Thanks, marquest. I guess I want to know if the search process here can be refined. I have searched often with the search box. Using the search box gives me every use of the members name, including in references by others and all follow up posts by them, as well as all posts they initiated. Can I limit the search to just initial posts by a given member? Maybe searching through Google is better. It certainly turns up listings for subjects here that I don't get with the GW search. Maybe a generic search is the only way to do it here. It isn't that hard to scroll down and look for posts initiated by the individual in question.

"yup, tou would think with all of the ad revenue they get --esp. from those annoying drop down ones, that they could get a current message board. if i start a thread or have a particular interest in one that someone else started, i end up saving it to favorites for a bit so i can actually find it again!" You'd think that they could have a quote feature too! ROFL. seriously, this is the worst excuse for a message board I have ever seen. come on GW - its 2007. Not 1991.

When I was trying before the "Search" box at the top of the page was the Houzz search box. Now I have Search in GardenWeb. I'm not sure how it happened.

Go into your profile. Click on "Activity" and on the left side, right under your screen avatar, will be a listing of your various Houzz/GW activity, including one that is labeled 'Posts you Started'. Clicking on that will give you a listing of every post you have initiated, although you may need to scroll for awhile to find older ones :-)