EAA Chapter 1218

Hello Members

I am excited to announce some changes, and a reappearance of our Chapter Newsletter.  We have added features to our web site that will allow us to manage and distribute the newsletter, and other communications to our membership in a more streamlined fashion.  Newsletters will be available immediately online, and in your e-mail inbox.

Please be patient in the coming weeks and months as we test different formats, and amounts of articles.

Also, I want to let you know about features that will be coming soon to our chapter website.

First we are adding a members only section.  In the members only section, you will be able to access the member directory.  This will allow you to have the information to stay connected with other chapter members, while still keeping information from being accessed by non-members.

In addition to the membership directory, we are working on adding a customizable profile for members.  In your profile, you will be able to share information about your project, restoration, or current airplane.  You can upload photos, and provide details to your heart's content.

In the future, we would like to add an area for our members to fill out a simple project update, or project profile that we can use as articles in our newsletter and the web page.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to e-mail webmaster@eaa1218.org

We hope that you find the chapter web site useful and informative.  To add to the utility of the web site, I wanted to share with members a method you can use to keep up to date with the chapter directly on your browser home page.

RSS is a technology that allows us to share content with other applications.  This is similar to a news feed that news agencies use to spread their news.  If you have more questions about the technology, feel free to ask me, but I won't get into the technical details.  The benefit to you is that this will allow you to see new articles as they are posted directly on your Yahoo or Google homepage (plus many others).

To get started, you need to know the address for the feed.  The feed address for our main page is http://eaa1218.org/index.php?format=feed&type=rss

The process I am going to describe is used to subscribe to a feed.  There is no cost to subscribe, and there are many ways it can be done.  I will describe the subscription process for Google, and Yahoo.  Other home pages will have similar mechanisms.

Google Home Page (iGoogle)

1. From your iGoogle Home Page click the "Add Stuff" link on the top right.
   
2. On the bottom left click the "Add Feed or Gadget" link
   
3. In the text box type in the feed address exactly as shown above.  Hint: You can select, and use copy/paste to prevent typos.
   
4. Click the "Add" button and close the small dialog box.
5. Click the "Back to Google Home" link at the top Left
6. You will now see a Box Labeled "EAA 1218" on your home page.
   
7. By the default, the box will show the 3 latest articles.  You can edit the settings by selecting the triangle icon on the box, and modify the number of articles shown.
   

Yahoo Home Page

1. From your My Yahoo page select the "Add Content" Link near the top
   
2. Click the "Add RSS Feed" link near the bottom of the gallery
   
3. Paste or type the Feed address above. And click "Add"
   
4. Click "I'm Done"
5. You will see the EAA 1218 Box in your home page window
   
6. You can select Options, Settings to customize how many items are displayed, filter by age, and how much details to show.