Earlier questions related to a problem with the RootsWeb counter not showing up on their website. I had a similar problem yesterday when I updated my site's index page, where I have my counter. All I did to solve the problem was to put .ancestry into the counter location, as in RootsWeb.ancestry.com Best wishes, Walt

Hi Barry, Thanks for your prompt reply. I had copied the script from the index page on my Sussex web site, which works perfectly well. However, this background pattern is a repeating one (150 x 112px), which made me think that it was the size of the Bolton background that was causing the problem. I had to make it this length, i.e. 1200 px, as it is a gradient pattern, and making it smaller would have resulted in ugly seams down its length. My Sussex website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sussexgenealogy/index.html Valerie On 29 March 2016 at 21:07, Barry Carlson via <[email protected]> wrote: > Valerie, > > The top position of the left and right backgrounds has changed by 8px, > and I'm not sure why. > > In the script at the bottom of the page you will find the following:- > > if(location.host != "freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com"){topPos > = 8;lftOS = 142;rgtOS = wrap+8;}else{topPos = 58;lftOS = 149;rgtOS = > wrap+1;}; > > Carefully remove the above, then replace with the following:- > > if(location.host != "freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com"){topPos > = 0;lftOS = 142;rgtOS = wrap+8;}else{topPos = 50;lftOS = 149;rgtOS = > wrap+1;}; > > You will note that topPos = 8; and topPos = 58; have both been reduced > by 8px. > > Barry > > ----------------------- > On 30/03/2016 04:17, Valerie lirakis via wrote: > > I wonder if someone could look at my index page and advise me what to > > do as > > regards the background image, which appears to conflict with the > > Rootsweb > > banner. I haven't run up against this problem before, and think it > > might be > > to do with the dimensions (i.e. 140 x 1200 px) rather than a > > repeating > > pattern, but don't know how to fix it. > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~boltongenealogy/index.html > > > > 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 >

I wonder if someone could look at my index page and advise me what to do as regards the background image, which appears to conflict with the Rootsweb banner. I haven't run up against this problem before, and think it might be to do with the dimensions (i.e. 140 x 1200 px) rather than a repeating pattern, but don't know how to fix it. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~boltongenealogy/index.html Valerie

Actually, The Wayback Machine suggests people submit a site URL. So fix up your site(s) and submit the URL(s) for the main page(s), and you'll be indexed from then after.

For those of you who have not received it yet, RootsWeb started sending the following notice to Freepages users today: "As you may know, the RootsWeb site was recently unavailable as the result of a hardware failure in our datacenter. Our development and web operations teams worked diligently and carefully to address the issues, and as a result, the site is now available again. "Regretfully, despite their best efforts, our teams were not able to retrieve all of the data associated with the site. Specifically, we were unable to retrieve content from FreePages added after the summer of 2015. We understand these pages are important to you and are very sorry that we are not able to recover the data that was lost as a result of the hardware failure. Going forward, we are adding additional technical resources to support the site and ensure such an issue does not occur again. "If you have a backup of your own please upload it to the site so that you have the most current version of your pages. "If you have any concerns, please contact our Member Services through our support form. "The RootsWeb Team " Freepages-Help list members constantly encourage everyone to be sure to keep a copy of any pages you upload to your Freepages account on your own computer so you can restore any loss resulting from a server failure. If you uploaded something and forgot to make a copy for yourself, check the Wayback Machine at <https://archive.org/web/> or the Google Cache at <http://cachedview.com> Neither site archives everything, but you may luck out and be able to find a copy of your page there. Pat Asher List Admin

At 09:28 AM 3/25/2016, you wrote: >I've noticed the spm-g, but suspect it's just that from time to time >one or a group of people discover the help list and think, great, >hundreds of e-addresses to exploit. It's not the first time it's >happened. I think also the spmrs realise quickly that they're >wasting their time and efforts. Just press del - but don't put it >in the spm bin as I did once or twice: one is automatically thrown >off the list!!! Yep. If you mark RootsWeb mail as spam, then your ISP will refuse to deliver it and send a bounce notice to RootsWeb. You will bounce off when ever the bounce threshold for the particular list is reached. Pat Asher List Admin

At 08:28 AM 3/25/2016, James Albro via wrote: >I see even the help list is getting spammed. Curious thing. When >Rootsweb was down, the spam in my inbox dropped to almost zero. Now that >they are back up, it has increased dramatically! My Virus protection >(AVAST) says some of them have viruses! What gives??? Does Rootsweb have >a disgruntled employee somewhere?? Is anyone else having this problem?? Jim, There are really only two ways you can get sp*m from a RootsWeb server: 1) You are a list admin and the mail is being sent to your Admin address, or 2) A member of a list has let their computer be hacked, and it is being used to send out sp*m or malware unknown to them. In the first case, mail sent to admins is not filtered because one of admin's jobs is to help members understand and how to deal with sp*m. In case #2, someone has probably opened an unexpected attachment, even though they have been warned not to open attachments from people they don't know. Sp*mrs have become much more sophisticated and emails containing malware can LOOK legitimate. On this list, a member whose computer has been compromised is immediately unsubscribed so they can not continue to send mails to the list, and they are not allowed to resubscribe until they verify that their computer has been cleaned. Pat Asher List Admin

