ENTS,
I spent most of the day today bringing the website up to date. There has been
an enormous number of posts in enormous number of topics since I last worked on
the website. There has been thirty-some posts since I finished the update
earlier this afternoon. There are some things I would like to suggest, that
would like to ask you to do when posting to the discussion list. These are not
demands, but please....
1) When posting on a subject use a Title in the subject line that is
Meaningful. It should say what the post is about, and if it is a trip report it
should say where the report is talking about. For example a post entitled "A
Short Hike" is not very meaningful or informative to someone reading it. It is
hard to index, and hard to find that post using the search features of Google
or the ENTS website. A better title might be something like "A Short Hike, Mt.
Tom Reservation, MA."
2) When changing the subject in a discussion, start a new topic thread. It
is not enough to just change the name in the subject line. That does not work.
Google will still not think it is a new topic. To start a new topic, use a
blank email addressed to [email protected] with a new Subject title.
You can copy and paste sections from the old topic into the new post if you
want. Remember New Topic- then New Blank Email.
3) Resizing Photos. I really like photos in the post and want to encourage
them. However many people in the group have slower connections. It would be
useful if people would resize the photos if possible before attaching them or
embedding them into the emails. I find a size of 600 x 450 pixels, or even 800
x 600 pixels to be plenty large enough for the ENTS posts. There are
instructions on how to resize photos both in the "Pages" section of the Google
site and in the ENTS section of the website.
As I said, these are just suggestions, but it would make things easier for
people trying to access the material and posts we are producing.
Ed Frank
http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/
http://primalforests.ning.com/
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