Yes Sherry pics do seem to load more quickly. They mucked with my user name a bit too. The box was ticked that it would stay the same but they had an underscore in place of the dot. We will see if the change I made held.

Well apparently not.

Hi there,

You can actually change the name that displays with your posts, separately from your username you use to log in. To do so, just click where you see Your Houzz in the upper right corner of the page, then Edit Profile and enter the name you would like to display with your posts where you see First Name on the Edit Profile screen. That will update the name displayed with all your past and future posts.

Hope that helps!

who is Emily Hurley? an employee of Houzz?

They screwed with my sign in name too. Not sure I like this format.

Signet

Well, I'm not a happy camper at all. I'm not real sure how I finally got into this. Trying to confirm my account was not easy. First I was informed that my user "name" was already taken. I didn't want to change my name, so I think they ended up assigning me something similar. Still not sure of that. Next you had to type in one of those wavy, can hardly make it out, security codes - except there wasn't one there to copy. Just a messeage saying "internal error" followed by a lot of numbers. So I've been punching away at this for over an hour with no success and surprisingly this finally pulls up. ....I'll be frank. I don't like change that is more work then benefit, but from what I see of this forum it's not near as good as the old one. For instance where are the number of replies? I like to know how many there are to each header. Am I missing seeing the date in the header to each post? As I said I managed to finally bumble into this post, and I'm hoping it won't be my final one, but if so I will sure miss my GW forum friends.......Maryl

I am just testing how to post a picture. Learning new tricks is sometimes hard for an old dog like me. This photo, by the way, is a NOID we have. It's really a shame that we don't know its name because its the prettiest NOID in the garden. It was sold to us as Lady Khan.

Hi Maryl -- I'm so sorry you had trouble getting here, but now that you have -- Welcome! I'm glad you hung in there. If you want to change your display name to something else, you can click on 'Your Houzz' at the top right corner of the page and go to 'Edit Profile' and change your 'First Name' to whatever you'd like your name to show in the display.

Replies are called 'Comments' - and they'll show up in the list of posts on the main forum page.

Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. We truly do want to make this as easy as possible.

Hi Nan - LOVE that NOID!

I am having the same problem with my user name. I do not want to change it. Actually, didn't want any of this to change......was fine the way it was. But change is part of life. I have sent an email again complaining. They say go to Your Houzz and you can just change it, but it says someone else has it. Now what?? Maybe once kinks get worked out, we will get used to it...........OK now I cant post photos.......something else to have to tinker with. Rather be out weeding.......

Judith

Thanks Sherry for giving so much information on how to change things that I didn't like (and also Tamara). I got those e-mails too and don't want my in box full of garden web comments unless I specifically ask for them. I hope I've corrected that now. There was a box you checked on the old GW for each post if you wanted to follow the responses to it. Not here that I can see. It's all or nothing........ I think this format may be geared more to facebook people. I don't do facebook so it's a new ball game for me......My Avatar is my beloved Bonita complaining about things. She's crossed over now, but I echo her sentiments......Maryl

I loved being able to follow comments I wanted to see. And I cant even get my username back. I don't like this, hope they can iron out the kinks, I am not happy.

Judith

You don't have to follow all posts. Just below your posting window, you should see a link that says, 'Click to switch off notifications about new comments'. That will opt you out that specific thread.

Alameda - In the top right corner of the page, click on 'Your Houzz' and then 'Edit Profile'. Where you see "First Name" on the edit screen, you can change that back to your old username. Your official username is used only to log in to the site and appears as part of the url for your profile.

So here's all my seeds tucked in my basket and ready to sprout. No crosses very special this year--just trying to get the hang of it!

They should have just left things how they were. It took me ages to find the forums, which I only managed by typing gardenweb into the internet browser. I guess things will take time getting used too. Good luck everyone. Hopefully nobody gets lost along the way!

Billi.

Nan, is your NOID Vatican City?

Can one still e-mail GardenWEb members with the new system?

mantis--Thank you for the suggestion of Vatican City. I looked it up in the AHS database and it looks as if Vatican City could be a possibility. I will compare its stats this summer and be on the lookout for Vatican City in other gardens to compare them.

Note that if you want to allow people to email you, you have to go into Advanced Settings and, towards the bottom, check the box that permits this. The email option can be very useful in contacting people about trades, etc.

If you go to your houzz, you can change the photo and personalize your page. You can make an idea book and upload your photos. The cool thing about that is we can see some of each others collection that way! I don't know how much space we get, but if it is enough, it might be a place to keep your daylily pictures [I recall some complaining about photobucket].

Interestingly, if you go to the front page of houzz, it is impossible to find gardenweb. I even did a search on the front page for gardenweb, daylily, topics, and gardenweb forums to no avail. A search in google found the main gardenweb forum page in houzz. It is listed under houzz topics, which does not appear on the main houzz page. I fear new people may not find the forum.

just a thought, but I am wondering who owns rights to images used here ? On some sites images become the property of the website ....and seeing as this is totally commercial website I would like to know the answer to this question before I post any further pics

Signet

If you go to terms of use, it says the posters retain the rights.

