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Hello B-Ausers
A number of people seem to be having trouble finding the Archives.
Others seem to be having trouble with their subscription to
Birding-Aus.
These problems are probably intrinsic to the Internet and are, in most
cases, not the fault of the user and are probably intermittent.
I initially subscribed to Birding-Aus but found it inconvenient for a
number of reasons.
I don't want to miss out on a lot of the information made available through
Birding-Aus so I decided that the Archives provided the best solution.
It is interesting that some people are unable to locate the Archives
.
Both Bob Forsyth (on numerous occasions) and Lawrie Conole have given
instructions on how to get there.
I would like to expand on their suggestions a little.
If you have found the web-site for Birding-Aus (and surely you have if you
use the mailing list), on the first page (or home page or front page or .....
whatever) you will find a column of buttons in the top lefthand corner (if you
don't then there is a problem with your browser).
Click on the button marked 'Archives'.
This will take you directly to the Birding-Aus Archives.
The very next thing to do is to add this site to your 'Favorites' (in
Internet Explorer browser) or 'Bookmarks' (in Netscape browser).
Now you have the ability to go straight to the Archives from your
Favorites/Bookmarks menu.
There is no need to use a search engine to do this.
If you want an easy way to do this right now:
(I suggest you read the rest of this message before carrying out any of the
actions)
click on the Birding-Aus link
click on the Archives button
add the site to your Favorites/Benchmark list.
If you can't get to my web-site or your browser scrambles my site, the same
thing can be done by going to the Links page of a number of birding web-sites
and following the Birding-Aus link that is sure to be there.
To make getting to the Birding-Aus Archives even simpler you can make it
the site that your browser connects to automatically on logging onto the
Internet.
I have done this as I believe there is no site more interesting and the
main reason I stay connected to the Internet is Birding-Aus.
To do it:
(for Internet Explorer v5 at least)
Start your browser and open the Tools menu,
Select Internet Options
Select General
In the section called HomePage there is a box called Address
(this HomePage is not the home page of your own web-site if you have one.
It is the page the browser automatically tries to connect to when you log on. By
default, Microsoft browsers will generally try to connect to their own
web-site... surprise, surprise! You can of course make it your own web-site if
you like.)
There will be an address already in that box (is it Microsoft?!)
Don't click on any of the buttons immediately below that address.
Click on the OK button at the bottom of the window.
Next time you start your browser you should automatically log onto the
Birding-Aus Site.
(If for some reason the site is off-the-air when you log on you will get
the usual error message but you will still be connected to the internet and
should be able to surf as usual.)
To search on the Archives:
Select one of the search (or browse) headings; these should be
self-explanatory.
Use the search facility of your browser [in IE5, open the Edit menu and
click on Find (on this page)].
Enter your query in the search window in the normal search manner.
I set the search parameter to By Date for normal use.
To see the latest messages I click on the Most Recent Messages
button.
This takes me to the end of the list.(depending on how many messages have
been received this year this may take a short time)
Then I scroll up to the last message I read (this is highlighted
automatically).
I hope this is of some help.
Any questions? e-mail me:
I should answer within a couple of days.
Can't guarantee an answer to all problems, though.
Bob Inglis
Woody Point, SEQld
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