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7 years ago

I don't like the way the houzz page is formatted now. I liked it before where there was a series of large photographs and smaller articles below

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ziggi10

7 years ago

Absolutely agree!

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caspokes
7 years ago
I am totally lost now , what happened to the newsletters ?
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If everyone used their fingers on little symbol in the upper right of every post to indicate the Miscagegorized multi category posts, they’d get an idea of how widespread and disruptive that has been. Pick 5 forums at the middle or bottom bottom of the list and go through them. Try to pick a few obscure ones. The only way they know the depth of the issue is if they have to deal with the issue. One topic=one category! Design Dilemma posts should be in the individual GW forums. GW should swallow Houzz. Not the other way around! If everyone who has an tech issue with the GW integration would post in the Using Houzz Forum with a new post stating their problem, and then post in this thread to keep the thread numbers growing, they might realize how widespread the issues are. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5342444/new-look-for-gardenweb-topics#n=354 Post on their Facebook page too. Numbers rule.
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This is what I do... Since I prefer the gardenweb styling, I bookmark: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions and name it "gardenweb". Like this: gardenweb (I primarily enter though that door) And since a browser has room for more bookmarks than one and since errors crop up on gardenweb, I also bookmark https://www.houzz.com/discussions and name it "houzz". Like this: houzz (When things go awry on the gardenweb domain, I use this one) If you were locked out of gardenweb for months, have adapted to houzz styling, and don't miss gardenweb styling, you only need the second URL. The second URL, will always get you here: houzz One caveat... gardenweb.com is the same as (redirects to the same place as) gardenweb.com/discussions (where the forums are indexed) but houzz.com is NOT the same as houzz.com/discussions (houzz(dot)com(slash)discussions takes you to what gardenweb folks think of as the forums/discussions. houzz(dot)com takes you to the houzz home page but not the forum index. If using the gardenweb URL, you can skip the "/discussions" but not when on the houzz URL) So... I'd bookmark two URLs if you prefer gardenweb styling (I do): gardenweb and as a fall back for the times errors crop up there: houzz Why do errors crop up on the gardenweb domain and take much longer (months for the last one to get fixed? My theory is.... priorities. The houzz domain is the money maker. It's the domain that attracts the spenders and likely it's the domain the techs sit around perusing so when an error on houzz occurs, they notice it and correct it much much faster than they do an error on the gardenweb domain. Like I say though, I'm just speculating. :)
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Emily H
7 years ago
Hi Caspokes, are you looking for the stories? If you click the Stories link in the header, you will find them all there.

Appreciate the feedback, everyone. We're working on making the best experience possible, and it is useful to hear!
apriltini
7 years ago
I don't like having to click "stories" every time. I hate all the clutter on the home page now. It's too much stuff.
mcnaiser
7 years ago
My ideabook is totally gone. How can I get to all those pics I saved? We are in the process of building a new home, and I can't find any of the ideas I'd saved. I do NOT like the new format!
Emily H
7 years ago
@mcnaiser I'm seeing 12 ideabooks on your profile. If you visit your profile are you finding the one you are looking for there?
momjk
7 years ago
So we've lost the large picture format, lost ability to just view without signing in (until we wanted to do something), and now, the pictures on homepage scroll through so fast! And with no control to go forward or back manually, we cannot stop to study, look again. As apriltini says, too much clutter on home page. Certainly is not My Houzz anymore. If I cannot use easily without unwanted stuff and distractions, no good reason to return.
LoungingAndRelaxing
7 years ago
@Emily Hurley Random question, how do you report, flag someone to let Houzz team know someone is being inappropriate, disruptive?
LoungingAndRelaxing
7 years ago
@EmilyHurley I think I tagged you wrong, trying again.
Emily H
7 years ago
Hi there, You can flag comments in the upper right corner of any post and it will be reported to our team to look at. Look for the tiny flag icon. :)
LoungingAndRelaxing
7 years ago
@EmilyHurley I can't seem to see any flag in the right hand corner. I'm using a tablet, does that have a different format than computer version? I have the Houzz version 16.1.0
Emily H
7 years ago
Ah, You may have to open the site in a browser to see that. Sorry about that!
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7 years ago
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Emily H
7 years ago
Hi Bogey, that's a great question to post as a Design Dilemma to get some help from the community. Please start a new post with it and I bet you will find lots of help! Thanks!
kvschaik
7 years ago
Totally agree on the home page stuff, I notice they started doing it in the U.S first if you went to that home page. Now in Oz. Home page now just a big clutter of stuff and pics. Bring back the old format of the big pics up top and the stories, it was so much more navigable and attractive. I'll be heading elsewhere now I think...
Sheri Funk
7 years ago
I can no longer access photos according to type ie exterior, room types etc. When I go to the photo tab it now only shows "Rooms" with living, dining, sunroom and family room. I've cleared searches, shut down and restarted with no success. Anyone else having this problem? I'm using an iPad.
everybody's mom
6 months ago
NOW what have they done with the stories? There is no longer a stories link in the header. I like to look at all the pictures of one house at the same time, while reading the story. Am I just out of luck?
Deborah lippitt
5 months ago
I can still find stories..it drops down when I type in words..but I think everything has become so homogenized and commercial. The ideas and stories lack originality. I think they are just trying to sell products that are hip and trendy now.

When I used to search for ideas..lots of different and unusual things came up..a thing of the past now. ..Just boring...white gray beige. Even something like Boho..boring!

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