This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1194 Message Board Post: I've had a heck of a time today getting around the boards. It is taking forever for pages to open and it took several minutes for a page to respond after clicking submit to fix an surname box. Couple of times it never did respond I just gave up after clicking submit and walking away from the computer for several minutes and the page never did refresh. It took a couple of minutes for a page to open from a gatewayed message. Yeah, I know no one can really answer my question, but am I alone here? Is this a "me" problem or a "them" problem? I cleaned out all of my catches, defrag my computer, even called my ISP so I am frustrated.

In a message dated 8/8/2006 12:24:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: I guess the main question I'd like answered is how long the boards will be down. Ok--I just saw the notice on the boards and it says they will be down "for a few hours" on Aug. 10th. I'll be literally amazed if the transfer of ALL that data takes only a few hours. But we must have faith and hope! Joan

At 11:33 AM 8/8/2006, you wrote: > >The Ancestry and RootsWeb message boards will be down for several >hours this Thursday, August 10 to prepare for the launch of the >updated message boards. We apologize for any inconvenience this down >time may cause. Note: "to prepare for the launch" NOT the actual launch. Jackie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7 - Release Date: 8/7/2006

In a message dated 8/8/2006 12:15:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, lklein@mindspring.com writes: You have to wonder what thought process is used to decide to inform users (apparently only some) about the changes in the board but not to inform admins. I guess we don't have lives or need to plan or need to be informed volunteers. I guess the main question I'd like answered is how long the boards will be down. I know how this worked the last time there were major changes in the boards. How it generally works is that the boards have to be shut down so that there won't be any changes made to them (under the old system) and then a "data dump" is done to move all the posts over to the new system and once that massive transfer takes place and any major migration bugs are swatted the new boards are open for use. The last time this was done in late June 2001 the boards were down for more than a week while all the data was transferred and things were put in order. So I think we need to know a specific time when the boards will go down and a rough estimate for when the new system will be up and running--plus we need information on the use of the new admin tools so we'll be ready when the new boards are up and running. Also we'll need information on the functionality of the new boards so we can attempt to educate board users. I'm quite sure the functionality is very different from the current system so there will be a learning curve. Joan

Oh, you don't have to miss the debacle. Just visit the message boards for the ancestry site and ancestry improvements. As they used to say in the newspaper biz, "Read all about it!" Nan -----Original Message----- >From: lklein@mindspring.com >Sent: Aug 8, 2006 10:58 AM >To: BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BAd] board changes > >JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > >>After the >>communications debacle with the changes on the Ancestry pages you would think a lesson >>would be learned--but maybe not. :( >> >> > >Well, I must have missed the debacle. Would have loved to join in, >especially if it concerned the new "improved" search form. IMHO, it >sucks big time. :-( > > >Lynne > > > >==== BOARDS-ADMINS Mailing List ==== >Helpful links via >http://boards.rootsweb.com/mbexec?htx=admin.main > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > >Lynne- > >It is popping up seemingly randomly when some users visit the >boards--interestingly I've not seen it popup on any admin boards--which means the users are >one up on the admins in knowing about this--not good! > But not unusual. :-( You have to wonder what thought process is used to decide to inform users (apparently only some) about the changes in the board but not to inform admins. I guess we don't have lives or need to plan or need to be informed volunteers. If the powers-that-be treat us this way, I can only pity paid employees. >After the >communications debacle with the changes on the Ancestry pages you would think a lesson >would be learned--but maybe not. :( > > Well, I must have missed the debacle. Would have loved to join in, especially if it concerned the new "improved" search form. IMHO, it sucks big time. :-( Lynne

Sharyn Hay wrote: >It is on all of the boards when you go in from the user interface but not >when you go in through the Admin interface. > That's weird. I logged out from my admin address and tried looking and didn't find it. I also logged in with my Ancestry subscription address and didn't see it. I did get new contacts recently . . . . >I could have hoped that we >would have been notified before the users!! > >Sharyn > Yes, wouldn't that have been nice? But why should we get a heads-up this time? We never seem to any other time. Perhaps a reflection on just how much volunteers are valued? :-( Lynne

In a message dated 8/8/2006 11:37:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, lklein@mindspring.com writes: There's a message from a user on (surprise!) Boards Users board that "the boards will be down on August 10 to prepare for the new boards." I can't find that message and I haven't received any notification. Has anyone else seen the message or received notification? Lynne Lynne- It is popping up seemingly randomly when some users visit the boards--interestingly I've not seen it popup on any admin boards--which means the users are one up on the admins in knowing about this--not good! After the communications debacle with the changes on the Ancestry pages you would think a lesson would be learned--but maybe not. :( Joan

There's a message from a user on (surprise!) Boards Users board that "the boards will be down on August 10 to prepare for the new boards." I can't find that message and I haven't received any notification. Has anyone else seen the message or received notification? Lynne

I've been on the boards all morning as a user and haven't seen it, though I did see the one about message boards preview. Jackie At 10:48 AM 8/8/2006, you wrote: >It is on all of the boards when you go in from the user interface but not >when you go in through the Admin interface. I could have hoped that we >would have been notified before the users!! > >Sharyn -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7 - Release Date: 8/7/2006

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BF.2ADIAE/1193 Message Board Post: Dear Board Admins, The Ancestry and RootsWeb message boards will be down for several hours this Thursday, August 10 to prepare for the launch of the updated message boards. We apologize for any inconvenience this down time may cause. For more details on the updated boards, including a sneak preview, please follow the link below: http://landing.ancestry.com/mb/Default.aspx Regards, Ancestry and RootsWeb Product Management

