When posting the above, I was able to select the "cooking" forum to post it, but after I posted, I tried clicking on the "cooking" in my post and it takes me to the same page I pictured here. My post is not at the top under "most recent."

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/cooking

plllog, that's the same link I am using....do you see the regular cooking forum or what I posted in the pic above? Even using your link it takes me to the page I posted above.

I have the same link at plllog and it seems to take you to the cooking forum

ETA - It takes me to the cooking forum - not the same page you posted

I‘m on houzz and had no problem

I just got 'page not found' when using the GW link for Home Decorating, not sure what's going on.

If you type the above URL into your location bar, it should work. If you come in on that URL, the Cooking link should work. I've had the same issue you describe before. It's the URL that counts. Navigation Houzz, as you've seen, is the trap.

Try typing it in manually. I just tried kitchens and appliances (because I know the right words) and they worked fine. I tried from a non-caching browser on my tablet and it also worked.

Try cleaning out your "cookies" and "history". Every day it is a fun new trip on the Houzz merry-go-round.

ETA: I am post Spike, but I think the "teacups" would of been better than what-can-we-change-today trip.

plllog, I understand the gw vs houzz url. I am using the gw url, my bookmark is that, the cooking "link" in my op is that, your link is that (I clicked on it and also copy and pasted it into the bar) all of them take me to that exact page I posted above. It seems to be a mishmash of all kinds of posts, none of them cooking. 56000 discussion of cooking it says, but there is not one "cooking" discussion at all that I can see at leas in the first few pages.

I hate clearing my cookies because it deletes all my auto sign ins on all my accounts everywhere and I have to spend so much time finding my passwords for them all. I'll try another browser and see if it works there.

Okay, I went from firefox to chrome and it works fine. Ugh, clearing cookies I guess it is. I JUST did that all last week and it is such a pain.

Thank you all for your help!!

Olychick, what are you on? I have more trouble on the Ipad, than I do on the desktop, which is Acer/microsoft windows 10/Google chrome.

Go to history and search Houzz. Then just clear those. I do that when the NYT's won't let me in. ETA: also the Washington Post.

I've had glitches where things didn't work right, and I assumed that Houzz was doing some sort of maintenance (perhaps not enough), but when I clicked on the links later, they worked.

Thanks, I just tried quitting firefox and restarting it and all is fine now. Thanks for the tip on clearing just houzz.

Thanks, again everyone. I hope someone posted something good on the Cooking forum to make this all worth it, lol!

eta: Sherry, I am on a macbook pro.

Weird, but the cooking forum stayed missing on my "topics" list on the left. I was able to find it now on the list of topics to choose from (it was missing before) and re-select it so it's now one of my topics I follow.

Which is Apple like my little Ipad. I want an Apple desktop or laptop, but just can't justify the cost. They usually work so much better without all the hoops to jump through, except for Houzz. (And I use a Gardenweb bookmark also.

Maybe I should move this to the computer forum, but I went to investigate how to clear just the houzz cookies and in firefox there doesn't appear to be a way to do anything but a total clear for a specific chosen time period. At least not when I go to the history tab - the only option is clear recent history, then choose the time span. I can go to show recent history and search for houzz, but no option to clear. Anyone know how to do it?

I should have investigated further before asking for help. I did find that I can clear cookies in firefox preferences and select only certain ones.

I have it as my bookmark and everything is okay. But I only use Gardenweb, never Houzz.

I do also Jasdip, but if I click on the "bell" for notifications, it changes me to Houzz.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/cooking

This is the link I use and it takes me right there. I select it from "Topics" on the left hand side of my window where it lists my frequently visited topics.

Olychick, I'm sorry I wasn't helpful, but you don't need to worry about posting here! I'm glad you found all your answers.

Wow!

Original post - 47 minutes ago.

Comments - 23 ... almost one every 2 minutes, averaged!

Some kind of service at this place!

o j ... whose (off topic) post makes 24 (in 48 min?)

joyful, I guess all the people who have been frustrated with houzz glitches are happy to weigh in to help asap! And without your post it would only be 22, and if you took away all of mine it would only be 3, lol!

I don't like clearing all cookies either. I have been using an extension to clear cookies for the current tab. (A couple newspapers I read allow only three articles and keep track with a cookie)

Firefox has a built-in method now. Other than having to go into history and search I mean.

Just click the padlock and you'll see it.

I really hate not being able to access the gardening forums easy anymore. I can't ever find the list of the gardening forums and/or the home forums.

Wow, what I'd learn if I just spent some time clicking on things! Thanks Richard. So that clear cookies choice is ONLY for the website being visited? Do you have to sign in to GW/houzz every time then?

