LOL, if the avatar was your main bone-of-contention, I'd say you are doing awesome! I don't even look at them!

does anyone have that email address they were posting for us to contact them?

I want to contact them about the problem with the kitkat tablets and now I don't see that email address they were providing us with.

I just went to the Contact Us button and there's a separate field for Garden Web. If you don't find your request in the choices already there, you can "submit a request" which is how I contacted them initially when I was having log-on problems.

I like using an avatar and wish everyone would use one. That is because there are so many complaints about "all of the white," that the use of colorful avatars help break up all of the white. I do wish the space for the avatar would be increased. Also going to cross post this.

I am looking for the address they had posted several times that first day for us to specifically use for the gw group.
I have gone back through posts and can't find it.
I wish they had posted it somewhere easily accessible. It is not in the email either.
I saw it last night on a thread in another forum but I think that entire thread has has been deleted.

I remember seeing that address listed several times, too, Raven. Just looked to see if I may have kept it, but I didn't. Do you think they are going to be deleting threads all of the time. If so, I really don't like that.

I don't know, I guess the person who started it might have deleted it? It was a very vocal complaint thread.
Some of the houzz people had responded on it offering assistance and the email address, very nice of them. I wish I had thought about copying the address then.
Oh well if anyone finds the address please let me know.
Would really like to see what they have to say about the tablet.

It is getting better, just a matter of time!

Woo hoo I found it! So should anyone else need it here's the info
And remember you can submit other issues you might be having to gardenweb@houzz.com

Yes they really are listening! Making changes that have been asked for. And being helpful. I know what a huge job it was to transition all those gw forums over and I am really surprised how well it went, very little seems to have been lost, that's awesome. I have been admin on many forums online and none of it's easy.
I also think our members have been awesome jumping in to help out others. Good teamwork!

Would someone care to tell me (step by step) how to add an avatar?

Shirley

The email that ravencajun posted is the same one that I have and have been using.

I would like to know how to transfer quotes from someones post into mine (same thread) I used to highlight the quote, transfer it to the line at the top where it says the name of this web site, then highlite it again and transfer back down. IT will no longer transfer back down. Any ideas?

I'm also having trouble with writing a comment, leaving it to go to the internet to do some research on my comment and then when I use the back button, I come back to the thread and my comment is gone, it didn't stick around. It used to stay and then I could just transfer my link into the link site.

I think I might have to open a new tab which really is a pain. I'll have to work on that.

We need a practice place where we can practice all this stuff - putting in an avatar (I want to have an avatar so badly) posting pics (way beyond me), etc.

Shirley
Go to the top right corner and click on your houzz, then edit profile, on the left side you see the gray head with a camera, click on the camera, that opens the file directory for your computer, go to where you have your pictures and find the one you want, double click on it, then submit, it should be your avatar.

Ps
You can get there also by clicking on the avatar you currently have. Either way gets you there.

Shirley to add an avitar:

1. Click on your little gray man circle next to your username it will open your page.
2. In the top right corner of that gray person a camera image will appear when you hold your cursor over it, click on the camera.
3. Two boxes side by side will open and in the right box a tiny message says click or drag an image....etc. Click the plus sign right in the middle.
4. A file box will open and you can search your computer for an image you have stored there and you can select it then tell it to open.
5. This is the hard part, you will have to wait for it to finish uploading a picture and it might take a few minutes...just wait until it shows up then you can click the save button and it will have your avatar or image in place.

Mainly just go slow and read as you go along you'll get it just fine. I had to do this several times before I finally figured out to go slow and wait when I needed too. I hope that helps.

Hahaha, Raven types faster than I do lol.

Oh my goodness I was able to get a picture posted from my kitkat android tablet but I had to install the chrome browser to do it how strange. Humm well at least it's a work around. I don't use chrome normally I use boat browser which is extremely popular and used by thousands so can't imagine why it doesn't work with it.

Progress!

I did see some "threatening to leave" comments at a different category forum. Kitchens or design, I cannot remember anymore. They've probably gotten over it by now though. Getting used to navigating the site took a bit of figuring out. They didn't know that you click on "advice" to find the categories for GW. They were clicking "kitchen" up at the top thinking it would go to the kitchen forum. I would hope they don't storm off and leave just because things are different.

Thanks for the info. I printed it out for sometime in the future. Still trying to locate some files from old computer.

Shirley

mmm, I just tried moving one part of my comment to another section. I highlighted it and then dragged it but it wouldn't take. Any ideas?

mmm, I just tried moving one part of my comment to another section. I
highlighted it and then dragged it but it wouldn't take. Any ideas?

Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V if you're using windows that is...

OK I will try to just copy and paste from my earlier post for a quote.

"Oh my goodness I was able to get a picture posted"

Works fine

but I'm a Luddite and have no idea how to do it from an i-anything or tablet

I did that from my tablet. Long press on a word you want to copy, brackets pop up. Slide the brackets to encompass the phrase, when it's all in all brackets look up at the top of the page and there should be an option to copy or it might pop up on the page, it depends on the Android version, tap copy and it saves the text. Come to the reply box and long press a blank space you should see paste pop up on the page click on paste, it will insert the text you copied into the box.

ravencajun - "but I'm a Luddite and have no idea how to do it from an i-anything or tablet" Interesting, now that time I could just highlight the comment, drag it down and it worked. But within my own comment section I do have to use Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V. Thanks

If the comment that I want to comment from is too far away from my own I do have to copy and paste using Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V which again I didn't use to have to do.

Thanks for your help.

Just testing this out! Was simple enough to get signed in and put up a profile picture.

For those that are still learning and would like a place to test their posting skills there is still a test forum on Garden Web.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/test

Thanks, Pooh Bear.....I was wondering about that.

oh excellent. Thanks Pooh Bear. Perfect. I tested my problem and got it worked out. It requires more steps than before to post a link from the internet without losing your comments, have to open a new tab and blah, blah, blah but practicing it was great.

I don't mind it now, but still wish the thread would go to the top when a new reply was added. That is still a bit irritating.