Two days ago, a spam post was made to this list using the email account of a subscriber. That subscriber's email account had been hacked through a malware install on their computer, and they have been unsubscribed until they clean up their computer and account(s). Some of you have written to me saying you received a virus alert when you clicked on the link on that email. While 99.99% of posts to a RootsWeb mailing list are legitimate, you can recognize the warning signs of hack such as this one, e.g. Subject: (no subject) Body: No question, nor answer to a previous query which would relate the post to the list -- only a link to a site that does not appear to be genealogy related. IOW, the malware found an address in the infected computer's address book, and sent to everyone in that address book. Unfortunately, neither the list subscriber, nor myself as List Admin, can be aware of these hacks until an inappropriate post is made to the list. Please, let this latest occurrence serve as a reminder that EVERYONE should install an Anti-Virus program on their computer(s), and keep it updated on a regular basis. The best AV programs won't help much unless you download the updates that recognize the latest virus and security vulnerabilities. My own AV program, Norton 360, sometimes updates several times a day. Pat Asher List Admin
Donna, Your account is there. To upload your pages, starting with your index.html file, you may use the built in file manager using your password assigned to you. You may also use a ftp client program such as coreftp.exe. I know your account is there because I looked at it on this url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~avictorianwhisper/ Did you receive a welcome letter with instruction on how to access the freepages file manager? If so, there may be instructions in that letter on how to upload your html files. Don --- On Tue, 6/12/12, Donna Phillips <avictorianwhisper@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Donna Phillips <avictorianwhisper@yahoo.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] account log-in > To: "freepages-help-L@rootsweb.com" <freepages-help-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 3:54 AM > Hi! > > I was approved for an account on May 2 and have been unable > to log-in. The account name I was given is > avictorianwhisper. Whenever I try to access my account, I > am told there is no such account or e-mail address (this > address). Since I am still receiving the freepages-help > digest at this e-mail address, I am apparently still in the > rootsweb system. I wonder if you could help me figure out > what I am doing wrong? > > Thank you for your help. > > Donna > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >
At 04:54 AM 6/12/2012, Donna Phillips wrote: >I was approved for an account on May 2 and have been unable to >log-in. The account name I was given is >avictorianwhisper. Whenever I try to access my account, I am told >there is no such account or e-mail address (this address). Since I >am still receiving the freepages-help digest at this e-mail address, >I am apparently still in the rootsweb system. I wonder if you could >help me figure out what I am doing wrong? >=============== You should have received a welcoming email letter with your username and password. Go to file manager http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/file_manager.cgi and copy and paste the username and password. Remeber the passsword is case sensitive. Make sure when you copy you do NOT pick up extra spaces as they will make it not work. This free ebook may also be of assistance http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html Pat Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html Planning a Genealogy Website EBook 2nd Edition http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/genealogy-website-ebook.html
Hi! I was approved for an account on May 2 and have been unable to log-in. The account name I was given is avictorianwhisper. Whenever I try to access my account, I am told there is no such account or e-mail address (this address). Since I am still receiving the freepages-help digest at this e-mail address, I am apparently still in the rootsweb system. I wonder if you could help me figure out what I am doing wrong? Thank you for your help. Donna
Hi John, Have you tried Add your genealogy site to a Resource page This is for adding a site to a particular Resource page for a surname or locality. This is on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ I Googled ' How to add to Freepages Genealogy Directory' and that is what came up. Going to Rootsweb page [URL above] I must admit although I did it years ago, I now found the instructions rather confusing. Maybe it should read somewhere for Dummies like me: 'How to add your website to Freepages Genealogy Directory' and not 'Add your genealogy website to a Resource page'. I like simple. ;-)) My best wishes, Jill See website, KNIGHT, DAVIES and for 3 lines of JONES http://www.muirfamily-genealogy-online.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Howard Sent: 08 June 2012 21:26 To: freepages-help-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FreeHelp] Setting up website RE: How Do I Get Listed in the Freepages Genealogy Directory? I put a description in between <title> and </title> as instructed. Then I try to find the location <title> HERE </title>, but there is no such spot to insert the name I want to appear in the Directory. I try to find my listing in the Directory under Homepage of ..., and under my user name howardancestors, and under index.html but no luck. What should I do? -- John Howard jsh6668@gmail.com 303-905-4968 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
At 04:25 PM 6/8/2012, you wrote: >RE: How Do I Get Listed in the Freepages Genealogy Directory? > >I put a description in between <title> and </title> as instructed. > >Then I try to find the location <title> HERE </title>, but there is no >such spot to insert the name I want to appear in the Directory. > >I try to find my listing in the Directory under Homepage of ..., and under >my user name howardancestors, and under index.html but no luck. The listing is not instantaneous. Freepages sites are reindexed on a schedule, about once a week, if memory serves. If your site does not appear in the index (under H for homepages) within 7 days, you can let us know the URL of your site, so the list members can check your coding -- or write to accounts @rootsweb.com for assistance. Pat Asher
