I have not followed this thread closely so I apologize if my ideas were repeated. Has anyone mentioned www.internetarchive.org? They are the only archive of the internet. They may have a solution. Lorrie On 04/23/12 09:12, David C Abernathy wrote: > For those of us that have been around for awhile, should remember that > Rootsweb was 24 hours to shutting down and losing many years of collecting > Family data. If it was not for Ancestry.com stepping in and saving the > equipment, data and employees, we would have lost all of that. > > So nothing is a sure thing, but at least some places are more likely to be > around where others will not. > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > > -----Original Message----- > From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Loudon > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:04 AM > To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Web page permanency > > > Nothing says "lowest common denominator" like the humble ASCII text file. > It was there at the beginning and will be around long after all the other > file formats mentioned thus far have passed into memory. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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
When these sorts of discussions get started, I am reminded of the following quote - "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson (1874-1956), Chairman of IBM, 1943 On 23/04/2012 8:48 AM, Ralph Taylor wrote: > "How long do things last on the Web?", as posed by Mr. Sherring, is a very > good question. Mostly, we're concerned about getting content up quickly; we > seldom think about its lasting. > > I suspect the basic Web technology (HTTP& HTML) will be viable a long time > indeed. And so too will CSS, javascript, SSI and Perl. But sites which > depend on gadget fads of the moment risk losing functionality quickly. > > One has to consider the life of the ISP hosting a site. Presumably, a > Freepages site could go on indefinitely, so long as Freepages is supported > by The Generations Network. A site with its own domain name is time-limited > due to the name's registration expiring. And, paid hosting stops if the host > isn't being paid regularly. > > If we want a site to outlast ourselves, we should probably designate an > official "caretaker" to maintain it. > -rt_/) > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- DAVIS Genealogy Blog - http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com
Maybe you should be looking at - http://faq.web.archive.org/can-i-get-just-one-page-archived/ Greg On 22/04/2012 4:53 PM, Warwick Sherring wrote: > To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability > after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html > and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. > > However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I > was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. > > The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material > recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise > the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. > > I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this > matter. > > Warwick Sherring > Lismore NSW > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- DAVIS Genealogy Blog - http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com
For those of us that have been around for awhile, should remember that Rootsweb was 24 hours to shutting down and losing many years of collecting Family data. If it was not for Ancestry.com stepping in and saving the equipment, data and employees, we would have lost all of that. So nothing is a sure thing, but at least some places are more likely to be around where others will not. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Loudon Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:04 AM To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Web page permanency Nothing says "lowest common denominator" like the humble ASCII text file. It was there at the beginning and will be around long after all the other file formats mentioned thus far have passed into memory. ------------------------------- 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
As it stands right now there is no one else in my family to carry on when I'm gone. That could change by then, but........... That's one reason I keep most everything on Rootsweb. My hope is that Ancestry/Rootsweb, or it's successors, will keep those page available for researchers into the future. They are, after all, into at least collecting information and making it available. I know some people in the past have been upset with *claims* that the information they worked for and made available has been used for the "for pay" sites. [ I don't *know* that this has ever happened ] My personal feeling is that at least its available somewhere. So, if at some point my "pages" wind up as information on "for pay" site I hope they at least make corrections to whatever I got wrong. On 04/23/2012 05:18 AM, William Thompson wrote: > So, it seems to me, your main concerns should be: > 1} having a succession of "heirs" to preserve or continue your work; and > 2) having a precautions that important things are not thrown out in the > physical or electronic trash when you die, or lost when a website dies, > such as Anglefire did. -- “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 - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