Hi, I've noticed the spm-g, but suspect it's just that from time to time one or a group of people discover the help list and think, great, hundreds of e-addresses to exploit. It's not the first time it's happened. I think also the spmrs realise quickly that they're wasting their time and efforts. Just press del - but don't put it in the spm bin as I did once or twice: one is automatically thrown off the list!!! Happy Easter, Caroline ____ "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html Every path has its puddle. Life has no reverse gear. NB: an e-mail message remains the Intellectual Property of the sender; traffic on this e-mail server may be normally subject to UK and French copyright law. -----Original Message----- From: James Albro via <[email protected]> To: freepages-help <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:29 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 11, Issue 45 I see even the help list is getting spammed. Curious thing. When Rootsweb was down, the spam in my inbox dropped to almost zero. Now that they are back up, it has increased dramatically! My Virus protection (AVAST) says some of them have viruses! What gives??? Does Rootsweb have a disgruntled employee somewhere?? Is anyone else having this problem?? Tanks all and have a great day. J On 3/25/2016 3:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > ***FREEPAGES HELP & FAQ*** > &lt;http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/fpindex.html> > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: new important message ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:33:53 +0300 > From: <[email protected]> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Fw: new important message > To: "flatironcrossing" <[email protected]>, "fp-replies" > <[email protected]>, "freepages-help" > <[email protected]>, "g.geralyn" <[email protected]>, > "g.geralyn" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello! > > > > New message, please read <http://www.arctic-bay.co.kr/possible.php?zo6xe> > > > > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 11, Issue 45 > ********************************************** > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- 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

I see even the help list is getting spammed. Curious thing. When Rootsweb was down, the spam in my inbox dropped to almost zero. Now that they are back up, it has increased dramatically! My Virus protection (AVAST) says some of them have viruses! What gives??? Does Rootsweb have a disgruntled employee somewhere?? Is anyone else having this problem?? Tanks all and have a great day. J On 3/25/2016 3:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > ***FREEPAGES HELP & FAQ*** > &lt;http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/fpindex.html> > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: new important message ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:33:53 +0300 > From: <[email protected]> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Fw: new important message > To: "flatironcrossing" <[email protected]>, "fp-replies" > <[email protected]>, "freepages-help" > <[email protected]>, "g.geralyn" <[email protected]>, > "g.geralyn" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello! > > > > New message, please read <http://www.arctic-bay.co.kr/possible.php?zo6xe> > > > > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 11, Issue 45 > ********************************************** > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hello! New message, please read <http://www.arctic-bay.co.kr/possible.php?zo6xe> [email protected]

Hi list, Just a heads up, the counter and the link to create a counter are now working again. Kind regards, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily

Hi Judy, I clicked on your link on my Samsung phone, and took some screenshots for you... These ones are holding the phone in portrait orientation, scrolling down the page: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j88wswg4k768nn2/2016-03-21%2007.24.15.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/cmlf7yhnu1jucsq/2016-03-21%2007.24.24.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9rfv2irmrr6ia6/2016-03-21%2007.24.27.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrkd0aghaad781o/2016-03-21%2007.24.35.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/4hky6tgwgrsza1z/2016-03-21%2007.24.39.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahx4ol1yaeeyqsq/2016-03-21%2007.24.43.png?dl=0 And then I turned the phone around to landscape, and took this one so you could see how the page layout changed: https://www.dropbox.com/s/604gbhvxtycibmc/2016-03-21%2007.25.06.png?dl=0 Whichever way I hold the phone, it is simple to "stretch" the display so the text and images are enlarged. Hope this helps. :-) Wendy JFlorian via wrote on 21/03/2016 17:15: > Here is an example of the picture script I used on another website: > > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/towns/washbda/bus-routes.htm > > Cell owners, what happens when you view that picture of the bus routes? > Does the image get bigger / smaller on the cellphone? Or just stay the > same? > > Judy

Heidi, I entered your counter url and it came up with an internal server error. When doing the same for my site the server provided the image. I suspect you created a new counter later than the current backup date, and I suggest you try creating a new counter. Barry ----------------- On 21/03/2016 12:15, hutley via wrote: > Hi list, > > Does anybody have an idea why my counter is not displaying on my > index page? > The URL is below my signature. > > Thank you for your help, > > > Heidi Boos-Utley > Email: [email protected] > URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily

