Try this link.

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

" ... all of my bookmarks in firefox are no longer working for garden web ... "

So your bookmarks are intact, you're just no longer signed in and can't sign in to gardenweb(dot)com, correct?

You can sign into Houzz, but when you try to sign into Gardenweb, you get an error stating something about "too many redirects"?

Yeah, that's not an Apple problem, it's a Houzz problem. Either they've accidentally messed up a redirect or purposely did it. Either way, it looks like they're not going to fix it.

If you're lucky enough to have a second desktop computer (doesn't matter if Windows, Mac or Linux) that you're still signed into Gardenweb using Firefox, you could try copying the file "cookies.sqlite" to the new Firefox and "probably" be signed in.

I again recently tried signing out but couldn't get back in. (Except by grabbing the cookie file from another computer)

I realize that's not for everybody but it's not difficult. Help->Troubleshooting Information then "Open Directory" beside "Profile Directory" gets you to where the cookies file is located)

Eventually we'll all buy new computers, or the Gardenweb login cookies will all expire, or we'll clear cookies, be logged out and only able to log back into Houzz. I suspect that's what they want, I don't blame them, but since I favor the appearance of Gardenweb, I'll hold onto my cookie as long as I can.

I'm not saying you can't get past the too many redirects error if you keep trying maybe you can but my patience ran out trying.

I suppose they figure since these two URLs take you to the same thread they're both "Gardenweb":

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6072063/please-help-get-me-back-to-gw-kitchen-table-and-out-of-houzz#n=1

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6072063/please-help-get-me-back-to-gw-kitchen-table-and-out-of-houzz#n=1

In a way they are, same thread, same content. It's just the way it's presented that's different. I prefer gardenweb but could if need be adapt houzz to my wishes. Maybe not the smaller images though, I can widen them but until they're clicked on they're just inferior quality thumbnails. (I suppose they save bandwidth that way)

Just in case you happen to be logged in on another computer and want to go looking for your old cookie:

Guaranteed to work? No.

Would I try it? Yes.

Should you? Only you can say. :-)

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I have Firefox on PC with no issues concerning gardenweb. I use the links listed above. Perhaps Apple does not like Firefox, although I cannot imagine why.

Thanks everyone. I'm on a macbook. I can get into GW via Chrome, but I hate using that browser. When I try to use my bookmark or any of the links posted in firefox, I am not signed in and when I try, I get this message:

Thanks for the detailed description, Richard. I have no idea how to get to the page you have pictured to try to capture a cookie. I don't have firefox on my ipad, but I do have a really old macbook I could fire up and see if I can see any cookies there.

If you fire up your old macbook and you're still signed into gardenweb using Firefox, you may be in luck.

If you are logged in using Firefox I could do a more step-by- step on how to locate the cookie file. Firefox makes it easy to locate the correct folder. Another way to find troubleshooting info by going through the hamburger menu. (the three lines)

Or even better: about:support

Then you'll see where to open the profile directory and find the file.

I don't like Chrome either but probably for a reason that doesn't matter to most anyone else. (I prefer tabs on bottom, Firefox lets me do that, Chrome does not)

The error you posted is the one I get. Other browsers might word it differently but it's the same error.

Anyone that does not have trouble with gardenweb(dot)com links, it's because you haven't logged out, either intentionally or inadvertently. Unless Houzz fixes it, sooner or later everyone will be using houzz(dot)com.

I like the way gardenweb is styled better than houzz so I'll use it until I can no longer use it.

I can picture the techs pulling their hair out and cussing every time they make a change on houzz that breaks something on gardenweb.

Anyone that is logged in using gardenweb(dot)com and prefers it over houzz(dot)com, don't log out or clear cookies. :-)

"If you can get in on chrome you’re leaps ahead of me!"

I missed that. Same here. Maybe in whatever way the OS update messed up Firefox, it just didn't mess up Chrome?

Perhaps sitting beside a new Firefox profile is an old Firefox profile with a logged in gardenweb cookie?

I might go to the currently active Firefox profile by going through "Troubleshooting information" as above then hit the up arrow and look for another profile directory. Inside that older profile might be a cookies.sqlite file that once pasted into the active directory, would switch you to signed in. (close Firefox before pasting the replacement cookie file, then start it back up) Probably too much to hope for... but worth a look see?

It will not allow me to log into gardenweb anymore...has not for several months now. Just, one time I did a clean up of junk files and after that, the gardenweb would not log me in. Somehow I managed to find the forums on houzz and logged in and am using that now. I cannot imagine not cleaning up junk files from time to time. After a while, you will have to clean up and defrag...right?! I now have a brand new computer so there's no gardenweb links left, I deleted them and changed them to houzz links.

When I clear my cache (ctrl, shift and delete) I leave the cookies and other data box unchecked. For sure, I won't clear my cookies, after learning of all this rigamarole.

Richard you are so darned knowledgeable, I'm beyond impressed, in awe, and pretty much scared as heck to try the things you suggest.

I didn't know that you can grab a cookie, and love that you call the 3 lines a 'hamburger'.

olychick - that is a nightmare. I got a new Macbook in December and I was worried that I'd lose my GW bookmarks when the data transferred. But so far so good. I installed the Apple update yesterday and again no problems getting here.

I agree that it's a Houzz problem but I don't know how to solve it. I saved all the bookmarks in an email so that I can always go to that email and click the GW link. But it doesn't always work - Houzz is a real disaster. For that reason alone I never clear my cache.

And even though I use the same bookmarks on my iPad and Iphone - they go directly to Houzz and then won't let me sign in.

I had all the old bookmarks but when I tried to log in to them...it went to some error page and I could never log in using gardenweb ever again. So now I just use the houzz webpage and get to the same forums as before just doesn't say "kitchen table" at the top of page but it IS kitchen table.

Jasdip

I can't say I've never messed things up. I have lots of times. I don't know much about anything except maybe a little about Linux and Firefox. I leave cookies unchecked too. Somebody somewhere I was reading was calling the 3 lines a hamburger. I forget where. Mozilla(dot) com maybe?

"I agree that it's a Houzz problem but I don't know how to solve it"

You can't solve it. The problem is on the Houzz server and only their techs have access to it.

Replacing gardenweb.com bookmarks with houzz.com bookmarks and learning to live with it would be easiest. I'm just stubborn and prefer the gardenweb format so I'll hang onto it until it quits working.

I finally got this fixed! Nothing that I did, but I noticed my Cooking Forum bookmark still took me to GW. When I then clicked on the KT from my list of Topics/Forums on the left side of the page, the KT forum opened in GW instead of Houzz! So I deleted the houzz bookmark and replaced it with the KT GW bookmark. Yay! No more "featured answers" or "top posters" showing! I hope this works for someone else.