At 01:04 PM 4/25/2016, vtoole via wrote: >Was able to get my account to more or less work. It says I am subscribed to >42 e-mail lists and that I have a free pages space. I was able to get back >my user name and password on the free page space. Yet the page I get up >says it can't be found. When I tried to start over and subscribe to a new >space, I got a computer error on rootsweb.com part. At least that is what >it looked like. I am getting a few more postings from the e-mail lists. >Not nearly has many as a few years ago when I would get a dozen or more >every day. The lists are not nearly as active as they used to be. Freepages-help traffic is sporadic depending on whether someone has a question or problem. Freepages users are allowed only one account, so if you already have one, you can not request a new one. If you have your userID and password, try logging in using File Manager <http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman> If you can login there, then your account still exists. Some users have reported that http:// access was disabled on their account and when they checked with the HelpDesk ( email: [email protected] ), were told that suspicious files were found in their account so it was disabled until the bad files were removed. You can do that using File Manager. Once they confirm the account's files are clean, they will enable http:// access again so you and others can see your site at http://freepages.xxxx.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~userID/ Pat A.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my web page reposted to the free pages. My computer engineer son was home this weekend. He took a look at the situation. We still could not get any results. We put it up in September and it was not restored after rootsweb.com for the most part had been back up and running again after the recent crash. My son does more computer hardware and does not do much anymore with software. Was able to get my account to more or less work. It says I am subscribed to 42 e-mail lists and that I have a free pages space. I was able to get back my user name and password on the free page space. Yet the page I get up says it can't be found. When I tried to start over and subscribe to a new space, I got a computer error on rootsweb.com part. At least that is what it looked like. I am getting a few more postings from the e-mail lists. Not nearly has many as a few years ago when I would get a dozen or more every day. Vivian Cates, Alto, Texas 1-936-858-3801

Whether it would still be a problem later is anyone's guess. But sometimes, you have to force PCs and websites to do what you want. For example, Filezilla on my sites SAYS it deletes files/folders from RW/freepages. But something with RW still keeps old stuff. File Manager is more direct to RW-- it seems to accept "delete" better from there. I dunno why. I just found it easier to work around the issue than keep banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out.

Check the settings in your FTP client. It may be changing the read/write permissions when you upload, thus preventing you from overwriting your own file(s) the next time you try to upload. Pat A. At 11:18 AM 4/24/2016, you wrote: >Valerie, > >The page I am trying to upload would replace the album page that >does not have the link. ><http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/census/holdridgecensus.html>The >new page does have a link to an album. I just can't get it to upload >with my other page changes. > >JFlorian, > >I have not used file manager in many years. I suppose I could >delete and replace the page one time using File Manager, but then >the next time I try to update the website wouldn't I have the same >problem with this album page not updating? > >Thanks for the suggestions,

Valerie, The page I am trying to upload would replace the album page that does not have the link. <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/census/holdridgecensus.html>The new page does have a link to an album. I just can't get it to upload with my other page changes. JFlorian, I have not used file manager in many years. I suppose I could delete and replace the page one time using File Manager, but then the next time I try to update the website wouldn't I have the same problem with this album page not updating? Thanks for the suggestions, Cindy Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Restoring missing pages Hi Cindy, Looking at the page source I notice that for the last two album images you have not included the the link to the file, i.e. <td><a href="../nameoffile.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/census/holdridgecensus.html> " Could it be this that's causing the problem? Valerie On 20 April 2016 at 00:54, JFlorian via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Rather than the aggravation about the code, it might be simpler to use > Freepages File Manager. Delete the wrong file. Upload the good file. > > Judy > > ------------------------------- > > I have tried 4-5 times to publish my website to update pages that were added after the Rootsweb last backup/restore date (June?). Some of my updates were successful, but at least one page just will not update. I have tried to view it with Firefox, and IE, on two different computers and my I-Pad. I emptied the cache. Nothing seems to work. I know that it was on the site in October, I checked the Way Back site. I did not make any changes to the code before I tried to upload it again. Can someone please take a look at this URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/albums/photoalbum.html on the Way Back machine, October 13, 2015 and tell me if you see anything in the code that would cause a probem now trying to upload it? On the bottom row of album images, the middle one is labelled "Fork Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery" and should link to this page, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/cemetery/forkshoals/forkshoals.html On my live updated website, the album page still looks like this, without the label and link. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/albums/photoalbum.html But the Fork Shoals Cemetery page did update. Odd that one uploaded and the other didn't. Thank you, Cindy Holdridge Smith Holdridge Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/

