The UMRA web team is introducing a new series of articles called Cyber Tips and Tricks. We hope these articles will help you understand some of the features on the new UMRA website, give you insight into how the same or similar features are used on other sites.

As web conventions grow and change over time, you may run into new and different challenges when interacting with various websites. And even though you may be a seasoned Internet user, there might be a few tips and tricks you’re not aware of.

We’ll begin by focusing on the UMRA site’s new features and include tips about using similar features on other websites as it makes sense. Each month we’ll walk you through topics such as

• kickers (the category names that you’ll see in small type above news and event article titles)
• filters
• using the annual calendar
• navigation styles
• how to search the site
• changing the size of the text on a web page

We’ve launched the first article in what is planned to be a series. You can read Cyber Tips and Tricks—UMRA Site Kickers and Filters now.

Cyber Tips & Tricks will not be limited to websites—we’ll also cover some technical head scratchers from time to time, like canceling an email you just sent, useful keyboard shortcuts, or turning your phone into a wifi hotspot.

Questions?

We want to hear from you! Do you have a general technology question? Or have you run across something on the UMRA site that confused you or didn’t work the way you expected? Let us know and if the answer to your query would be beneficial to the membership, we’ll write an article about it.

Important note: The website does not currently render properly on small screens such as phones, iPads, Kindles or small tablets. We’re still working to make the site responsive. A responsive website is one that has been built to adjust the screen presentation to look good on all screen sizes. It takes time and lots of coding in the background to make this work. We're working to make the site fully responsive. For now it's best viewed on a full size monitor, instead of smaller devices.