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    Women Talk Construction Forum is undergoing a name change to Breaking Barriers Forum. 

     

    The forum is over a year old now and since its creation, many things have changed. We have grown as a company and now the forum has two parent websites (womentalkconstruction.com) & (womenconfidencebuilders.com)

    Both of our parent websites contribute to the forum such as providing accessibility, giving the forum exposure, providing resources, etc. Initially, the forum was designed after the Women Talk Construction website as it was created first. The colors, styles, etc of Women Talk Construction were deliberately mimicked while designing the forum to provide a fluid and recognizable experience across both platforms. Since then, Women Confidence Builders was launched as a non-profit organization that, by design, was created with its own unique style and character. In order to make the most sense coming from either website, we decided to give the forum its own identity starting with renaming the forum to something that still represented our mission while separating itself from the Women Talk Construction website alone. 

    Hence, we introduce ... the Breaking Barriers Forum!

    Now that you have been introduced, we have provided a couple of different themes that you can choose from. Each theme's style takes its personality from our respective parent website (it's basically a cosmetic preference and does not affect any content that you are able to see).

    • Light Theme - Women Talk Construction
    • Dark Theme - Women Confidence Builders

    You can change your theme preference at the bottom of any page within the forum. Simply click on the 'Theme' drop-down menu in the footer of the page to see your choices.  See the image below 

     

    Light Theme (Women Talk Construction)

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    Dark Theme (Women Confidence Builders)

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    Please Note: The option to change your theme is only available to members. Also, some mobile browsers may not allow this option (we do not have any control over this, sorry). 

     

     

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      Women Talk Construction Forum is undergoing a name change to Breaking Barriers Forum. 

       

      The forum is over a year old now and since its creation, many things have changed. We have grown as a company and now the forum has two parent websites (womentalkcaonstruction.com) & (womenconfidencebuilders.com)

      Both of our parent websites contribute to the forum such as providing accessibility, giving the forum exposure, providing resources, etc. Initially, the forum was designed after the Women Talk Construction website as it was created first. The colors, styles, etc of Women Talk Construction were deliberately mimicked while designing the forum to provide a fluid, recognizable experience across both platforms. Since then, Women Confidence Builders has been created as a non-profit organization that, by design, was created with its own unique style and character. In order to make the most sense coming from either website, we decided to give the forum its own identity starting with renaming the forum to something that still represented our mission while separating itself from only the Women Talk Construction website alone. 

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