Hi Len, I had the same expereince so it is not just you mate. This message is in paragraphs also but I will check out its format. Daniel Yes it is taking out the extra spaces. My GUESS is that the software has been amended to removed extra spaces in order to save room in whole operation.

thanks dan, just wonder how much space it will realy save if that's the case???? just imagining what a message is going to look like or be to read if it is a long message!! the side ads, banner and space allocated to pop-up must take up a lot of space on their own, going to look different if paragraphing isn't allowed. looks like html coding is turned off as well so i can't force paragraphs nor can i include my e/mail addy or web site addy neither of which detract from this site. len

Here is a link that might be useful: lens garden page

Its not only the messages that are having trouble Len and Daniel. You cannot even post pics on through Photobucket, you have to do it the old way one by one. Maybe they want the extra room for their annoying adverts that everyone is complaining about. Cheers..MM..

Yes guys, isn't it annoying? It is so much harder to read replies (especially if they are long and involved) when it is all bunched up together. I wonder if there is any point emailing them and telling them we don't like it. If enough of us did it, it may have some impact. In the green band at the bottom of the page you can click on 'letters and comments' and send them a message. I will if you will!! In fact I'm going to do it NOW!....Cheers, Dee.

I've done it...I have sent my comment to them. I do hope some of you will join me. United we stand!! LOL....Cheers, Dee.

I sent one earlier too Dee I was going to do it yesterday but forgot...Cheers..MM.

Hi everyone, I have received a reply from Gardenweb. They are apparently having some technical problems with the formatting. So it looks like it's not a permanent thing (Yay!!). They said (we) "are working to rectify it. Thanks for letting us know and we do appreciate your patience"....Cheers, Dee.

I have been having the same trouble and I have also noticed that at the bottom when the page is loading, sometimes there is a different name. I thought there might have been a change of ownership or management or something. Obviously just a 'technical hitch'.

good one dee, looked permanent hey but we will be patient. len

Yes I got the same answer back from them this morning too...MM.

was going to say: looks like all is fixed things working as it used to now. i posted into one of the other usa forum pages and all seemed normal whatever normal is, but here in the au forums the problem still exists. len

Folks, I have written them another email this morning including that I know they are working on it and thanking them for their efforts in maintaining the Garden web as a GREAT place for us to communicate. I mentioned also that the pop ups seem to have become abnormally present and blocking garden web text. I guess it will not hurt but I stressed my appreciation for all they do. United - Daniel

Yes I agree Daniel I did the same. Also wishing them complements of the Season which they did also...MM.

Good idea Daniel & MM!! A bit of sugar is always good medicine....Cheers, Dee.

I emailed them yesterday about this - even with the Xmas break it seems to be taking a long time to repair. No response as yet.

Yes I have e-mailed them again and No answer yet either.....Cheers..MM.

g'day mm, maybe it's 'dun' hold ya breth time hey??' only happens in this forum section, might be a message in there somewhere?? happy new year to one and all len

Yes......You are probably right Len...................... I too notice its OK over there .......................................... And a Happy New Year to you too and all the best for 2006......Cheers......MM.

Hey!

The formatting is okay again. I was just about to post I'd received a response from GW to say they were still fixing it when I noticed that the post I was making retained correct formatting.

Hurrah!

I also received a e-mail today about it .
And about time too..
We can now post pics from Photobucket at last....Cheers..MM.

I forgot to test whether we can do HTML markup now when I made the last posting. Let's see if this link to Google works... Oh, good happy day - it looks like it's all back to normal.

At last...

That is SO good! It's nice to feel in control of what one writes again.

Cheers,
Dee.