Pat A is correct. The most recent version of the GEDCOM standard is 5.5. More than twenty years later, it seems unlikely that consensus among all the stakeholders could be achieved to update the standard. The idea of GEDCOM was to avoid a "Tower of Babel" syndrome. It was to provide a common language that all genealogy software could understand and translate into the software's own idiom. However, the standard dates to before the advent of new media types and does not support these "bells and whistles". In response, software designers added proprietary extensions and called them "GEDCOM". Because they are proprietary (secret information), extensions for one program are not transferable to other programs. In some instances, proprietary extensions can bollix up GEDCOM import to a different program. So many errors are encountered that import can fail completely. The problem, Vanessa, isn't that your genealogy software doesn't meet new standards. It's that -- for these features -- there are no generally-accepted standards. -rt_/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:07:20 -0400 From: Pat Asher <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Adding photos to WorldConnect To: Vanessa Stern <[email protected]> Cc: Freepages-Help <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 09:57 AM 4/22/2016, Vanessa Stern wrote: >My situation regarding genealogy software is complicated. I am >still using the now defunct Windows version of Generations, which >does not output a GEDCOM up to current standards. Therefore, I have >been stuck with it because I can't import the data properly into >another program. Believe me, I have researched this. I have over >125,000 individuals in my database. If I wanted to get a Mac, I >could switch to the still-supported Mac version and ask the company >to try to convert my database. I have come to that. Vanessa, The GEDCOM standard has remained the same since 1996. If Generations added proprietary extensions to their GEDCOM output, those would not import to another program, but the standard tagged data should transfer just fine to another program. Remember, a GEDCOM is a plain text file. You can even read and edit it in Notepad if you understand/learn the correct line structure and remember to add the appropriate meta tag to each line.That said, checking 125,000 individuals for proprietary data would be a nightmare. >Anyway, could I do this via a post-em? That seems like it would be >easier under the circumstances. You could enter the URL of a photo in a post-em, but the photo would not display there, nor would the typed link be a hot link; at least I don't think the post-em feature will execute html as will the main display. If your GEDCOM really does need some finessing, maybe someone on the list uses a Mac and could help you with it. Pat A.

I put this as a general note in the edit page for the person: <IMG src ="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdavis/jessenevel.jpg" height=568 width=450 brder=0> From: Jesse Davis Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Example of photo in World Connect http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jespatnevel&id=I19 This is one I did a long time ago. JD --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/worldconnect-and-html.html 2. Re: Adding photos to WorldConnect (Pat Asher) Message: 2 Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:26:56 -0400 From: Pat Asher <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Adding photos to WorldConnect To: Vanessa Stern <[email protected]>, [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 08:53 AM 4/22/2016, Vanessa Stern via wrote: >Is it possible to add photographs to my WorldConnect site or links to >specific photos? Yes. See <http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasher/wcPhotos.htm> Pat A. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

At 09:57 AM 4/22/2016, Vanessa Stern wrote: >My situation regarding genealogy software is complicated. I am >still using the now defunct Windows version of Generations, which >does not output a GEDCOM up to current standards. Therefore, I have >been stuck with it because I can't import the data properly into >another program. Believe me, I have researched this. I have over >125,000 individuals in my database. If I wanted to get a Mac, I >could switch to the still-supported Mac version and ask the company >to try to convert my database. I have come to that. Vanessa, The GEDCOM standard has remained the same since 1996. If Generations added proprietary extensions to their GEDCOM output, those would not import to another program, but the standard tagged data should transfer just fine to another program. Remember, a GEDCOM is a plain text file. You can even read and edit it in Notepad if you understand/learn the correct line structure and remember to add the appropriate meta tag to each line.That said, checking 125,000 individuals for proprietary data would be a nightmare. >Anyway, could I do this via a post-em? That seems like it would be >easier under the circumstances. You could enter the URL of a photo in a post-em, but the photo would not display there, nor would the typed link be a hot link; at least I don't think the post-em feature will execute html as will the main display. If your GEDCOM really does need some finessing, maybe someone on the list uses a Mac and could help you with it. Pat A.

At 08:53 AM 4/22/2016, Vanessa Stern via wrote: >Is it possible to add photographs to my WorldConnect site or links to >specific photos? Yes. See <http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasher/wcPhotos.htm> Pat A.

Is it possible to add photographs to my WorldConnect site or links to specific photos? Vanessa --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hi Cindy, Looking at the page source I notice that for the last two album images you have not included the the link to the file, i.e. <td><a href="../nameoffile.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/census/holdridgecensus.html> " Could it be this that's causing the problem? Valerie On 20 April 2016 at 00:54, JFlorian via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Rather than the aggravation about the code, it might be simpler to use > Freepages File Manager. Delete the wrong file. Upload the good file. > > Judy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

At 09:50 AM 4/20/2016, Oregon Rain via wrote: >Is anyone else having the problem of connecting to their account on the >Freepages side? Everything was working fine before the update by >Rootsweb but now it now longer works. Constance, Is your site still available via http, e.g. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~youruserid/ Or are you having problems connecting via ftp:// You can test your ftp:// login using File Manager, http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/ If it works there, then your ftp client needs to be configured. Tell us what ftp client you use and we can refer you to instructions. If your site is not available via http://, then you need to contact the Helpdesk/account manager at [email protected] Pat A.

Is anyone else having the problem of connecting to their account on the Freepages side? Everything was working fine before the update by Rootsweb but now it now longer works. Constance

Hi, Rather than the aggravation about the code, it might be simpler to use Freepages File Manager. Delete the wrong file. Upload the good file. Judy

I have tried 4-5 times to publish my website to update pages that were added after the Rootsweb last backup/restore date (June?). Some of my updates were successful, but at least one page just will not update. I have tried to view it with Firefox, and IE, on two different computers and my I-Pad. I emptied the cache. Nothing seems to work. I know that it was on the site in October, I checked the Way Back site. I did not make any changes to the code before I tried to upload it again. Can someone please take a look at this URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/albums/photoalbum.html on the Way Back machine, October 13, 2015 and tell me if you see anything in the code that would cause a probem now trying to upload it? On the bottom row of album images, the middle one is labelled "Fork Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery" and should link to this page, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/cemetery/forkshoals/forkshoals.html On my live updated website, the album page still looks like this, without the label and link. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/albums/photoalbum.html But the Fork Shoals Cemetery page did update. Odd that one uploaded and the other didn't. Thank you, Cindy Holdridge Smith Holdridge Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/

Thanks Judy and Barry - now I see what the button with a white box containing three lines one under the other stands for! I've never had to update the cache before, as it's always done it automatically. Valerie On 6 April 2016 at 21:09, Barry Carlson via <[email protected]> wrote: > Valerie, > > When you say, "Google steadfastly refuses to do so", I assume you are > referring to the Chrome browser? > > That being the case, its cache needs clearing. > > On your index page I noted the following code in the head section:- > <!--[if lt ie 7]><html class="oldIE" > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><![endif]--> > <!--[if (gte ie 7) | (!ie)]><!--><html > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!--<![endif]--> > > ... it should be cut out and used as a replacement for the code in the > 2nd line, i.e. > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > > Barry > ------------------ > > On 06/04/2016 20:05, Valerie lirakis via wrote: > > Whilst on the subject of post outage alterations, I made one or two > > minor > > adjustments to my index page, including the background image. I.E. > > and > > Firefox show the updated version, but Google steadfastly refuses to > > do so. > > > > Any ideas as to why. > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~boltongenealogy/ > > > > Valerie > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Valerie, When you say, "Google steadfastly refuses to do so", I assume you are referring to the Chrome browser? That being the case, its cache needs clearing. On your index page I noted the following code in the head section:- <!--[if lt ie 7]><html class="oldIE" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><![endif]--> <!--[if (gte ie 7) | (!ie)]><!--><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!--<![endif]--> ... it should be cut out and used as a replacement for the code in the 2nd line, i.e. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Barry ------------------ On 06/04/2016 20:05, Valerie lirakis via wrote: > Whilst on the subject of post outage alterations, I made one or two > minor > adjustments to my index page, including the background image. I.E. > and > Firefox show the updated version, but Google steadfastly refuses to > do so. > > Any ideas as to why. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~boltongenealogy/ > > Valerie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Did you remember to clear cache or do F5 to force a fresh copy for viewing? Judy

Whilst on the subject of post outage alterations, I made one or two minor adjustments to my index page, including the background image. I.E. and Firefox show the updated version, but Google steadfastly refuses to do so. Any ideas as to why. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~boltongenealogy/ Valerie