Hi Barry I tried to create a new counter and when I attempted to go to the proper Rootsweb site it gave me the following message: "Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at counter.rootsweb.com Port 80" Sounds to me that there are still some areas that are down. I have the counter code copied to my computer and used it to replace the one on my index page. It did not work. So creating a new counter does not work either. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you very much, Heidi Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Barry Carlson via Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 20:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Counter is not displaying Heidi, I entered your counter url and it came up with an internal server error. When doing the same for my site the server provided the image. I suspect you created a new counter later than the current backup date, and I suggest you try creating a new counter. Barry ----------------- On 21/03/2016 12:15, hutley via wrote: > Hi list, > > Does anybody have an idea why my counter is not displaying on my > index page? > The URL is below my signature. > > Thank you for your help, > > > Heidi Boos-Utley > Email: [email protected] > URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ------------------------------- 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

The server is still NOT working. You are going to have to wait until the server comes back on line for the counter to work. There is NOTHING that YOU can do. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of hutley via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 6:14 AM To: Barry Carlson <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Counter is not displaying Hi Barry I tried to create a new counter and when I attempted to go to the proper Rootsweb site it gave me the following message: "Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at counter.rootsweb.com Port 80" Sounds to me that there are still some areas that are down. I have the counter code copied to my computer and used it to replace the one on my index page. It did not work. So creating a new counter does not work either. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you very much, Heidi Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Barry Carlson via Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 20:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Counter is not displaying Heidi, I entered your counter url and it came up with an internal server error. When doing the same for my site the server provided the image. I suspect you created a new counter later than the current backup date, and I suggest you try creating a new counter. Barry ----------------- On 21/03/2016 12:15, hutley via wrote: > Hi list, > > Does anybody have an idea why my counter is not displaying on my index > page? > The URL is below my signature. > > Thank you for your help, > > > Heidi Boos-Utley > Email: [email protected] > URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ------------------------------- 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

That's pretty kewl, and much better than I imagined :-) Another thank-you to Barry for all his help getting that site converted to CSS and mobile. So what if a picture was double or triple the width of that bus-schedule image? Would you still be able to stretch / unstretch? Or should I use that image script to reduce the image on all screens (the script that enlarges the pic when you touch the pic)? Would a bigger picture still work on a cell if I use that script? Judy

Here is an example of the picture script I used on another website: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/towns/washbda/bus-routes.htm Cell owners, what happens when you view that picture of the bus routes? Does the image get bigger / smaller on the cellphone? Or just stay the same? Judy

Judy, I don't use a cellphone for web access either, but please note there is no "mouseover" on touch screens because there is no mouse. All that functionality is lost. If you google "css cell phone" (without the quotes) you'll get lots of hits, all of which seem like interesting reading. Good luck! Charlie Dobie At 11:17 PM 3/20/2016, you wrote: >I'm redoing my rootsweb website. I don't own a cellphone and very rarely >use one. I've never used a cell to access the Internet. So would cell >owners who also know web design please comment to my questions? > >What is the smallest font that is comfortable reading on a cellphone? > >For example, in footers I've often used a size="2" font. I think that's >either an MS 8 or 10 point. How hard is that to see on a cell? > >When a website has a large picture, if you are on a cellphone would you >abandon the page or move around the image if you had to? What if the >image is made small on the webpage but enlarges when you put your mouse on >it? Both would require you moving about-- which way is better? Note: > These are family portraits that cannot be reduced further. > > >I've been removing all my font tags, but I'd like to know what is best to >view on a cell before I start putting in CSS "small" tags. And if the >mouseover on images is bad on cellphones, I don't want to spend all the >time converting the images with that special code. > >Thanks for your comments. > >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 > > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2016.0.7497 / Virus Database: 4545/11855 - Release Date: 03/20/16 Charles Dobie, [email protected]

I'm redoing my rootsweb website. I don't own a cellphone and very rarely use one. I've never used a cell to access the Internet. So would cell owners who also know web design please comment to my questions? What is the smallest font that is comfortable reading on a cellphone? For example, in footers I've often used a size="2" font. I think that's either an MS 8 or 10 point. How hard is that to see on a cell? When a website has a large picture, if you are on a cellphone would you abandon the page or move around the image if you had to? What if the image is made small on the webpage but enlarges when you put your mouse on it? Both would require you moving about-- which way is better? Note: These are family portraits that cannot be reduced further. I've been removing all my font tags, but I'd like to know what is best to view on a cell before I start putting in CSS "small" tags. And if the mouseover on images is bad on cellphones, I don't want to spend all the time converting the images with that special code. Thanks for your comments. Judy

Hi list, Does anybody have an idea why my counter is not displaying on my index page? The URL is below my signature. Thank you for your help, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily