How do you do a search within just one forum?

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

I tried to do a search in the Cooking forum today, and Houzz did the search in the entire collection of Houzz forums, and so it was very difficult to narrow the search down.

This definitely needs to get fixed, but it is just one of many thorns lately.

Note: I could not cross post to Cooking, as that did not show up on the lists.

Comments (11)

gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
2 years ago
You need to be in that forum to search. Once you enter the search request in the box provided, there is a drop down of various places you can look but the very top one will always be that specific forum and hitting enter will take you to the relevant list of discussions.

I do this all the time and the results are excellent. IMO, it doesn't need any fixing....you just need to know the way to do it!
bpath
2 years ago
Gardengal, that doesn’t work for me. My search experience is like Lars’. I wonder if it is device-dependent?
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Sometimes, on the suggestions drop down it'll offer you a specific forum and you can choose "Cooking". Sometimes it doesn't. I've found that trying to add the name of the forum to the search terms doesn't help, and the results are mostly for very old threads. The most reliable, just like in GW days, is Google. You don't need to know the formulation (site:ths.gardenweb.com)--If you just type "gardenweb" Google will add the formulation for you. So open a new tab, go to Google, and put what you're searching for in the box, along with "gardenweb cooking" and the top answers will be recent threads in the cooking forum. Choose "see more results like this one" to see more threads that suit.
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maddielee
2 years ago
^^not always. It depends on what device and browser I am using.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
2 years ago
Well, that's always a possibility :-) But on my laptop running Windows 10, it works consistently for me 100% of the time.

But everyone seems to have very different experiences with this site depending on the device and browser used. I just almost never encounter any difficulties. But I am also firmly on the GW side of the platform, never Houzz.
foodonastump
2 years ago
Yes, works for me on GW not H.
Lars thanked foodonastump
Moxie
2 years ago
Works as gardengal described on my PC and iPad, but not via the mobile interface for iPhone.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
2 years ago
Pretty sure all the same features are not available across every platform.

When I'm on my desktop, my experience is just as gardengal describes, and it's the same on my Android mobile phone. Maybe it's an iOS thing? FWIW, I do not use the Houzz app, but my Chrome browser. Maybe it's a browser thing?

There's also 'find in page' search, which may be an option...
Lars thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
Lars
Original Author
2 years ago
I was very well aware of how to do it and have been doing it since forever, but today it did not work for me. It always worked for me on GW, but since I can no longer access GW and am forced to use Houzz, it does not work for me. I'm using Firefox and Windows 10 on a desktop computer.

Thanks, Carol, for suggesting Chrome. It does work for me on Chrome, and so I guess I'll have to start using that browser for GW, since I cannot access it on Firefox.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
2 years ago
Firefox kind of sucks, IMPE...
lisaam
2 years ago
Each of our gw / hzz probs and frustrations are so different.

(Smiley face)

I had to drop chrome for this site and switch to Firefox.
Moxie
2 years ago
Confirmed the issue with logging into houzz.com on a PC using Firefox.

I've had trouble logging into gardenweb at various times. This link from my bookmarks always works via Opera (based on Chrome) and Firefox on a PC running Windows 10. No idea whether it will work for you, but it's worth a try.

Moxie's bookmark to access gardenweb.com

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