Foxhunting Life

We have an idea, but only you—Foxhunting Life readers—can tell us whether it’s a good one. Hence, we’re asking you to take a very short survey of no more than three yes-or-no questions. For the past few years, we have been emailing our twice-monthly e-magazine, FHL WEEK, in electronic form. We know many of you like it because more than 4,000 of you have registered to receive it. Some of you are paying subscribers, able to read the entire text of all the articles and gain access to all the resources of the website. Others are satisfied to receive the free e-magazine with only limited access to the articles. We’re hoping that our idea will appeal to all of you—paying and non-paying subscribers alike. Many of you may still prefer to read a printed page—at your leisure, in a favorite chair or in bed. How could we satisfy that need, we wondered, without the expense of printing and mailing paper magazines? What if we email a PDF of the magazine with the full text of all the articles, something subscribers could simply print out on their own color printer?  No “readmore” links to click. Print it, and carry it away. We’d even leave a good margin on the left, so pages could be punched and stored in binders. If you’re already a paying subscriber, would the inclusion of a printable PDF file along with our e-magazine be a welcome addition to your subscription? We need to know! Please help us by taking this very short survey for paying subscribers, requiring “yes” or “no” answers to just three questions. If you’re a non-paying subscriber and content to receive the free e-magazine but sometimes want to read the full text of all articles, would the inclusion of a printable PDF file add sufficient value to encourage you to become a paying subscriber? Please help us by taking this very short survey for non-paying subscribers, requiring “yes” or “no” answers to just two questions. All of us love foxhunting, else we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Please help FHL to do a good job for you and for our sport by clicking on the appropriate link above and answering these few questions. It will take just seconds. Thank you. Posted June 29, 2015

Since we posted our first article on Foxhunting Life five years ago, more than five hundred articles have been published. And they’re all still here...easily recovered.

When new articles are posted to the top of the Home Page, the older material is pushed down. The five most recent articles are always visible on the Home Page; the titles of the six articles published before those five articles are shown at the bottom of the Home Page; and the hundreds of articles that preceded those eleven are still available and recoverable.

There are four ways to find an old article: the Search function, the Full Article List, the Hunt Club Pages, or by Category.

Karen L. Myers photo Now that FHL has been riding the web for a couple of months, we’ve accumulated a list of articles that first appeared on the Home Page, but were gradually dropped off to make space for new material. “Where do these articles go?” a couple of subscribers asked me recently. “Are they still available to be viewed and read?” These articles are definitely still available, I replied. They can be found in their respective sections by subject, mostly under the Horse and Hound drop-down menu. For example, past reports from the hunts and articles about hunting will be found under the Horse and Hound drop-down menu by clicking on Hunt Reports. Articles about foxhounds, hound shows, and puppy shows are accumulated under Horse and Hound in the Hounds section. Articles about new books, excerpts from old books, and poetry are collected in the Literature section. Articles describing Featured Properties are, you guessed it, under that very section. Even all my old blogs are retained under the same Horse and Hound drop-down in Norm Fine’s Blog. I hope all subscribers will choose their own rainy or dreary day to login and take the time to browse the various drop-down menus and become familiar with navigating FHL. We want you to get the most value, enjoyment, and information you can from your subscription. Finally, don’t forget the Search Site function. Find it in the left-hand column of the Home Page under the Using FHL button. Type in a name, phrase, or key words and it will find all matching articles for you.August 16, 2010