No one??

Can you at lest tell me that you see this thread?

Edited to add: Link to first new Read Me thread: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5972404/new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-2020-interim#n=0

I see this thread.

Hi, Buehl. I see this thread. I also see your new "New to Kitchens? Read Me First! - Come here fro the new link". Then there was a "New to Kitchens? Read Me First - OBSOLETE" thread earlier today. I'm not sure why it was marked obsolete though. All the info seems very relevant to me and I actually re-read Ice. Water. Stone. Fire. again last night for the millionth time!

These forums have been acting very oddly lately.

I started a thread in KT about the onion recall, and tagged Kitchens. I linked to a thread in cooking. Everything seems OK with that thread, but I have had a lot of 'page not found' when trying the backspace bar lately. There was a recent thread in Home Dec Convo about others having the same issue (or other issues).

I can see, and open, the New to Kitchens? Come here for link, thread, but when I click on the link in the OP I still get Page Not Found.

I can see this thread, but I can't see the new threads, for which I get 404s.

*sigh* It looks like I broke the link to the old 2018 Read Me thread.

I logged out and when I tried the URL, I got the "page not found".

I changed the title back to what it used to be, and it still says "page not found".

Logging back in, I found both iterations.

OMG!! My previous reply is now gone!!!

What is going on?????

I had documented all my testing in that reply... :-(

no. cant see that thread to which you posted the link

Well I can see this thread, but I cannot see either of the new to kitchens threads. I WAS only able to see the obsolete one, but now I can see neither. Trying to remember how to contact Emily and or any Houzz IT .

All the updates on the daily bumping to the original Read Me thread are now gone from my Notifications. Argh.

I did open a support ticket...we'll see if I hear anything.

FYI...I documented the above so if anyone asks, I can point them to what I did. (In addition to what they asked for, I gave them the same information we ask for at work for trouble tickets/incident reports.)

Buehl, I so appreciate all the time and effort you put into this. I sure hope it all gets resolved.

The threads we were trying out are still in the Test forum, if you want to redirect there for the time being. I'm going to try to delete my sample after this is resolved.

New to kitchens (original info I posted). Some links appear to have broken* when your original thread disappeared, but other links and info in text are still there.

Your first sample post. Links appear to be intact. (ETA #'s 7-11 do not work--they just redirect to Houzz.)

*Broken:

• http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2558824/stone-information-and-advice-and-checklists

• http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2767041/how-do-i-seal-my-natural-stone-countertops
• https://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2685147/tips-for-temporary-kitchen-set-up
• https://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2433816/makeshift-kitchen-what-did-you-do

Hmmm...I cannot get to your post (https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5880938/new-to-kitchens-test). I get "this page isn't working"

I can get to my post (https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5886905/sample-first-post-of-new-to-kitchens-read-me-thread#n=0)

I can try to modify it to match the new, formatted post, but I'm afraid I'll break that link!

I'm going to try creating a new post in the "Test" forum b/f I modify the original one. Let me know if you can get to it.

ETA: New Test Forum post:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5974232/testing-new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-august-2020

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BTW...I was able to find the new links for 3 of the 4 broken links. One seems gone.

The broken links:

1. http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2558824/stone-information-and-advice-and-checklists
2. http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2767041/how-do-i-seal-my-natural-stone-countertops
3. https://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2685147/tips-for-temporary-kitchen-set-up
4. https://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2433816/makeshift-kitchen-what-did-you-do

The new links:

1. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2558824/stone-information-and-advice-checklists
2. Appears to be gone
3. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2685147/tips-for-temporary-kitchen-set-up
4. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2433816/makeshift-kitchen-what-did-you-do

I tried a couple of things...please let me know if this link works on the Kitchens Forum:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5974241/aug-2020-new-to-kitchens-read-me-first#n=0

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I also created a post on the Test Forum:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5974232/testing-new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-august-2020

OK...so I checked both of the two new threads above.

Kitchens Forum new thread:

* The new thread was in the thread list for about 4 minutes but then it disappeared

* It is not visible to anyone other then me (I logged out and checked)

Test Forum new thread:

* It's still in the thread list 43 minutes later

* I can get to it when logged out

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The primary difference, I think, is that the Kitchens Forum is now a "Houzz" URL but the Testing Forum is still a "GardenWeb" URL.

Kitchens Forum: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/kitchens

Test Forum: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/test

Is anyone still able to access the Kitchens Forum via a GardenWeb URL? I cannot.

If so, do you see the new Read Me thread in the thread list? It was created around 1:00am ET 08/11/2020 (10:00pm PT 08/10/2020). You may have to navigate to page 2 or 3 to find it.

Subject: Aug 2020 - New to Kitchens? Read Me First!

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FYI...no response from the Support team yet. (I gave them both my user name and email address, so I know they can contact me.)