RE: How Do I Get Listed in the Freepages Genealogy Directory? I put a description in between <title> and </title> as instructed. Then I try to find the location <title> HERE </title>, but there is no such spot to insert the name I want to appear in the Directory. I try to find my listing in the Directory under Homepage of ..., and under my user name howardancestors, and under index.html but no luck. What should I do? -- John Howard jsh6668@gmail.com 303-905-4968
On Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:07 PM (UTC+12) Jim Slade wrote:- > Our genealogy society would like to send out a survey to members asking > for multiple choice answers. Could this be done better using our web > page or via email? I would appreciate any help or suggestions where to > look for info to create a form. Thanks, Jim > --------------------------- Jim Are you able to post an example of what you are looking to do? I suspect you are posing questions to which you expect multiple choice answers. Is that that correct? Barry
At 02:34 PM 6/6/2012, Laree Lee wrote: >Dear Freepages - Help > >I have been trying to log into the Freepage for calvertgenealogy on >rootsweb, it keeps telling me to log in after I have already logged >in it won't recognize that I did log in. I used the sign in and >password I was sent. I keep getting the same message. I made it >through once but it's blocking me by not recognizing I am already logged in. >Thanks for any help.Laree Lee I assume you are logging in to File Manager. You must configure your browser to allow (at least) session cookies for your login to continue to be recognized as you move through the File Manager functions. Pat Asher
Jim asked: "Our genealogy society would like to send out a survey to members asking for multiple choice answers. Could this be done better using our web page or via email? I would appreciate any help or suggestions where to look for info to create a form." I think it would work better to have the email about the survey include a link to the web page with the form. In the HTML form, the action= statement could refer to a script to process the user's input. Depending on how fancy you want to get, it could e-mail the answers to a data-collection person or tabulate and display results. As Barry mentioned, radio buttons are good for multiple choice answers, forcing a choice among alternatives. Also, you could use a pick-list -- the select/option approach. Each of these allows only one answer per question. For questions where you allow more than one answer, use check-boxes. For open-ended questions, use text fields. -rt_/)
Dear Freepages - Help I have been trying to log into the Freepage for calvertgenealogy on rootsweb, it keeps telling me to log in after I have already logged in it won't recognize that I did log in. I used the sign in and password I was sent. I keep getting the same message. I made it through once but it's blocking me by not recognizing I am already logged in. Thanks for any help.Laree Lee
Our genealogy society would like to send out a survey to members asking for multiple choice answers. Could this be done better using our web page or via email? I would appreciate any help or suggestions where to look for info to create a form. Thanks, Jim
Roger, The following script has been tried with Pat Asher's FGS Form and eliminates empty inputs. <script> function check_myForm(){ var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input"); for (var i=0; i < inputs.length; i++) { if (inputs[i].getAttribute('type') == 'text' && inputs[i].value ==''){ inputs[i].setAttribute('name',''); } } } </script> The script is relatively simple, and works as follows:- The var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input") gathers a list of the input tags associated with the form which are then looked at sequentially by the for (var i=0; i < inputs.length; i++) function which is a "for" loop looking for the following TRUE conditions:- inputs where the type = "text" AND where the inputs value = "null". When those conditions are met, it removes existing text associated with the 'name' attribute. I have only tested it in "mailto:", though I suspect it can be made to work using MailMerge, as received data will be allocated to 'name' fields in your template, and missing data will of course leave a blank field. Put the script in the <head> section and modify the top line of your form as follows:- <form id="myForm" action="mailto:you@domain.com" method="post" onsubmit="return check_myForm();" enctype="application/x-www.form-urlencoded"> Barry
Roger Try the following: <html> <head> <title>Form process</title> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> function dostuff() { var email_body = "" var row_length = 0 var tot_length = 0 row_length = row_length + document.my_form.row1col1.value.length row_length = row_length + document.my_form.row1col2.value.length if(row_length > 0) {var email_body = email_body + "Row1<<" +document.my_form.row1col1.value + ">><<" + document.my_form.row1col2.value + ">><br>" tot_length = tot_length + row_length} row_length = 0 row_length = row_length + document.my_form.row2col1.value.length row_length = row_length + document.my_form.row2col2.value.length if(row_length > 0) {var email_body = email_body + "Row2<<" +document.my_form.row2col1.value + ">><<" + document.my_form.row2col2.value + ">><br>" tot_length = tot_length + row_length} if(tot_length == 0) {alert("no data entered") return} var mailto_text = "mailto:someone@somewhere.com?subject=Data for me&body="+email_body win = window.open(mailto_text,'emailWindow') try{ if (win && win.open &&!win.closed) {win.close()} }catch(e){} } </script> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue"><font face="arial"> <h1 align="center">My form</h1> <form name="my_form" method="post" action=""> <table> <tr> <td>Row1 Col1 <input name="row1col1" type="text" size="75"></td> <td>Row1 Col2 <input name="row1col2" type="text" size="75"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Row2 Col1 <input name="row2col1" type="text" size="75"></td> <td>Row2 Col2 <input name="row2col2" type="text" size="75"></td> </tr> </table> <h3 align="center"><input type="button" value="Send data" onclick="dostuff()"></h3> </body> </html> It will work if the people filling out the form have an e-mail client. Regards /Nick/ Home http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/> Sites managed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eregistryofdeeds/index.html> http://www.igrsoc.org/index.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/majuratennis/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/majuratennis/>
Did you download the "Higher Quality Image"? I hadn't ever seen that site before you posted. I found a little something interesting and downloaded it. As an experiment I ran it through an OCR program and it worked very well. It says the "Higher Resolution" is only 72 ppi but very good quality. On 05/28/2012 03:33 PM, Ralph Taylor wrote: > Joyce asked: "I have a lot of documents I have downloaded from places like > the American State Papers. I've assembled them into continuous documents in > Adobe Acrobat 7 pro. There's several of them that won't allow me to make > them ocr searchable because the dpi is lower than the required 144 dpi. It > there a way to increase the pixels in the document?" -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
Joyce asked: "I have a lot of documents I have downloaded from places like the American State Papers. I've assembled them into continuous documents in Adobe Acrobat 7 pro. There's several of them that won't allow me to make them ocr searchable because the dpi is lower than the required 144 dpi. It there a way to increase the pixels in the document?" The short answer is "No". Presumably, you downloaded the documents' images from one or more websites and the images had been intentionally "optimized" for Web display -- i.e., reduced to the resolution of computer monitors, a typical max of 100 dpi. Think of the missing pixels as information discarded from the original; it's been sent off to the trash dump and isn't there for you. There are some software programs - staples of high-tech crime television - which make fuzzy-logic guesses about what may have been in the missing pixels. -rt_/)
Roger Also see this form which converts filled in rows to a HTML string that is stored in a database for later downloading. http://members.pcug.org.au/~nickred/deeds/make_abstract2.htm Regards /Nick/ Home http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/> Sites managed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eregistryofdeeds/index.html> http://www.igrsoc.org/index.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/majuratennis/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/majuratennis/> On 27/05/2012 5:00 PM, freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com 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*** > <http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/fpindex.html> > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Javascript to remove blank/empty fields form html form > (Roger Hendrix) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 17:13:39 -0500 > From: "Roger Hendrix"<rphendrix@windstream.net> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Javascript to remove blank/empty fields form html > form > To:<freepages-help@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<000001cd3b8c$cdf7ed10$69e7c730$@windstream.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I am looking for a working fully functional JavaScript that will remove > blank/empty fields from an html form before the form submit function sends > the form on the it's final destination. > > > > Consider the Family Group Sheet found at the following: > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/family-group-s > heet.html > > > > I was considering using the form; however, I would like to receive the only > the fields that were filled in by the sender. > > > > Yes, I have searched the internet using Google (sorry Bing). I have found > many examples; however, none were working functional scripts. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com > 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 7, Issue 52 > ********************************************* >
Roger Use a trim() function. Search for trim Javascript. Use this in another function do_stuff which gets called by a button on your form. <script type="text/javascript"language="javascript"> function trim() {... } function dostuff() { document.my_form.my_name.value = trim(document.my_form.my_name.value) if(document.my_form.my_name.value.length == 0) {alert("You need to enter your name") return} ... document.my_form.submit() } </script> ... <form name="my_form"method="post"action="url"> Your Name *<input name="my_name"type="text"size="75"/><br /> <input type="button"value="Submit stuff"onclick="dostuff()"/> </form> ... Regards /Nick/ Home http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/> Sites managed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eregistryofdeeds/index.html> http://www.igrsoc.org/index.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/majuratennis/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/majuratennis/>
At 10:45 AM 5/27/2012, Roger Hendrix wrote: >Thanks for the response. I understand about the mailmerge template. >So, I did some more searching and found that I can use the >action="mailto:someone@somewhere.com" instead of pointing to the mailmerge >cgi. Roger, Others have made suggestions about JS options. I suspect Ralph Taylor's suggestion about specifying a variable array may be at least part of the solution. However, back when we first created the FGS form (maybe ten or twelve years ago?) we discovered the action="mailto:abc@xyz.com" directive did not work in all browsers. At that time, it worked in IE, but AOL was the other major player and would not execute the directive Thus we "had" to use Mailmerge for the form. Before spending hours working on a form specific JavaScript, make sure the action="mailto:" directive works for everyone. Pat Asher
I have a lot of documents I have downloaded from places like the American State Papers. I’ve assembled them into continuous documents in Adobe Acrobat 7 pro. There’s several of them that won’t allow me to make them ocr searchable because the dpi is lower than the required 144 dpi. It there a way to increase the pixels in the document? Joyce G. Reece