> > > I'm fairly new at web designing, but I've been around computers since the days of paper tape and punched cards as their input and output. Even though HTML and the web will evolve, and may have successors, the huge investment in current content guarantees that as long as human technological civilization endures, there will be migration paths. So, it seems to me, your main concerns should be: 1} having a succession of "heirs" to preserve or continue your work; and 2) having a precautions that important things are not thrown out in the physical or electronic trash when you die, or lost when a website dies, such as Anglefire did. Obviously there is no 100% guarantee that your successors will have successors forever. But having a site that others find meaningful and others are involved in helps. For me, having work continue on my family tree is one of the most important elements. GEDCOMS will be replaced by XML, which will be replaced by something else, but there will be a conversion path available if anyone cares enough to migrate it. For now, I upload copies of my full, unfiltered GEDCOM on Google Docs and have several people authorized to access it when I no longer can maintain it. Other "cloud" environments would serve. In many decades of working (or at least dabbling) in almost every aspect of information science, the toughest problems have almost always been the humans, not the technological problems. The latter have solutions or "work arounds". The former is permanent and based in human nature. > ----- Original Message ----- > Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:53:42 +100 > From: Warwick Sherring <warwick.sherring@bigpond.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Web page permanency > To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4F93AAF6.8080702@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability > after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html > and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. > > However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I > was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. > > The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material > recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise > the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. > > I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this > matter. > > Warwick Sherring > Lismore NSW > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/wormy
To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this matter. Warwick Sherring Lismore NSW http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/
"How long do things last on the Web?", as posed by Mr. Sherring, is a very good question. Mostly, we're concerned about getting content up quickly; we seldom think about its lasting. I suspect the basic Web technology (HTTP & HTML) will be viable a long time indeed. And so too will CSS, javascript, SSI and Perl. But sites which depend on gadget fads of the moment risk losing functionality quickly. One has to consider the life of the ISP hosting a site. Presumably, a Freepages site could go on indefinitely, so long as Freepages is supported by The Generations Network. A site with its own domain name is time-limited due to the name's registration expiring. And, paid hosting stops if the host isn't being paid regularly. If we want a site to outlast ourselves, we should probably designate an official "caretaker" to maintain it. -rt_/)
On my freepages website 'The Duffy Paper's' (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~theduffypapers/Index.htm) as well as my non-freepages genealogy website 'Descendants of Richard Crouch of Goochland County, VA.' http://home.insightbb.com/~jecrouch9/home.htm I follow the KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) principle as it works for the long run. Just simple text web pages without fancy add-ins. Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:53:42 +1000 From: Warwick Sherring <warwick.sherring@bigpond.com> Subject: [FreeHelp] Web page permanency To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4F93AAF6.8080702@bigpond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this matter. Warwick Sherring Lismore NSW http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/
Warwick, I'd keep it simple. As we all know... Paper dries, curls, cracks, rips, disintegrates... Computer software may not open files GEDCom may not open Floppies, CDs, Thumbs and external desktop drives all can fail or be obsolete Web design may change If I had to pick anything in 2012 that I might think will still be able to be open in the next decades, it'd be Adobe Acrobat PDF reader. I'd still put up basic html with basic css. And if it was my personal history, I'd copy it in a variety of ways and send it out to relatives so copies exist throughout the family. Judy On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Warwick Sherring < warwick.sherring@bigpond.com> wrote: > To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability > after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html > and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. > > However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I > was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. > > The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material > recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise > the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. > > I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this > matter. > > Warwick Sherring > Lismore NSW > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/ > >
I am not experienced by any means, but I would think the point about saving data and the medium becoming outdated (obsolete) is very valid. As far as a web site goes, that is your property, and you could "will" it to someone else to take over. Whether they maintain it or not is another question. Perhaps another family member would be willing to have a complete copy of your genealogy program on THEIR computer? Using the program, I have printed the information and given copies to some family. The same printed information has been put in a folder, and dropped off at the genealogy department at the library in the 4 main citiies where our ancestors lived. I have freepages also, having faith they will keep such a site publicly available. Another thought would be to contribute to the major databases, such as World Connect, One World Tree, or LDS. Yes, this is a lot of work to have it lost after our demise. In 50 or 100 years, the next family researcher will be happy to have it. Good luck.
