Confused about Site changes? Here's a work-around

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

If you got to the "Your Topics" page, and now you are wondering where did my old posts go and where are my correspondents? Look at at the upper left of the page and find in wee font "Your Topics" and to the right of this is "edit". (You may not see these while reading this post. After reading these instructions, exit from this post to return to the opening page.) Here's the work-around I'm using: Click on "edit" and a drop-down menu appears with all the old familiar subject titles. These are not alphabetized - drat! Scroll through the list and check (click) the boxes of all you are interested in. When you are done, click the box labeled "DONE".

A list of the checked subjects should appear under the heading heading, "Your Topics." Click on a forum topic to go to that forum and proceed as before.

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pugga

8 years ago

Oooh, I think I figured it out.

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salonva
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Thank you---- I just did this and it worked!!!! Life changing!!!

(and such clear instructions bless you and thank you)
User
8 years ago
Jem, great post, can you copy and paste it into the FAQ we are trying to build? It would be helpful to a lot of folks.
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sjerin
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Wonderful instructions, Jemdandy, thank you for writing them out. I've been looking under "Topics" for a couple of days for "Hot Topics" and still haven't found it--are my eyes just not seeing it?? I can still get there by googling, but this might be handier (if it's there.)
blfenton
8 years ago
When you click on the edit - the list that comes up has Hot Topics on it.

My understanding from others is that you can put Hot Topics in the GardenWeb search Bar and apparently it comes up. When it does, to the right of the Hot Topics header is a button that says Follow - click that ( may have to double click) and it will appear in the Your Topics box. Then you can just click on it in the box and you will be there.
pugga
8 years ago
Sorry, but I can't even figure out how to get to the "Your Topics" page.

I clicked on "Your Houzz" in the upper right corner of the screen but all that is displayed is Ideabooks and "Your Updates."

I looked through my settings, even advanced settings, and nothing looked like it would control displaying Your Topics.
cynic
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
There's a big green infobox pointing to it and telling you what to do. I've had this available since the change. Not what I would call a workaround as it's just using one of the new options.

Apparently nobody else uses the address bar like I do. I find it easier to just (for instance) double click on kitchentable and type hottopics, or appliances, or laundry or whatever forum I want to visit. Much quicker than clicking all over the place and much easier on the hands (carpal tunnel). And actually once I start typing the site name it'll come up in the history so I can type just a couple letters and hit enter. Super quick.

Another option. Use what you prefer.
daisychain Zn3b
8 years ago
pugga can you explain how you found the "your topics page"?

I wouldn't call it a workaround either. I'd call it helpful advice and it is very much appreciated. Some of us need more help than others with acclimating.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Daisy, when you close out of here, you should see a big Your Topics at the top of all the KT posts. To the left of that is a little green Your Topics. Click on the Edit just to the right of that and you will see all the topics with a little box in front of each one. If you click on the little box, it will be added to Your Topics. They are not in any kind of order so it does take some patience to go through them all to find the ones you want to have on your list. I hope this helps.
daisychain Zn3b
8 years ago
Extremely helpful. Thanks, murraysmom.
sheilajoyce_gw
8 years ago
Thanks, Jem. When I made my original list of Your Topics, the master list did not include some other favorites. But the Edit list did, so now I have found the various topics I have liked on Garden Web.
User
8 years ago
Kitchen Table Folks, If everyone used the little symbol in the upper right of posts 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. They won’t be able to keep up with the numbers of complaints. They don’t have enough people.

Numbers rule.
Annie Deighnaugh
8 years ago
Where is the link to report our issues? I can't seem to find it...there are quite a few things I'd like to mention to Emily to see if they can't fix it.

I wish they would announce to us before they make the changes, and give us an explicit place to provide feedback on the changes they've made. I mean they are providing the system but we all are the ones who make it go. I wish they'd be a little more open to us stakeholders in the process and include us in on the changes and our inputs.
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8 years ago
Annie, here is the link to report problems.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/new-look-for-gardenweb-topics-dsvw-vd~5342444

However, if you take the time to read all 400 (!) comments - and the HOUZZ non-response to most of them - you'll see that sadly, you are wasting your time.

They do not care about GardenWeb, they do not care that we are unhappy, and I'm afraid this is the end of the road for GW. We've been swallowed up in the HOUZZ empire and we either need to adapt or move on to better pastures.
Annie Deighnaugh
8 years ago
Thanks patriceny. I was looking for the website link for technical issues.

My experience has been that parallel sites tend to die as they have nothing to bring in new blood to keep it fresh, so even that solution is less than optimal.

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