Hi, Paula!

Go to your profile. Go to first name (publicly displayed) and write how you want your name to be seen, and this can be your old name, or something new.....edit any other info you may like below...where you will see what you had written about yourself while under Garden web.

Welcome back! We've missed you.

Jo

Thanks Jo, I missed all of you, too. I will give your suggestions a try and hopefully I will retain my 'identity'.

DH and I finally found a home with 2 acres which is beautiful, however; being out in the country isn't conducive to good Internet reception and there are only 2 options. One was a stick thing that would have cost a fortune. The other option was to install a 70 foot tower in the front of our century old barn to go over the height of the trees to receive reception from the Internet company's signal which is mounted on a silo across a forest from us. They also wanted $800 to do this. You are getting the picture.

Anyway, as we kept the house in town, I don't have to rush to transplant my babies which is a good thing because it is going to be a huge job!

Paula

I tried but it says that my user name is already taken.

I added the 5b as a suffix. I cannot find my 'about me' stuff.

I tried to use my old user name when GW became Houzz Capital "D" and "C" in my "Don_in_Colorado" and it also said my name was taken. I tweaked it a little (to all lower-case letters) and it took it. I notice a whole lot of our user names seemed to be a little changed from when it was GW. Hm.

Here is a random hosta pic... : )

Don B.

Lovely pic to see at this time of the year when we are in a severe cold snap! -33 which is almost the same in both Celcius and Fahrenheit.

The "about me" stuff is two boxes below where you added your zone, etc.

To see your info, touch your "avatar" which is the small square pic to the left of your screen name. You should then see, on the right hand side of the screen "preview your public profile". Go in there and you will find when you first joined, etc.

What is the exact web address of the first pic?

I tried to find my zone and this is where I ended up...

Hope that helps. Congratulations on your new home! It must be great to look forward to bringing home your hostas at a leisurely pace since you are keeping your previous home. I'm so happy for you, Paula.

I hope you will have some time to read what's been happening here. A lot of us have settled down fairly quickly as you can see by the number of threads.

I hope you'll post at least a few alphabet pics of your choice as we are winding down with it. Fragrants are up next, I think.

Again, welcome back. :-)

and if I click on the avatar, I get this...

Good. Now click or touch below "edit profile" directly across at right "preview...."

Here is what I see when I click on "preview your public profile

Have fun deciding what will appear in your avatar...your face or whatever you like.

Thank you, we are quite happy so far. Leisurely pace? Not so sure about that because spring is the best time to move them and I don't have any beds yet!

Thanks for trying to help me but my info didn't carry over...

Did you get an email awhile back asking you to confirm your account? Once you do, your information transfers over. I can see the your username...and email. I'm not sure where your other info went. The Houzz team is quite friendly and helpful. Try emailing either Emily or Tamara.

Yes, and I confirmed it, that is how I know that my previous user name was not available. I sent an email to the feedback address so hopefully someone can assist me.

paula_b_gardener5bon(5b) - Click on Edit profile. Just below the account info there is Profile Information. Where it says First name type what you want us to see for your name.

Then in Last name put your zone info. I know at first I was trying to change my User name too.

Then scroll down a bit to save the changes.

You should be yourself in no time.

I was up too late....:-( of course you confirmed, Paula.

Peren.all, are you saying you had to go to Last Name to add zone? I entered it on same line under First Name.

When I first logged in (confirmed) (seems like ages ago now) my username "josephines67" appeared without the zone etc because that information, Houzz staff explained later as members were having problems navigating, did not transfer over...so I tried the First Name box and typed in exactly what my name was before without having to change it.

Then I browsed around a bit within my profile, etc. to see what touching a field produced. I guess I was lucky as it was an easy transition. We could not change our username at GW (I tried months ago) so I didn't think we could here either...I admit I didn't even try.

You'll get help locating your other info soon...hang in there!

I don't know if you still need help, but here's a picture I did that might help.