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How do you find the Home page?

I haven't been playing that long - just a couple months - but I don't remember how I found the Home page and the Forums. When my husband started playing this weekend, I mentioned something about going to the Home page and the Wardrobe so he could pick new clothes, but he had no idea how to get there. He only knew how to get to glitch.com and I had to tell him how to get to the Home page. What have I forgotten - or are there a lot of new glitchizens out there with no clue how to change their clothes and whatnot?

Posted 18 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Edit sorry
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There's a drop down from inside the game, the little icon / avatar above the chat window.

    Otherwise, the Home page should be there whenever you log in. Links to the Wardrobe, Vanity are by the picture of your avatar, the rest of the links should be along the top.

    If you're accessing via a mobile phone, you won't be able to see much more than your updates and the Forum links.
    Posted 18 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That goes to the public site/blog. I think Zany Serendipity is talking about the home page on *this* site. And, to get there you can click on the "Home" link in the top navigation bar, on the Glitch logo in the top left corner or "Home" in the breadcrumb under the logo — on this page you'd see: Home » Forums » General
    Posted 18 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm talking about when you visit glitch.com and start playing from there... and when you are in-world. As a brand-new player, particularly.
    If it's not making sense, I blame the massive headache I have had all day. =(
    Posted 18 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Use beta.glitch.com!
    Posted 18 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When I sign in at glitch.com, it sends me to beta.glitch.com, which is the "Home" page, so I am confused about what the question is.
    Posted 18 months ago by larky lion Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, here is what happened. While he was playing, I mentioned to my husband that he could go to the Home page to get to the Wardrobe so he could change his clothes. He went to glitch.com, as that was the only Home page he knew. I had to tell him to go to beta.glitch.com.
    The question is... how does a brand new player, who doesn't have someone coaching them over their shoulder, find beta.glitch.com and know it is the Home page?
    Now that the game is closed, I can't look to see... but there is not a button at the top of the page that says "Home" while you are playing, is there? You have to know there is a drop-down menu to find it, right?
    Posted 18 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you follow what Trav said earlier, you can find the vanity by using that drop down menu and clicking "exit the world" which gets you to your homepage. 
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Actually, I've never figured out how to get to the home page when I'm in game and always opened up a new tab and hit my forum shortcut or beta site shortcut to bring it up.  I keep wishing the Glitch logo in the top left of the game window would be clickable and send you to the homepage, but it doesn't.  :/  To be honest, I almost never use the drop-down menu except when I'm leaving the world (it's not very intuitive for it to be a drop-down menu to me), so I've never really looked at what other options are in there.  ^^;
    Posted 18 months ago by Marebito Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think I've ever looked at the drop-down menu. In fact.... I don't think I even knew it was there for a long time. (Long being relative since I just started playing in May)
    Posted 18 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What I do when I am in play I go to the top right under my picture it says profile go there first then click home,Simple.
    Posted 18 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think there is something not quite user friendly about how that works. It took me a while to figure it out too. I think it would be nice if we could access wardrobe and vanity while in our house. Maybe a door could activate our wardrobe or the wardrobe button could be available at the top of the page when we're in our space. Leaving the game to have to access your clothes seems a bit off-putting especially when you're first starting out. 
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do that too, Ghost. In Chrome you actually open another tab when you do that.
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes River ,I keep auction ,profile in tabs all the time and hardly ever crash in FireFox.
    Posted 18 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That drop down is pretty handy, give it a go next time the world is open. 
    (I wish I had a screen shot.... anyone got one?)

    When you click on it, the drop down has links for Profile, Skills, Your Home (as in your real estate/home listing) or Buy a House if you don't own one already, Forums, Groups, Auctions, Wardrobe, and Vanity (and Exit the World which logs you out).... all of these open in a new tab / window depending on your settings - you do not have to leave the game to interact with them. 

    It's how I keep tabs on the Forums and FAQ Group Discussions while the world is awake... and how I rapid-fire change cloths / looks... and how I put stuff on auction / buy stuff.
    Posted 18 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I use the rock. I just click on the learning bar to open skills in a new window and leave it open so I can go anywhere I need to while I play. 
    Posted 18 months ago by Leithwyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Glitch icon in the top left corner (while in game or in the forums, etc) will always take you to the beta.glitch.com page, or the home page. This *mostly* holds true for most sites out there on the internet. The header or logo at the top of the page will take you to that site's main page. I usually right click the logo and click to "open in new tab" so I can continue what I'm doing on my current page.
    Posted 18 months ago by Kippsi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kippsi, you're a genius! Thanks for your simple solution!
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hehe, I do try... I use this shortcut on most sites I visit and I actually find myself miffed when that shortcut isn't there on some websites.
    Wish I could take credit for the idea or even mentioning it here in this thread (Stoot said it first!), all I did was elaborate.
    Posted 18 months ago by Kippsi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you do just go to glitch.com, you can click the 'Sign In' link in the top right corner of the page. If you're already logged in, then it will take you to the homepage, otherwise, it takes you to your secret code and the log in- then the homepage.
    Posted 18 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If that is so, Little Miss, then something did not work right. My husband WAS logged in and playing, and opened glitch.com in another tab, and he did NOT go to his Home page.
    Posted 18 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That is because it needs to be beta.glitch.com

    if it was just www.glitch.com it would ask you to 'sign in' again and then you would be right there on the homepage anyway.
    Posted 18 months ago by Violet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well I tested it just before I posted that to be sure, Zany, and it worked that way for me, so I don't know what he did.

    And yes, I was just using glitch.com, not beta.glitch.com, in the address bar to get that result I posted above.

    Edit: I just typed glitch.com into another tab again and clicked the 'Sign In' link in the upper right hand corner of the page, and it took me to the homepage, beta.glitch.com, where I am logged in.
    Posted 18 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah... I think what you mean is "it CAN take you to your home page" - if you click the Sign In link... not "it TAKES YOU to your home page" as in automagically. I get it.
    Posted 18 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Now I'm confused... though I think I understand what you're saying. You thought I meant glitch.com automatically takes you to the homepage without clicking the 'Sign In' link?

    All I've been saying is that from glitch.com, you have to click the 'Sign In' link to get to the homepage. Clicking that takes you automatically to the homepage if you are already logged in, or makes you log in if you are not.

    Fortunately, the easiest way is just to type out beta.glitch.com. lol
    Posted 18 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink