> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:12:57 +1300 > From: "Barry Carlson"<barrycarls@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] The basic HTML Document > To: "Joe - Wakefield"<joe.wakefield.uk@gmail.com> > Cc: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com > Message-ID:<93D46C30E6E2473CA74A0C73513DBCCE@VirtualXP27465> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > Joe, > > The Rootsweb banners are HTML4 XHTML and the cellpadding, cellspacing and > border declarations in the Footer are valid. When using an HTML5 Validator, > those same declarations report as invalid, but they are valid HTML, just > deprecated in HTML5. > > All browsers treat deprecated code as valid and render it in their legacy > mode. More importantly, the hosted content of the Rootsweb page is valid and > the banners can be considered as valid though deemed deprecated due to the > hosted page using the<!DOCTYPE html>. At least the browser will run in > Standards Mode rather than adopting Quirks Mode when confronted by a hosted > page with no Doctype, or even worse, missing html or body tags! > > I think the aim of the exercise is to write good HTML, and there will always > be a validation conflict when HTML3, HTML4 or HTML5 standards and variants > become mixed. > > Barry > Kind folks, I found this discussion quite interesting. In addition to the <!DOCTYPE html> "boilerplate" text, I have some other stuff prior to the <head> section that I don't fully understand. I'm pretty sure it came from an example a friend of mine gave me, or that I found somewhere. My three pre-head lines look like this: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> I was just wondering if anyone sees anything harmful or inappropriate there? I also notice that instead of <meta charset="utf-8"> in the head section, I have: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> I guess I have the same set of questions regarding the appropriateness of that. -- Thanks, Charlie Carothers In God We Trust!!!
On Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:29 PM (UTC+13) Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] The basic HTML Document Joe wrote:- > Using HTML5 (which is what this code is) causes errors in the footer > inserted by Rootsweb. > cellpadding, cellspacing and border are creating these invalidations. > Can this be rectified, please. -------------------------------- Joe, The Rootsweb banners are HTML4 XHTML and the cellpadding, cellspacing and border declarations in the Footer are valid. When using an HTML5 Validator, those same declarations report as invalid, but they are valid HTML, just deprecated in HTML5. All browsers treat deprecated code as valid and render it in their legacy mode. More importantly, the hosted content of the Rootsweb page is valid and the banners can be considered as valid though deemed deprecated due to the hosted page using the <!DOCTYPE html>. At least the browser will run in Standards Mode rather than adopting Quirks Mode when confronted by a hosted page with no Doctype, or even worse, missing html or body tags! I think the aim of the exercise is to write good HTML, and there will always be a validation conflict when HTML3, HTML4 or HTML5 standards and variants become mixed. Barry
Following some recent posts on FreeHelp, I noticed that the odd page for which an url had been provided failed to conform to the basic HTML mark-up. Many pages will display with missing mark-up, as the average browser does try to make sense of the mark-up it is given to parse. However, there can be occasions even the browser gives up, and the outcome can be anything other than desired. One other problem commonly found with pages rendered on FreePages is the Rootsweb masthead and/or footer banners are displaced and often affect the legibility of the page content. All this can be overcome by the use of some very basic HTML mark-up before you enter the content that you want displayed, e.g. <!--code> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>My Page Name</title> <style> My styles go here </style> </head> <body> My Content goes here </body> </html> <code--> Pretty simple eh? So with that in mind, the simplest content you can insert is some text with a <pre> tag enclosing it, i.e. <pre>Lorem Ipsum Dolor etc.. and more of the same!</pre> .. and that will display in mono-spaced type in all browsers just as you typed it, including the 'white space' - with one proviso, and that is; if you have used a word-processor, any quotation marks of the left/right variety will normally not be recognised by the browser. This results in some 'odd-ball' default symbol replacing the offending quotation mark. The solution is to open the page in a Text Editor - Notepad will do, but free ones such as Araneae or PSP are more user friendly. Use the Search & Replace function to change the the quotation marks to either “ ” (left/right double quote) or ‘ ’ (left/right single quote). Ideally they could all be replaced with either the vertical double/single quote the Editor will insert from your keyboard. I suggest that you Copy & Paste the basic mark-up shown above (excluding the <code> tags) into your Text Editor and Save As !HTML.html in your webpage folder. Now open the folder in Explorer, go to the file and right-click on it and select Properties from the drop-down menu. Click Read-only, then Apply and Close. You now have the start file for any page you wish to start, and to save your added content, Save As with a "file-name.html" of your choice. You may wish to add some refinements to your !HTML.html file, such as <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> in the <head> section, or add a permanent <div id="wrapper"> and <div id="content"> plus their closing tags in the <body> section, but that is up to you. Using <!DOCTYPE html> ensures that a browser opening your page knows that it can parse it in Standards Mode, and furthermore, no closing of single tags such as <meta>, <image>, <br>, <hr> is required. There is also no need to use type="text/css" in <style> or <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> tags or similar type declarations elsewhere such as <script type="text/javascript">. The browser knows the tag name and can quickly determine the data type for itself. The content is up to you - text, images, tables etc.., but how you glue it all together can be a challenge. If you need to know how to do any type of styling, all you need to do is ask on this list, and if you don't know what to ask, tell us what you would like to do. Remember, its dumb not to ask, and asking will make you and others wiser! Barry
Using HTML5 (which is what this code is) causes errors in the footer inserted by Rootsweb. cellpadding, cellspacing and border are creating these invalidations. Can this be rectified, please. Joe Wakefield On 25 February 2012 02:33, Barry Carlson <barrycarlson@clear.net.nz> wrote: > Following some recent posts on FreeHelp, I noticed that the odd page for > which an url had been provided failed to conform to the basic HTML mark-up. > > Many pages will display with missing mark-up, as the average browser does > try to make sense of the mark-up it is given to parse. However, there can > be > occasions even the browser gives up, and the outcome can be anything other > than desired. One other problem commonly found with pages rendered on > FreePages is the Rootsweb masthead and/or footer banners are displaced and > often affect the legibility of the page content. > > All this can be overcome by the use of some very basic HTML mark-up before > you enter the content that you want displayed, e.g. > <!--code> > > <!DOCTYPE html> > <html> > <head> > <meta charset="utf-8"> > <title>My Page Name</title> > <style> > My styles go here > </style> > </head> > <body> > My Content goes here > </body> > </html> > > <code--> > Pretty simple eh? So with that in mind, the simplest content you can insert > is some text with a <pre> tag enclosing it, i.e. > > <pre>Lorem Ipsum Dolor etc.. and more of the same!</pre> > > .. and that will display in mono-spaced type in all browsers just as you > typed it, including the 'white space' - with one proviso, and that is; if > you have used a word-processor, any quotation marks of the left/right > variety will normally not be recognised by the browser. This results in > some > 'odd-ball' default symbol replacing the offending quotation mark. The > solution is to open the page in a Text Editor - Notepad will do, but free > ones such as Araneae or PSP are more user friendly. Use the Search & > Replace > function to change the the quotation marks to either “ ” > (left/right double quote) or ‘ ’ (left/right single quote). > Ideally they could all be replaced with either the vertical double/single > quote the Editor will insert from your keyboard. > > I suggest that you Copy & Paste the basic mark-up shown above (excluding > the > <code> tags) into your Text Editor and Save As !HTML.html in your webpage > folder. Now open the folder in Explorer, go to the file and right-click on > it and select Properties from the drop-down menu. Click Read-only, then > Apply and Close. You now have the start file for any page you wish to > start, > and to save your added content, Save As with a "file-name.html" of your > choice. You may wish to add some refinements to your !HTML.html file, such > as <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> in the <head> section, or add a > permanent > <div id="wrapper"> and <div id="content"> plus their closing tags in the > <body> section, but that is up to you. > > Using <!DOCTYPE html> ensures that a browser opening your page knows that > it > can parse it in Standards Mode, and furthermore, no closing of single tags > such as <meta>, <image>, <br>, <hr> is required. There is also no need to > use type="text/css" in <style> or <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> tags or > similar type declarations elsewhere such as <script > type="text/javascript">. > The browser knows the tag name and can quickly determine the data type for > itself. > > The content is up to you - text, images, tables etc.., but how you glue it > all together can be a challenge. If you need to know how to do any type of > styling, all you need to do is ask on this list, and if you don't know what > to ask, tell us what you would like to do. Remember, its dumb not to ask, > and asking will make you and others wiser! > > Barry > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
Hi everyone, Thanks to everyone who has offered suggestions. I have been able to access my page again and alter what I wanted to. God knows how, cos I tried so many variations but one worked. I just hope I can do it again when I need to add to it. Thanks again Cheers Angie At 23/02/201201:16 AM, Pat Asher wrote: >At 07:45 AM 2/22/2012, Angie Rorke wrote: >>So I tried to alter my password, it accepted it but >>when I go to sign in again and use the new password I still get the >>same message.... ahhhhh this should be easy. Maybe its because I am >>a new member and maybe it takes time for something their end. > >Angie, > >You can not change your Freepages account password. That has to be >done by staff. > >If you did change a password, I'm guessing it was your RootsWeb >MyAccount password which is not the same thing. > >Use the password from your Freepages Welcome letter to log in to >your Freepages account. > > >Pat Asher