Hi signet - Just like readdream says, you retain the rights. As is the case on most websites, the terms will state you retain all copyright and ownership, but you grant the website the use of the photo. This might mean that they could feature your photo on the front page, for instance. This is exactly how it was on GardenWeb.

Test

Edit: Yikes, what a mess. Okay, they changed my name even though I checked the box to keep it the same as it was. I also got the message my name was already in use. What the ??????????Also the format is not user friendly. Too much visuals on the page. Now to go and see how to go check how to change settings. I hope they don't start spamming my email.

I decided I wanted to switch to my name instead of the "readdream" I use many places where I don't want my identity known. When I signed up I knew nothing about garden web. Since being here a while, and getting to know people who post regularly, my actual name seems in order.

This site is now so visually unappealing that I likely won't frequent often. Not a good first impression.

I've given GW a few days to 'settle in' following the changes, however, I still do not like this change, this format. Far too bland (visual) and busy - with the wrong info/messages for my liking. For those who accept GW as it is now, best wishes, I'll probably check back from time to time, but I am removing GW from my daily 'Favourites' checklist. There are too many others (ATP for one) more appealing and truly focused to spend much time here. (Remember TINKERS?)

What is ATP - and what are some other sites? GW is the only one I know of. Thanks....

ATP is 'All Things Plants' there too is an active dedicated Forum on daylilies plus there is a current database of more-or-less all daylilies (AHS registered) - many with multiple photos of the plants & blooms.

Another website is Charlotte's Daylily Database (Quebec Canada based) Charlotte's has some of the world's top daylily nurseries and breeders listed - usually with direct links to their sites.

There is also, of course the AHS's own membership website (American Hemerocallis Society) and THE database for registered daylily cultivars from around the world.

There are several others, including some on FACEBOOK that you could find with minimal searches.

Wildbird.

I really like ATP. Sure could use more people like you guys and gals over there. It would be the greatest daylily site ever.

Oh......just didn't make the connection with the initials - go there all the time. Forgot about Charlotte's but that is a great resource. Thanks!

I like this gardenweb forum and agree with Julia that we should all make suggestions to help improve it. I noticed on the main forum for houzz that individuals who had comments about the site were usually responded to by the managers very positively.

Just wanted to say goodbye . I have written to ask how to unsubscribe completely because it is not imminently clear how to do it . I tried to remove my email and the site wont allow it . After 12 years here I don't care to try to "adjust" to another change. I have enjoyed all the posts /pics and the people I have "met"on here . Dont like being spammed with an email from Houzz every time someone "likes" a comment I have made, or every time someone replies to a post.Time to move on .

Signet

Go into your profile under "advanced settings" and opt out of emails in regard to posts.

I agree Signet that the "how to" is not all that clear for navigating. I went up to where it says YOUR HOUZZ, selected EDIT PROFILE, and on the left side of the screen where it says ACCOUNT, scroll down and select ADVANCED SETTINGS. When the screen comes up just UNCHECK all the boxes. Worked for me. :) I think many of the features are mirrored after Facebook. Just takes time to work through the bugs and have a big dose of patience. Hopefully they make some changes. Sorry to see you go.

After several days of not posting, I finally tried recovering my old Garden Web account (JAAune) but for some reason Houzz didn't recognize it as a former GW username and email address. There's a small chance I used a different email than my usual but I doubt that.

Meanwhile, I'm using my Houzz professional account to post to the forums which works but I'm not sure if I want to continue posting as a company rather than an individual when on the forums.

While we are still making comments amongst ourselves, I'd sure like to see that bilious green color replaced with blue. Blue is known as a soothing color in design circles and it would behoove the powers that be to choose a color such as blue during the transition period at the very least. Look to ATP as an example of a successful new enterprise......Of course all these adjustments may be a moot point if Houzz decides to charge a fee in the future........Maryl

Unfortunately, in order to send someone a message, you not only have to have an email in your account, but that person has to be "following" you. I see that some people haven't allowed the "follow" option. I suppose this is all a security measure, but it creates more hassles and complexities.

The simplicity of the picture upload is a nice touch. However I am very unhappy about my user name. I do not believe someone else has the name that I have worked so hard to protect. I believe they have me listed twice in their data base and I cannot get access to my original gardenweb name - probably because the email is the same for both. I would like to delete the Houzz login with the hope of getting my original username back and have not been successful. I have sent several notes to Houzz with no response. I have also tried "forgot my email" so that they can send me a link to change my login and no email has been sent. The system seems a little cloogy and does not give me the confidence to look beyond the forums at this point. It would be nice to receive a response from someone.

Hostabuff: I'm not sure if I've gotten your problem right or not, but there are two names that Houzz can have. The first name is the one they log you in with each time you enter their domain. That's the one that initially says taken if you try and use your old GW name. If you don't assign yourself a new name they will assign one to you which is usually your old GW name with a bottom line after the name followed by a lower case gw. Hostabuff_gw for example. If you want to change that name when you are on the forums themselves, you go to "Your Houzz" logo in the upper right of the screen and change it to whatever you like under your profile. That name is good on the forums, but the one Houzz assigned you will be your main log in name. They don't have a specific place (as did GW) to add zone information so as Sherry suggested I simply added that to my user name when I changed it under the profile ap......Hope that helps.....Maryl