I am able to get both

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/kitchens

and using

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

I do NOT see the new Read Me thread on either houzz or gardenweb.

i can see all of the test threads (including mine) in the Test forum. I can't see the one in Kitchens: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5974241/aug-2020-new-to-kitchens-read-me-first#n=0 (page not found)

I reposted your new thread in the Test forum to this forum (Kitchens), with a request not to add questions or bump. If I am the only one to bump it, I think I can delete it when you can finally post a version that works, or post a link with your account, since it's the one everyone recognizes. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5974318/new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-buehl-s-2020-version#n=0

Thank you for the missing links, Buehl, and for all the time you've taken to try to resolve this issue.

(In the meantime, someone has bumped your 2016 version, which has a lot of broken links.)

Well, it's been two business days now and still no response from the Houzz support team.

Try this:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5974870/2020-kitchens-read-me#n=0

Please let me know if you can see the thread and if it's the entire thread.

I've been wondering if maybe my post is too long. It used to tell you if it is, but maybe it doesn't anymore. Or maybe it's a glitch in Houzz that it has trouble with posts close to the limit?

I also started it using Kitchens via the GardenWeb URL (thanks to a post I found on the Test Forum from "Richard (Vero Beach, Florida)"). It's the first time I've been able to use the Kitchens GardenWeb URL without it auto converting to Houzz for a very long time.

The link works (and it's the full thread).!!! Success at this moment 735am EST.8/12.

Private messaging is not working. I posted a thread on 'Using Houzz' and it's not showing up as of 12:13pm ET.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5975081/private-messaging#n=0

So my original thread was 'Private messaging', which I edited to 'Private messaging not working'. It seems that even though editing the OP is an option, maybe editing breaks the link or sends the original url into limbo? I re-posted, and although my new thread appeared, when I checked a few minutes later in was no longer showing in the 'Using Houzz' forum. It's still showing in my recent activity (on my member page).

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5975105/private-messaging-not-working

I give up.

Mama Goose...Same issue I've been having. When I try to navigate to the above links I get "this page isn't working" for the first one and "page not found" for the second one.

I was beginning to think it was just me!

Well, I gave up but I'm back. I tried again in the Using Houzz forum, with no link in the OP: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5975203/private-messaging-isn-t-working#n=0

I left the forum then navigated back and it was still there, so I edited the text to see if that was also a problem, and after leaving the forum then navigating back, the thread was gone.

So, the following thread has no link, and I did not edit: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5975211/private-messaging-is-not-working#n=0

BTW, every link is still working for me and showing up in my activity/posts I started.

Another strange thing--I've been tagging the Test forum on the above threads, so see if they show up there. They do, but then they disappear when they disappear from the UH forum. I also noticed that the sample thread I started in March to send to Buehl is missing, and I did not delete it (could not have deleted it since it is so old). It still stows up in my bookmarks, and I can access it. This is a screen grab:

Whatever they're doing is making it more and more difficult to use the site.

It's now been 3 business days since I submitted a support ticket and still no response. This is also a poor business model. I'm guessing that since I'm not trying buy something or sign up for a paying account, they're ignoring me.

The fact that I'm not the only one experiencing issues should be making them sit up and pay attention.

May I suggest that everyone who is experiencing this issue also submit a support ticket? I recommend including a link to this thread in your report since I have a detailed description of the issues contained in this thread. Maybe if enough people complain, they will stop ignoring us.

I would love to submit a support ticket. Can you please explain how to do that? I am not usually so challenged, but using houzz is not very intuitive and I don't remember how to try to reach their support team. Editing to add, I clicked on the HELP at the bottom and made it a general query. I did mention that others have been trying for 3 days and did paste the link to the thread. Not sure what else to do.

All my threads have now mysteriously re-appeared (i.e., I suspect the Houzz bug has been fixed).

Here's the one to go to now

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5972404/new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-2020-interim#n=1

Buehl, if you want to get all the other obsolete threads off the Kitchens page, edit them to add the Test forum tag, then delete the Kitchens tag. We can't delete them, but they can be moved to the Test forum to avoid confusion in Kitchens. I did that with a couple of the threads I posted to Using Houzz forum, and the temporary thread I posted in Kitchens when yours wasn't showing up. What's funny (not really) is that the one thread I left in UH forum is still not showing up there. : /

Great idea Mama Goose! I'll do that now!

August 23 -- I fixed a couple of typos and removed a reference that is no longer valid in the Read Me thread and it's gone again! It looks like if you modify the original post, you now break the link to the thread somehow.

Could others double check for me? I signed out and tried to link to it and got the dreaded "The page you requested was not found." Are the rest of you getting the same thing?

[I was hoping it was just a Subject/Title change that breaks links, but apparently it's editing anything! If you're going to provide a new function, PLEASE test it first!]

Yes, Buehl, I am getting the same thing. I was just looking for the thread to bump and possibly remove my previous bump, and could not find it. I went to your activity page and saw the link within one of your posts, and when I click on it- the dreaded "The page you requested was not found."