it and don't give up. Searching can give you gray
hairs but once you learn the system it will get easier.
If there is something specific you want I can try to
find it, my co-workers, family even a few on GW (gardenweb)
joke that I have a nack for finding things.

It could be the barbie doll shoe on the staircase,
someone's cleats or the scissors and I know exactly where
it was left. Finding info on the web is a little more
tricky but I can do it to. If you are looking for a
picture, article, previous post... I can do my best to
help you out.

Just tell me what you want and I will help you search
and post it here.
~boxerpups (who should have been hound-pups)

White marble countertops Gardenweb
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0221583628661.html

How do you like your marble countertop?
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg021151228647.html

Honed marble countertops 3 years later? Photos? Experience?
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0515282622706.html

White Marble
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0215374910799.html

Please talk me in off the ledge - white countertop w/marble tile
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg100317478150.html

Calcutta / Carrera questions
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg061243052301.html

Here is a link that might be useful: calling marble owners.

WOW WEE..Thanks so much for all this advice! I have devoted the next hour or so to getting busy using all that advice..and hope to find some of what I am looking for..success at last!
Last thing, is there any way besides saving the clipping to go ahead and search for posts one has started?
THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN!!

You can try a search with your name. I know this is how
I have found past posts of mine.
But otherwise I usually just put them in a favorites
folder.

You can also try the little scissors and leaves to the
upper right left of any of these posts. Clip on your
own scissors next to your name. This can save this
or other posts, pictures in your area. Where is your
area? Click on your name.

If you want to know when someone responds asap.
You might want to be sure to activate your e-mail
access. Follow ups will show up.
hth (hopethathelps)
Boxer

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Best blogs for kitchen and bathrooms by Christy203
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Metal screens...christy203
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0310233129324.html

How much variation on Carerra is normal? Christy203
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0317122520021.html

Need some advice for a marble backsplash b y christy203 3/16
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0310214827369.html

If it wasn't already said...remember to check the box for email notification when you start a new post.

Thanks boxer...you just helped me A LOT!!

anytimne Christy203

there is a wealth of knowledge and kitchen power on GW.
enjoy