There will always be a storage device for our data. 5¼ diskettes have come and gone. 1.44 meg distketts have come and gone. And tapes have come and gone. The CDs and DVDs are dying out. But what still remains from the 1980s are hard drives. So I suppose they will still remain for years to come. If anything repaces them, since so much has already been stored on hard drives for nearly 30 years already, whoever comes up with a better method will probbably have to make the hard drive compatible with whatever is new. So for now, save your data on the web page hard drives. John ----- Original Message ----- From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 00:00 Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 7, Issue 35 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. Web page permanency (Warwick Sherring) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:53:42 +1000 From: Warwick Sherring <warwick.sherring@bigpond.com> Subject: [FreeHelp] Web page permanency To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4F93AAF6.8080702@bigpond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this matter. Warwick Sherring Lismore NSW http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/
Jenny, I suspect that FREEPAGES will have a size limit also for visible pictures. Most computer monitors, and FREEPAGES itself show just 72 dpi resolution, even though your picture may be 200 dpi (printable quality). Besides, a much larger picture won't fit in the picture space FREEPAGES allots for use. Here is what I do. I put the 72 dpi picture on the web site, then along with the picture, I make a note that says something like this: Go Here for a 200 dpi 4 X 6 inch picture of GrandPap Jones. And the "Go Here" is a link to another web page or also another separate folder on FREEPAGES with a link to that particular picture. Or you can make a menu for that HiDef picture folder that looks something like this: For 200 dpi Pictures of: GrandPap Jones, 1920 Pic, 750 Kbytes GrandMa Jones, 1910 Pic, 600 Kbytes, etc where each person's name is itself a link. I did this for one of my web sites on FREEPAGES, and uploaded around twenty-five 500 Kb to 1 meg pictures, and it worked fine. Beware that ZIPping each JPG picture does no good. JPG is a form of ZIP itself, from 1980s style BMP format, so the standard ZIP does little good. John, eazier1@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 00:00 Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 7, Issue 33 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. pictures on website (Jenny Calvin) 2. Re: pictures on website (Pat Asher)
At 09:31 AM 4/18/2012, Jenny Calvin wrote: >I am thinking in the long term with the things that I put on my website >(mostly old photos and documents that I have been able to scan) -- I want >them to be accessible to people fifty years from now, after I'm long gone. >I have reduced the size of my website pictures to make them load more >conveniently, but those are not printable quality. I would like for people >to be able to download a full-quality picture if they want to print it. Is >that acceptable to do? I know Freepages are not to be used for "photo >storage" but I assume that means pictures of my Christmas party and my >pets, not 1800's pictures of ancestors. Is that correct? Pretty much. Freepages space may not be used for personal photo albums like your Christmas Party, pets, etc. The "do not use for storage" prohibition applies to files that are not web pages or a component thereof. Extremely large photo/image files are not easily displayed on a web page because of download times. However, you can link an image displayed on a web page to a larger file for printing. The code would be <.a href="http://URI-of-photo-for-printing.jpg"><.img src="display-size-photo.jpg"><./a> Remove the leading dots when coding your web page. They are used here.to prevent the code from executing in this e-mail. Pat Asher
I am thinking in the long term with the things that I put on my website (mostly old photos and documents that I have been able to scan) -- I want them to be accessible to people fifty years from now, after I'm long gone. I have reduced the size of my website pictures to make them load more conveniently, but those are not printable quality. I would like for people to be able to download a full-quality picture if they want to print it. Is that acceptable to do? I know Freepages are not to be used for "photo storage" but I assume that means pictures of my Christmas party and my pets, not 1800's pictures of ancestors. Is that correct? Thanks! Jenny
At 12:03 PM 4/17/2012, Scotty wrote: >I cannot sign in. I'v tried changing the password but it will still not >let me in. Are the servers down? > You can not change your Freepages password. It is computer generated and assigned to you when your Freepages account is created. Request your password from PasswordCentral, http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.ancestry.com If your email address has changed and you can no longer receive mail at the address you used to create your Freepages account, write to accounts@rootsweb.com for assistance. Pat Asher
I cannot sign in. I'v tried changing the password but it will still not let me in. Are the servers down?
