One thing that helps with navigating between forums is using the Related Forums links provided on each forum. Very few seem to pay any attention to them yet that are a very effective way to get around.

For example, this forum provides direct links to Pest & Diseases, Vegetable Gardening, Harvest, and Heirlooms. Vegetable Gardening provides direct links to Asian Vegetables, Tomatoes, Alliums, Herbs, Organic Gardening, Four Season Gardening, Giants, Hot Peppers, Fruit & Orchards, Harvest, Heirlooms, Beans, Peas & Other Legumes in its list of Related Forums.

With a bit of exploration you can quickly determine the path to your favorite forum just by starting with one bookmarked forum.

As to finding all your posts - just type your user name in the forum search bar and it pulls them all up for you.

Not perfect but not too bad either.

Dave

Clippings can be a useful tool. Clip your own post or a post in a thread you want to track. Then go to *My Clippings* to see the list of the posts/threads you are interested in.

Zeuspaul

but on other discussion forums I use, you can go to your profile page and see a quick and easy list of recent posts. I would love something like that here to stay on track!

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GW uses different software than most message sites where I read and post, which use V bul software which does allow you to see a member profile and info about that member and when joined and recent posts also, as you mentioned.

it's always been that way here ever since Spike started GW all those many years ago. It's changed hands several times and never will the software change either.

It's also the only site where I read and post that does not allow you to mention another message site, or you can be banned, last I knew ,although I've tried to clarify that several times with no luck.

So what you get here at GW is what it already is and is not going to change.

Carolyn

When I sign in GW, its the home page. Then I open "Forums" page. There you have all kinds of listings of the forum, alphabetically, by name,....you name it.

But, to me most things that gardeners grow(not landscaping, not flowers, ..) fit into VEGETABLES. There you can see a bigger crowd talking about all kinds of vegetable(including tomatoes, peppers ,.. herbs)

The next crowded(w/most participants) and lively forum is "Growing tomatoes". No wonder b/c tomato is the most popular vegetable grown by gardeners across USA and elsewhere.

I personally, also visit the following forums regularly:

--- Herbs
--- Alliums
--- Asian Vegetables.
--- pumpkins, squash...
--- beans, .., legumes ...

I also do go to my regional gardening group forum on occasionally. Not very often, because I am not interested in shrubs, landscaping etc. I already know enough about them and it is not something that I have to deal with everyday. Also, I have no interest in issues like container gardening, harvesting,

All in all, there are many forums for just about anybody who wants to learn or contribute.

It's pretty easy to tell which forums are more active by looking at the dates of when the threads were started and when the most recent was posted, which is part of the info shown for each thread on a forum's page. If they were started in the past day or so and answered in the past day or so, the forum is pretty active. If a thread at the top was started last fall and the most recent reply was 2 months ago, the forum is not very active.

I find my posts using the search function, if I need to. Just do a search for your username. You can narrow the results by going to a particular forum and using the "search only this forum" option.

There is crossover between forums, so just ask your questions where it makes the most sense to you to do so. A question about frowing tomatoes in your area will likely recieve a good answer if it is posted here, or vegetable, or in your regional forum. If you have two favorite forums that aren't related to each other, set them in your profile and just go to your member page and click on them.

Cheers!

Seysonn, thanks for the list of forums you've noticed that are more active. That is really helpful and I appreciate it! Others, thanks too for the feedback and tips. Gardenweb is a really helpful community and my questions/issues are really only minor. I'm glad the forum is here. Thanks!

Is there any other way to give feedback, report spam, ask forum related questions, other than using the Contact Us route?

Sometimes it takes a really long time to log on to the forum, and I've had double posting issues this past while. Is it a server issue? I must say, it's quite frustrating.

I didn't realize you could search your own name. I usually save my posts in a folder in my browser favorites (named "Posts" ha!). I date 'em so I know which are most recent.

"It's also the only site where I read and post that does not allow you to mention another message site, or you can be banned, last I knew ,although I've tried to clarify that several times with no luck."

Ok, let's see if I get banned for mentioning another site...I've always been curious about this.

Another great discussion forum: T o m a t o v i l l e. Had to do the letter spacing to avoid the "spam" police.

If I don't post again soon, you'll know they got me.