Hi All, At 22/02/201211:24 PM, you wrote: >At 11:39 PM 2/21/2012, Angie Rorke wrote: >>I have just joined and uploaded my webpage this afternoon, after >>checking it I found that the email link wasn't working. So I went to >>go back to upload the new file with the correction. BUT I can't >>get back in - I keep getting the message Member name and/or password >>are invalid. I am using the same one, I am actually cutting and >>pasting from the email I received but to no avail. > > >Be careful when you copy and paste as quite often you pick up an >extra space at the end. Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I have made certain that I didn't copy a space when I copied and pasted, I even tried typing it in nothing works... I even asked for my username and password to be resent... guess what they are the same as I have used. So I tried to alter my password, it accepted it but when I go to sign in again and use the new password I still get the same message.... ahhhhh this should be easy. Maybe its because I am a new member and maybe it takes time for something their end. I will try again tomorrow. Thanks again everyone Cheers Angie
HI, I have just joined and uploaded my webpage this afternoon, after checking it I found that the email link wasn't working. So I went to go back to upload the new file with the correction. BUT I can't get back in - I keep getting the message Member name and/or password are invalid. I am using the same one, I am actually cutting and pasting from the email I received but to no avail. Can someone suggest some way to get around this please. Thanks Angie
At 09:33 AM 2/22/2012, Tracey Strong wrote: >I got my freepage yesterday and this morning could not log in. So I >used "Forgot password" and the message I got said my username was >the name I had submitted with a "1" on the end that wasn't there >yesterday. Try adding the 1 or click the forgot password button. Tracey, Account names can not be changed. Your email program may have had a problem rendering the email from Password Central. Your account name does not include a 1 (one) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~traceystrong/ Pat Asher
At 07:45 AM 2/22/2012, Angie Rorke wrote: >So I tried to alter my password, it accepted it but >when I go to sign in again and use the new password I still get the >same message.... ahhhhh this should be easy. Maybe its because I am >a new member and maybe it takes time for something their end. Angie, You can not change your Freepages account password. That has to be done by staff. If you did change a password, I'm guessing it was your RootsWeb MyAccount password which is not the same thing. Use the password from your Freepages Welcome letter to log in to your Freepages account. Pat Asher
Sometimes when you copy and paste you are getting a additional space at the beginning of the information you are copying, check to make sure that is not happening. I have had this happen to me. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:00 AM, <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. I need help please (Angie Rorke) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:39:47 +1100 > From: Angie Rorke <angierorke@gmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] I need help please > To: Freepages-Help-D@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <201202220439.q1M4dijv006807@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > HI, > > I have just joined and uploaded my webpage this afternoon, after > checking it I found that the email link wasn't working. So I went to > go back to upload the new file with the correction. BUT I can't > get back in - I keep getting the message Member name and/or password > are invalid. I am using the same one, I am actually cutting and > pasting from the email I received but to no avail. > > Can someone suggest some way to get around this please. > > Thanks > Angie > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 12 > ********************************************* >
Unsubscribe On Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 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. I need help please (Angie Rorke) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:39:47 +1100 > From: Angie Rorke <angierorke@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > Subject: [FreeHelp] I need help please > To: Freepages-Help-D@rootsweb.com <javascript:;> > Message-ID: <201202220439.q1M4dijv006807@mail.rootsweb.com <javascript:;>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > HI, > > I have just joined and uploaded my webpage this afternoon, after > checking it I found that the email link wasn't working. So I went to > go back to upload the new file with the correction. BUT I can't > get back in - I keep getting the message Member name and/or password > are invalid. I am using the same one, I am actually cutting and > pasting from the email I received but to no avail. > > Can someone suggest some way to get around this please. > > Thanks > Angie > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com <javascript:;>. > > To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com <javascript:;>. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com <javascript:;> > 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 12 > ********************************************* >
At 11:39 PM 2/21/2012, Angie Rorke wrote: >I have just joined and uploaded my webpage this afternoon, after >checking it I found that the email link wasn't working. So I went to >go back to upload the new file with the correction. BUT I can't >get back in - I keep getting the message Member name and/or password >are invalid. I am using the same one, I am actually cutting and >pasting from the email I received but to no avail. Be careful when you copy and paste as quite often you pick up an extra space at the end. Pat Pat Geary Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook (free) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html
I got my freepage yesterday and this morning could not log in. So I used "Forgot password" and the message I got said my username was the name I had submitted with a "1" on the end that wasn't there yesterday. Try adding the 1 or click the forgot password button.
I have a freepages page and clicked on the download WYSIWYG button and have had the XINHA box with "Loading in progress. Please wait. Create toolbar." on my screen for about half an hour! Does it take this long to download or has something gone wrong. Not liking the complicated set up :( Rose Kelland Suffolk, UK www.kellandstreet.webs.com www.rosescountryrose.blogspot.com
At 07:34 AM 1/25/2012, Pat Asher wrote: >There are many free HTML editors that you can download to your >computer and use to create and edit your web pages. I still use >Komposer, but list members have suggested others you may like >better. Some of you want to chime in with your favorite editor? =================== http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/resources.htm Scroll down to the bottom for F ree Web Authoring software. Here are just a few of them Free Editors The <http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor/>CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor is a full-featured Web design system. With built-in FTP uploading, wizards for tables, frames, fonts, and more, and 100% valid code output, it's a great tool for anyone who wants to design their own Website. <http://www.ornj.net/araneae/>Araneae (pronounced ah-RAN-ee-ay) is a simple, yet powerful text editor, providing only the features necessary to create websites and scripts using the latest web technologies. Best of all, Araneae is absolutely free for non-commercial use. Use it as long as you like for your personal projects. <http://kompozer.net/>KompoZer is Nvu's unofficial bug-fix release and is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding. NOTE: I have removed NVU from the list as it is not being updated. NoteTab Light - Freeware. A slimmed down version of NoteTab Pro. This is a NotePad replacement and a capable HTML editor. You select tags from a menu of icons. much as you would in a word processor. <http://www.chami.com/html-kit/>Html Kit - Here's a freeware HTML editor that's aimed at advanced Web designers. You can use HTML-Kit to create, edit, validate, preview and publish Web pages and scripts. It offers loads of features including hundreds of free plugins and built-in FTP support. <http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml>1st Page - This powerful program from Australia is loaded with handy features and is suitable for everyone from newbies to experts. Offers four different interfaces, ranging from Easy mode to Hardcore mode. 1st Page includes full support for WebTV, ASP, SSI, Cold Fusion, DHTML and more. Includes 450 free JavaScripts, as well. (For Windows). <http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/>Arachnophilia - Arachnophilia is an outstanding Web editor, bursting with features. It'll import fully formatted text, tables, and outlines from any Windows-compliant application and automatically convert it to HTML. It also has built-in FTP capabilities that can automatically upload files (although it can't delete files, like a true FTP client can). Powerful keyboard macros can include system commands---even other macros, for maximum flexibility. (For Windows) NOTE: I have used this program in the past. <http://www.bluegriffon.org/>BlueGriffon is a new WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox 4, it's a modern and robust solution to edit Web pages in conformance to the latest Web Standards. It's free to download (current stable version is <http://bluegriffon.org/pages/Download>1.1.1) and is available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. BlueGriffon is available in English, Dutch, French, Czech, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese. Dick Eastman recently reviewed it in his genealogy newsletter. You can read <http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/06/bluegriffon-a-wysiwyg-html-content-editor.html>BlueGriffon, a WYSIWYG HTML Content Editor Pat Pat Geary Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook (free) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html
I use <http://bluegriffon.org/>BlueGriffon. It's pretty simple to use, although it helps to know a little HTML, or at least in general how HTML works. I used FrontPage for years, so this wasn't a big jump. Good luck! Ruth Stephens On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Pat Asher <<mailto:pjroots@att.net>pjroots@att.net> wrote: At 07:34 AM 1/25/2012, Pat Asher wrote: >Are you trying to download the program, XINHA? It is a WYSIWYG >editor for creating web pages online. You would be downloading that >from their server, not RootsWeb/Freepages and you need to talk to >them if you are having problems downloading their software. > >However, as I understand the program, you must install it on YOUR >server to use it. You may not install executables in your Freepages >account, so this software will not work for your Freepages site. > >There are many free HTML editors that you can download to your >computer and use to create and edit your web pages. I still use >Komposer, but list members have suggested others you may like >better. Some of you want to chime in with your favorite editor? The Freepages server already has an online WYSIWYG editor installed. It is called File Manager and can be accessed by logging in to your Freepages account at: <http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/>http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/ Pat Asher ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to <mailto:FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com>FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
At 07:34 AM 1/25/2012, Pat Asher wrote: >Are you trying to download the program, XINHA? It is a WYSIWYG >editor for creating web pages online. You would be downloading that >from their server, not RootsWeb/Freepages and you need to talk to >them if you are having problems downloading their software. > >However, as I understand the program, you must install it on YOUR >server to use it. You may not install executables in your Freepages >account, so this software will not work for your Freepages site. > >There are many free HTML editors that you can download to your >computer and use to create and edit your web pages. I still use >Komposer, but list members have suggested others you may like >better. Some of you want to chime in with your favorite editor? The Freepages server already has an online WYSIWYG editor installed. It is called File Manager and can be accessed by logging in to your Freepages account at: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/ Pat Asher
At 06:37 AM 1/25/2012, Rose Kelland wrote: >I have a freepages page and clicked on the download WYSIWYG button >and have had the XINHA box with "Loading in progress. Please wait. >Create toolbar." on my screen for about half an hour! Does it take >this long to download or has something gone wrong. > >Not liking the complicated set up :( Are you trying to download the program, XINHA? It is a WYSIWYG editor for creating web pages online. You would be downloading that from their server, not RootsWeb/Freepages and you need to talk to them if you are having problems downloading their software. However, as I understand the program, you must install it on YOUR server to use it. You may not install executables in your Freepages account, so this software will not work for your Freepages site. There are many free HTML editors that you can download to your computer and use to create and edit your web pages. I still use Komposer, but list members have suggested others you may like better. Some of you want to chime in with your favorite editor? Pat Asher
Google+ is great for collaboration. It is also useful for genealogical groups to use. Of course, the Google reader is a absolute 'must' for keeping up with the geneablogging community. I couldn't live without it. As granny once said: "Ihre Zustimmung ist weder erforderlich gewünscht, verlangt, oder von meinen Gedanken, Wörter und Briefe, noch sind so das Fall zukünftig." ----- Original Message ----- From: Rawls Family <rawfam46@gmail.com> To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Using Google I use google search extensively for finding web sites related to individuals and places in my genealogy research, the inclusion of such terms as 'family', ' genealogy', 'history' etc narrow such searches to more suitable results. I also use Advanced Search to search within a site that does not have a good search engine included, this can help greatly in larger sites. Google books also will bring up many historical documents unavailable elsewhere and I have found several references and details about my ancestors via such methods. I generally do not use those 'pay for' sites due to my reluctance to give financial information on line but such sites as Find My Past that have an advanced search can be 'manipulated' by changing the search criteria to reveal much of their content. Takes a little longer but most of the information can be found and viewed this way. The original inquiry was about using google+ (google plus) which seems to be yet another 'social networking' site and apparently requires submitting personal information to join something which we should avoid where ever possible. Such sites may be useful for interaction between individuals on a common subject, such as genealogy, but I fail to see how it can help more than say the Rootsweb Message Boards with actual research and inquires. But then I do not subscribe to ANY social networks! Don R The Rawls of Dorset ------------------------------- 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
On Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:34 AM (UTC+13) Glen Peddy wrote:- >I like Yahoo better than Google for Genealogy. > Try searching two words, such as your surname funeral. You will get > mostly obits. Other words will get much different results from searching > only for a name. > ----------------------- Glen, I believe Lorrie was actually referring to:- https://plus.google.com/ a Google adaption of Facebook style social communication. I personally believe the Google+ adaption is Facebook in all but name, and will avoid it like the plague. Barry