Google ........ Cooking - GardenWeb

It should bring you right to the cooking forum. If it's successful for you as it was for me, bookmark it.

I tried to link it here but was not successful. (I used Yahoo - took me right to the forum)

Google "gardenweb forums"

We post the same thing at the same time. :-)

dcarch

"So that clear cookies choice is ONLY for the website being visited? Do you have to sign in to GW/houzz every time then?"

Yes, it clears only cookies of the site you're on.

I just tried it though and it didn't work exactly like I assumed it would. (I assumed I'd have to log back in)

It did clear the gardenweb cookies but it did not clear the houzz cookies. (and it should not have)

When I cleared the gardenweb cookies and refreshed the page, I was logged out but I was quickly logged back in.

Still, clearing gardenweb cookies might solve a problem even without clearing houzz cookies? It's quick and easy to try.

It's not a problem on my newspaper sites since they don't use two domains. :)

I can't reach the cooking forum to post anything. Even if I find it by jumping through a lot of hoops, any post does not go through.

On my main computer I can't post or comment on ANY forum. The latter has been going on for months. And yes, I did clear the cookies.

I got the Houzz app on my phone so at least I can post on my phone if not my computer. Writing a post is challenging as my paragraphs and sometimes punctuation are removed.

Though no cooking forum for me.

That's weird Linnea. My problem was solved by going to a different browser. I prefer Firefox but was able to find it using Chrome. But then I simple quit firefox and reopened it and my GW bookmarks worked just like they always have. And even though Cooking had been removed from my list of forums I follow on the left of the page and was not visible to select it to follow, once I restarted Firefox, Cooking was still missing from my list, but was now available to choose to follow. All is just fine now.

Houzz is so messed up....they are trying to sell the service of their "pros" but somehow don't realize there would be no visits but for the people using the old Garden Web forums....
I am a Spike era poster....in fact I have even met Spike himself! I know there are a whole group of active forums out there that I can't access. Things like birdwatching and Raptors and what Plant is this...as well as something called caregivers, and marriage, and health....
But Houzz in their infinite wisdom hides them well!

Lindac92, Click on edit on your topics. Scroll way down to nature forums. Bird watching and Raptors are there. click on them to follow and they should show up in your feed. Caregivers is under the Home Forums. What plant is this is "Name That Plant" and is in the garden forums.

After you click on what you want to follow, be sure to click done.

ETA: It is easier to do on a desktop. Then it will be on all your devices. Check your address bar and make sure it says "gardenweb" and not houzz.

ETA #2: You cannot click on Explore all Discussions anymore to get the topics. That only shows Australia forums. You must follow forums. You can then click on a forum from your list, if you only want to read that one.

I was not able to find Birdwatching in the list of Topics either, for a long time. It didn't show there, nor did Name that Plant. I wish I could recall how I fixed it, but I think I had to switch browsers and make sure I was in the GW URL and not the houzz.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/bird

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/bluebird

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/raptors

Houzz seems to be the default URL, but I can highlight and replace the 'houzz' part with 'gardenweb' and reload the page.

I found that if I click 'Edit' on my list of topics, that takes me to the complete list of forums.

I'm on an older OSX iMac desktop, using Chrome.

This morning while posting the Daily Trivia Quiz even though I was on the Kitchen Table, when I clicked Post, it wouldn't let me. It said to choose a forum. So I had to scroll and look for the KT in order to post. This had better not be a regular way of posting!

Jasdip, I've had that happen off and on, but it goes away. That might be one of those time to reload things.

Sherry, thanks for the info on "edit" topics!

There should be a box to search for forums when starting a topic. I just type in the forum name, rather than scrolling down looking for it.

"This morning while posting the Daily Trivia Quiz even though I was on
the Kitchen Table, when I clicked Post, it wouldn't let me. It said to
choose a forum. So I had to scroll and look for the KT in order to post.
This had better not be a regular way of posting!"

Yes, I'd expect it to be smart enough to know you want to include the forum you're posting from. (Then let you add other forums if desired)

Posting to "Computer Help" is working. It automatically includes the "Computer Help" forum. I didn't have to search for it. (and the same on the "Test" forum)

However, it's not automatically including "Kitchen Table" when posting from "Kitchen Table".

It will likely go away when they come up with a different bug to take it's place.

dominoing all over the place ... hit me for awhile. just went back into my history and pulled up thread ... then hit cooking. weird.

I wonder if it's the forums that don't fit into a specific category of gardening or home improvement that might trip the system up...?

Thank you Richard for that visual. I've never had to physically search or type it in before. I'll see if it works today when I post the quiz.