It is on all of the boards when you go in from the user interface but not when you go in through the Admin interface. I could have hoped that we would have been notified before the users!! Sharyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <lklein@mindspring.com> To: <BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:36 AM Subject: [BAd] board changes > There's a message from a user on (surprise!) Boards Users board that > "the boards will be down on August 10 to prepare for the new boards." I > can't find that message and I haven't received any notification. Has > anyone else seen the message or received notification? > > Lynne >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1192.1 Message Board Post: Carole - You would do better asking that question on the Help Desk rather than here. Odds are, your fellow Admins know little if any more than you do.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1192 Message Board Post: A friend tells me she was at the Webster County (KY) Message Board this morning and a pink headline appeared briefly saying the Message Board would be down on August 10. She went back to the board several times later and never saw this message again. Will we be notified when the improvements are going to be put in service? Thanks, Carole Palmer

Probably just a weird coincidence this topic came up, but next Tuesday, Aug 8 is the 37th anniversary of the murders that the Manson family committed. Gene At 02:29 PM 8/3/2006, Kaesemein@aol.com wrote: >Thanks for the opinions everyone, I realize now that it needs to stay but >it took me by >surprise since I've never had a posting about the genealogy of a famous >criminal before. > >My initial reaction was ....who cares?--the guy is a murderer....but I >suppose it matters to somebody out there. > >Marilyn > > >==== BOARDS-ADMINS Mailing List ==== >Helpful links via >http://boards.rootsweb.com/mbexec?htx=admin.main > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BF.2ADIAE/1191.1.1 Message Board Post: I certainly appreciate the reply. I never knew it was that simple to get to the admin of my various boards. I've been doing "double" actions. This will be a BIG help!

If it were on a surname list I would move it to a location list. However, it is appropriately placed on a location list and is information regarding the location. I believe it is certainly acceptable in that aspect. Jan B. -----Original Message----- From: Janet Kruger [mailto:jurnie1999@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:54 PM To: BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] genealogy is genealogy . . . Its information one doing genealogy would need if needing to contact or send something to England. Its an ok. post. We also need to remember that the boards even though primarily used for Genealogy are also used to locate lost friends and loved ones. On 8/3/06, lklein@mindspring.com <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > > But is this post genealogy?: > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.britisles.ge neral&m=7729 > > No murderers involved -- sorry! ;-) > > Lynne > > > ==== BOARDS-ADMINS Mailing List ==== > Helpful links via > http://boards.rootsweb.com/mbexec?htx=admin.main > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== BOARDS-ADMINS Mailing List ==== If you want off this list, click this link: mailto:BOARDS-ADMINS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1191.1 Message Board Post: It is quite easy to change to admin tools. What I usually do is click on the link to see if I need to change anything or not. If I do, I simply go up to the URL and add "admin." right before /msg in the URL. Say the URL was your post, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1191 I would make it into: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/admin.msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1191 Also, if you had posted from the Ancestry side, your URL would have a /an/ instead of /rw/ in it. Since I prefer editing (and reading) in the Rootsweb side, I would leave that part alone when changing the URL. However, if the person had posted from the Ancestry side, I would change /an/ to /rw/ for my own convenience. Alternatively, you can click the link, log in, and then click the Admin link rather than editing the URL. That will not change the /rw/ /an/ part, however. I find the Notifications perfectly useful. I always check for new posts, though, just in case a Notification went missing. I check both threaded and by date, so I don't miss anything. I hope this helps, Valorie

Roxanne, I don't have time to go to the boards right now to reply there, so am replying directly to you with a copy to the list. I can help you solve both of your problems all at once. Whenever you get a notification, or a gatewayed post coming through your list, don't click on it. Instead, copy it and paste it into your browser but don't hit enter. Next, change /an/ to /rw/ to get to the Rootsweb interface, and change /msg/ to /admin.msg/ to get to the Administrator view. Once the URL has been altered, hit enter, and you'll be taken to the page that wants your username and password, and then to that message on your board in admin mode with the Rootsweb interface. As an example, take the URL in this gatewayed message: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1191 If it had been http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BF.2ADIAE/1191 it would bring up the Ancestry interface. So assuming it comes in as -- http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BF.2ADIAE/1191 You would change it to -- http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/admin.msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1191 ...and then you would hit enter. Of course the link above will only work for the board admin for the board on which you posted your message. I do this link editing all the time...anytime I want to get to a message that I need to edit for the surname line, etc. -- Mary On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 rmunns@uwalumni.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1191 > > Message Board Post: > > I'm having problems with my notifications coming through Ancestry. > Then, if I do have to edit the surnames or category, how do I switch to > having administrator rights? Sometimes it's really hard to find that > particular message again by searching through the Rootsweb side of the > boards. Does this question even make sense? > > Roxanne

Its information one doing genealogy would need if needing to contact or send something to England. Its an ok. post. We also need to remember that the boards even though primarily used for Genealogy are also used to locate lost friends and loved ones. On 8/3/06, lklein@mindspring.com <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > > But is this post genealogy?: > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.britisles.general&m=7729 > > No murderers involved -- sorry! ;-) > > Lynne > > > ==== BOARDS-ADMINS Mailing List ==== > Helpful links via > http://boards.rootsweb.com/mbexec?htx=admin.main > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >