AND... one more... Where do we report spam? I see there are still a couple around from the other day.

To report spam, click on the little flag in the upper-right corner of the post.

To quit getting email notifications, you can do it several different ways depending on your preference:

1. If you never want email alerts for any discussions, go to "Your Houzz" and in the profile section you can change the settings to never receive emails.

2. If you post in a discussion, at the bottom of the page is a clickable link stating you do not want to receive email notifications for that particular discussion.

3. If you forgot to click the link on the discussion page noted in #2 above, or if you wanted notifications at first but have changed your mind, in the email notification itself you are given the option to turn off any further notification.

Can't help you with the others, sorry.

Yeah I'm ok getting emails about houzz discussions because there aren't that many but with GW I could see the need to turn off notifications after a day or so of getting flooded. :/

And it's easy to turn them off. And to customize which ones you want. Only difference from GW except that was opt-in while here it is opt-out. Once we all become used to it, it shouldn't be a problem.

I just shut off notifications for all replies to comments. I would be OK with them on the houzz side but on GW there would be too many. Unfortunately the options don't break it down like that.

Yeah, they do. Read my post with the three ways to turn them off.

The problem is... I was getting notifications for old GW threads that I never opted in to, but people are commenting on. I don't want to have a week + transition of all the old threads I've ever commented on sending me emails and needing to opt out of each of them... I can see the green link to opt out of comments for (this discussion); and same within the email that is being sent to me for each comment, but I'd prefer not to have to.

So, Kirkhall, are you saying that the FAQs are "outdated"? While a couple might be - like posting pics and links, the informational ones still are valid - like asking for layout help, etc.

Right now, I don't think we'll stop helping with layouts, discussing design guidelines, functionality, or similar topics - so most FAQs are still relevant. I say "right now" b/c I'm not sure about the future. If this degenerates into yet another self-congratulating forum, I don't know how many experts (not Houzz pros) will continue...especially with the negative changes we're seeing that are outweighing the positive - like destroying past thread contents, not allowing people to be honest, etc. Sure people who don't understand about function and only see looks (the typical Houzz user from what I've seen), will contribute - but how useful will their feedback be to those who are looking for REAL help and don't just want some pro trying to get their business, getting form but not function comments, etc.

Give us time to get to know the best way to do things b/f throwing everything out as "bad"! It's only been a couple of days with the new format, etc. Instead of rolling out changes gradually like most IT projects do, this was a "change it all now and let the end users sink or swim" move! There was no asking the end users what they'd like to see (requirements), etc. GW DID ask us in the past (e.g., the "Like" button that was resoundingly voted down), but this change was not - and they put in the "Like" button even though it was not wanted and it was explained why it was not really relevant to this type of forum. This forum is not a popularity contest, it's a place where people give honest help when asked - even if it's not what you want to hear or goes against what some people WANT to believe - right or wrong.

kirkhall: Have you tried adjusting the email settings from your profile as explained by funkycamper? You have pretty good control over when you get an email and when you don't. I have mine set up to email me when someone replies to a thread I've started, but never when someone replies to a thread I've just commented on.

ALSO--really not liking that I can't figure out what I've already (just) clicked on. Can you put the change of color code back into the titles of posts so we can tell what we've already looked at and what we haven't? Everything is green. I literally just clicked on the same post 3 different times as I left the comments, went back, thought I was choosing a new "floorplan" post, but it was the same one... Those kind of minute frustrations are what will drive away regular commenters--esp if we can't figure out what we've looked at and what we haven't.

Buehl, I didn't mean to say that your posts weren't helpful. Some of them do seem to probably not be relevant on this new platform (for example, posting pics). It is still very relevant, as long as long-timers stick around, anyway, to know how to measure your kitchen, etc.

I am also just thinking that it would be nice to have a forum dedicated to the challenges of this rather sudden transition, rather than having Tamara wade through them all (and esp kitchens). And, thought the FAQs might be a good place for that.

Also, I know transitions take time. And, I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet, but I really, really value the expertise and time that long-timers gave to GW posters for help. And, I am worried that will get lost. I don't want to see you all disappear this week and never come back due to frustrations. I plan to give it a little time, but I'm hoping that Tamara/Houzz people will be (quickly) responsive to our suggestions/concerns.

One thing I DO like, is I can find all the posts I've started, easily. Even ones that I started years ago on GW. That was something we'd been hoping for/asking for of GW for a while. So, glad for that.

I couldn't find the Kitchens FAQs - they do not appear to have been brought over to Houzz. Unless someone can point me to them, it looks like we're back to the "Read Me" thread (or similar) for the foreseeable future. *sigh*

buehl, the FAQs are there. They're just in a bad spot. If you click on the link to "Gardenweb Topics", then click on "FAQs", then on "Home FAQs", then "Kitchens", there they are. I'm sure few newbies will find it prior to posting. It really needs to be a sticky at the top of the Kitchens forum. Tamera, is that possible?

You have to go to FAQs in the left bar under Gardenweb Topics, then Home FAQs, and Kitchens will be in there. In some other forums I noticed they added a link to the FAQs for that forum in the Related Forums section, and I think they should do the same for Kitchens.

Yes, FAQs are there but many of them are incomplete--that is they end mid sentence and...

There is no arrow to go to the rest of the thread. Hopefully that will be fixed because there were several of those threads I would frequently go back to and check on "how to" do this or that. I posted on the "Tamara and powers that be" thread so that they know this has happened.

We are still working on making the FAQs 'ready for prime time'. They are still there and I know that some are truncated. This is the same issue as some of the larger posts where it appears that information is missing, but we'll need to restore it manually.

Thanks Tamara for letting us know you are working on it. I don't envy your job.

I also just discovered the "2 box" selection on the top right. If you select to see the forum titles this way (instead of a straight list), you can see a picture, the title of the post, and the most recent comment to the post. That is also an improvement to GW. I am glad I found that option, so offering it up for others.

kirkhall, thank you! I had not found the alternate ways to view the thread titles. The "two box" one looks like it will work best for me too.