Click “Yes” to receive notifications (caLegion.org screenshot)
The American Legion Department of California website, caLegion.org, has come a long way since its initial redesign in 2019. The website has always been a valuable tool for active members and officers seeking resources to carry out their volunteer duties.
Other features include the ability to post your own content. Members with very little technical experience can create and upload their own articles for site editors to publish, they can also create user profiles and upload their bios and photos for others to view.
We’ve also been building a robust news section to keep members and others informed on issues affecting the American Legion and veterans and their families in general.
Browser Notifications
A new feature will now allow website visitors using the Google Chrome browser to receive desktop notifications on a Mac or PC. We’re working on creating implementation in the near future for the Safari browser on Mac and PC and for iPhone and Android devices.
The next time you visit caLegion.org, make sure to allow notifications and you’ll be notified every time an article is published, which is typically about 3-5 times a week. You can block these notifications at any time.
To receive notifications from caLegion.org, click “Yes” and “Allow” when the corresponding dialogue boxes appear.
If you don’t see the above notification box, click on the lock icon in your browser’s address bar. You may have to click “Reset Permissions” in order to enable pop-up notifications from caLegion.org.
Click “Allow” to receive notifications (caLegion.org screenshot)
(Below) If you have already blocked notifications by accident and would like to allow them, visit caLegion.org and click on the lock icon next to the URL box and select “Ask” to have the notification request pop up at the top of your browser again. If “Allow” is available, you can also select that. You may receive a message prompting you to reload your browser.
Select “Ask” to have your browser ask you again if you’d like to receive notifications (caLegion.org screenshot)
Author: Jared Morgan
Jared is the senior editor and web team lead for the Department of California and chair of its Media & Communications Commission. He became a member of the American Legion in 2014 when he joined Palisades Post 283 to find stories about veterans issues for a local newspaper while working as its news editor. He was soon brought in as 283's assistant adjutant and historian to help produce the post's award-winning community newspaper. Since then, Jared has used his media skills to help further the efforts of The American Legion in its advocacy of veterans and their families. Jared has also worked for several years to help revitalize the 100-year-old Santa Monica Post 123, formerly as its adjutant and as a member of its executive board, before transferring back to Post 283.