Davepar
Well Known Member
The only advantage I've found to the Yahoo Groups is that questions seem to reach a larger audience. I guess it takes less effort to read stuff that shows up in your inbox vs. surfing to a web site and checking for posts. Other than that, the forums are much, much better.
I've found one trick that is pretty cool for tracking the forum activity without going to the web page every hour. You can put a list of the latest forum posts on your web browser home page.
For example, this is what is now displayed on my home page:
1. Go to www.google.com. Click the "Personalized Home" link in the upper right corner. Create a Google account, or sign in if you already have now. Now make this page the home page for your browser (Tools menu, Options).
2. Next, click the "Add Content" link in the upper left corner. In the text box under "Create a Section", enter "http://www.vansairforce.com/community/external.php?type=rss2". This is known as an RSS feed.
You can customize the location on the screen, by dragging it around. You can also customize the number of posts displayed by using the "Edit" link next to VansAirForceForums.
Dave
I've found one trick that is pretty cool for tracking the forum activity without going to the web page every hour. You can put a list of the latest forum posts on your web browser home page.
For example, this is what is now displayed on my home page:
1. Go to www.google.com. Click the "Personalized Home" link in the upper right corner. Create a Google account, or sign in if you already have now. Now make this page the home page for your browser (Tools menu, Options).
2. Next, click the "Add Content" link in the upper left corner. In the text box under "Create a Section", enter "http://www.vansairforce.com/community/external.php?type=rss2". This is known as an RSS feed.
You can customize the location on the screen, by dragging it around. You can also customize the number of posts displayed by using the "Edit" link next to VansAirForceForums.
Dave