----- Original Message ----- From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 00:00 Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 7, Issue 30 Since I mostly do my genealogy pages in biography form, I use my word-processor, publish to .pdf and upload. pros: Familiar program Prints pages as I want them to print Easy to include photos Links work cons: Pages can be a bit big I'd be interested in what others think. cheers, Gard =========== I do both methods. Take a look at these web pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eazier1/Cherry/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eazier1/East/index.htm Yes, the PDF files can be big, but they open rather quickly. But you have to remember, the PDF method numbers the first file as page 1, second page is page 2, even though may have told your word processer that they are some other page number. John
I've been using Bluefish for a while. It's pretty good for working with HTML. Not my favorite program. That one died an inglorious death last year. The biggest issue I have with Bluefish is the way it supports customized tags. Installing in Windows can be a bit of a pain but not bad and definitely do-able. Kompozer, the successor to NVU, has a fair HTML mode. On 04/13/2012 03:07 PM, lrlaskey wrote: > I have noticed a trend in HTML software in the last few years that I > think is motivated by the changing computer technology. There was a time > when HTML editors, free or not, were plentiful. But that is not so now. > Fewer and fewer open source or free versions of HTML software are offered. > > With that trend add the new, emerging generation of technology users who > have never had to build anything from scratch. So there seems to be > lesser need for code level control. Now the only available HTML editors > I can find are either for a fee, and very expensive, or come packaged > with other development tools that I don't need. I can't find a stand > alone HTML program. > > It seems developers are now required to know and use many other > programming languages and practices. The programs are becoming more > complicated and multifunctional. So I guess, I have to, also, by necessity. > > Some day old fogies will tell stores of building websites by hand and > buying software programs from stores then loading and setting them up on > their desktops to younger generations who will fall into two groups. > They will either work in the cloud or never will do any code level work > and will only know to click a mouse. The separation is becoming wider. > > This is scary to me because it sets people up to be victims unless they > stay on top of technology to protect themselves and it means that hand > coding is becoming more and more specialized so that no one person can > do it anyone. > > Good or bad, it is what it is. > > Lorrie > > > On 04/13/12 14:01, -rt_/) wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded. I appreciate the comments and the help. >> >> It does sound, though, like many of us are using older software; some of the >> programs mentioned aren’t available any more. (I’ll still use FrontPage ’98 >> when the desktop gets its new motherboard.) Not sure I have the heredity >> correct, but it seems like Coffee Cup is the new Nvu and Sea Monkey is the >> new Netscape Composer. Coffee Cup has two versions, a free one without >> WYSIWYG and a $49 one with (seems pretty cheap). The free Sea Monkey’s >> WYSIWYG is the Firefox engine. >> >> In googling on the subject and reading reviews, I don’t see anyone talking >> about CSS or SSI support for the WYSIWYG. Is it because they’re now taken >> for granted? (FrontPage supports CSS , not Perl SSI – one learns to work >> around it and check after uploads.) >> >> On another note, viewing websites on this small laptop screen gives a >> renewed appreciation for sufficiently large font sizes, The feature of >> Chrome I use most often is the zoom to at least 125%, sometimes 200%. It >> seems like most sites are trying to crowd too much onto the page, making it >> all unreadable. >> -rt_/) >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- “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 - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
I have noticed a trend in HTML software in the last few years that I think is motivated by the changing computer technology. There was a time when HTML editors, free or not, were plentiful. But that is not so now. Fewer and fewer open source or free versions of HTML software are offered. With that trend add the new, emerging generation of technology users who have never had to build anything from scratch. So there seems to be lesser need for code level control. Now the only available HTML editors I can find are either for a fee, and very expensive, or come packaged with other development tools that I don't need. I can't find a stand alone HTML program. It seems developers are now required to know and use many other programming languages and practices. The programs are becoming more complicated and multifunctional. So I guess, I have to, also, by necessity. Some day old fogies will tell stores of building websites by hand and buying software programs from stores then loading and setting them up on their desktops to younger generations who will fall into two groups. They will either work in the cloud or never will do any code level work and will only know to click a mouse. The separation is becoming wider. This is scary to me because it sets people up to be victims unless they stay on top of technology to protect themselves and it means that hand coding is becoming more and more specialized so that no one person can do it anyone. Good or bad, it is what it is. Lorrie On 04/13/12 14:01, -rt_/) wrote: > Thanks to all who responded. I appreciate the comments and the help. > > It does sound, though, like many of us are using older software; some of the > programs mentioned aren’t available any more. (I’ll still use FrontPage ’98 > when the desktop gets its new motherboard.) Not sure I have the heredity > correct, but it seems like Coffee Cup is the new Nvu and Sea Monkey is the > new Netscape Composer. Coffee Cup has two versions, a free one without > WYSIWYG and a $49 one with (seems pretty cheap). The free Sea Monkey’s > WYSIWYG is the Firefox engine. > > In googling on the subject and reading reviews, I don’t see anyone talking > about CSS or SSI support for the WYSIWYG. Is it because they’re now taken > for granted? (FrontPage supports CSS , not Perl SSI – one learns to work > around it and check after uploads.) > > On another note, viewing websites on this small laptop screen gives a > renewed appreciation for sufficiently large font sizes, The feature of > Chrome I use most often is the zoom to at least 125%, sometimes 200%. It > seems like most sites are trying to crowd too much onto the page, making it > all unreadable. > -rt_/) > > > ------------------------------- > 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