I am just getting back into writing my own HTML coding after a long absence as I need to make a lot of amendments to my family history pages. When I wrote my original pages, I was using Avant Browser/IE so right click on the page to be amended worked every time. BUT I now use Firefox - and OK I get the Souce page, but not a version I can work on to amend my script. So how do I find the source page without having to switch browsers? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I've spent all day trying to sort this out and have got nowhere :( Regards, Ann McClean in Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Owner PALMER-EAST-ANGLIA-UK@rootsweb.com For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the PALMER surname in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, South Lincolnshire, and the borders with Essex and Bedfordshire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Owner WEATHERSTON@rootsweb.com mailing list For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the WEATHERSTON surname in the Norham and Horncliffe area of Northumberland in particular, and all places where their WEATHERSTON descendants have settled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3618 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message
At 12:50 PM 1/1/2012, Ann McClean wrote: >BUT I now use Firefox - and OK I get the Souce page, but not a version I can >work on to amend my script. So how do I find the source page without having >to switch browsers? To Firefox, add the Web Developer Add-on. It will add a toolbar with options for editing the HTML and/or CSS of any page you are viewing. You will, of course, have to save your edits to your hard drive, before uploading them to the server. Pat
Have you looked at the various HTML tools available for Firefox? [ Tools > Addons ] Some editors, like Bluefish for instance, will do what your wanting to do also. Seamonkey, the "new" version of the old Mozilla Suite, has a built in web page editor, as well as e-mail and all the old Mozilla Suite stuff. Based on Firefox code. On 01/01/2012 11:50 AM, Ann McClean wrote: > I am just getting back into writing my own HTML coding after a long absence > as I need to make a lot of amendments to my family history pages. > > When I wrote my original pages, I was using Avant Browser/IE so right click > on the page to be amended worked every time. > > BUT I now use Firefox - and OK I get the Souce page, but not a version I can > work on to amend my script. So how do I find the source page without having > to switch browsers? > > I'm sure the answer is simple, but I've spent all day trying to sort this > out and have got nowhere :( > > Regards, Ann McClean > in Mid-Wales, U.K. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Owner PALMER-EAST-ANGLIA-UK@rootsweb.com > For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the PALMER > surname in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, > South Lincolnshire, and the borders with Essex and Bedfordshire. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Owner WEATHERSTON@rootsweb.com mailing list > For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the > WEATHERSTON surname in the Norham and Horncliffe area of > Northumberland in particular, and all places where their WEATHERSTON > descendants have settled. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > CAWTHORN, SCOTT,& DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: > http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- “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 - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
unsubscribe From: "freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com" <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:00 AM Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 189 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. Re: Can I exclude a block of text from Google search? (Barry Carlson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:37:04 +1300 From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Can I exclude a block of text from Google search? Cc: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <7C6DEF03882D4A47A526C7467AB30CB7@VirtualXP27465> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original On Dec 12, 2011 - I suggested their were two ways of stopping the Google Bot from indexing parts of a page. They were:- (a) Using a delayed JavaScript method, or (b) Placing the text in an iFrame. My preferred method was the iFrame as it is supported in all browsers. There was some objection to the iFrame on the grounds that it can be used to carry malware. But for that to happen, the iFrame itself has to be targetted through access to the server via FTP. Your password would need to be hacked, and in the case of the Rootsweb servers, there is no way of executing a script to find pages with iFrames and do the dirty deed. To prove the concept, I posted a short page titled - "Test noIndex of iFrame Data" that included some Lorem Ipsum text, plus my name (once using Javascript, once using an iFrame) plus "Text Copyright John Doe 2011" using the iFrame. To cut a long story short, the page was indexed by Google on Dec 14, and my name or the copyright note do not show in a search. The basic search term uses:- Test noIndex of iFrame Data site:ancestry.com - and adding Barry Carlson or the copyright statement shows that neither term was indexed. Merry Xmas Barry ------------------------------ 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 6, Issue 189 **********************************************
On Dec 12, 2011 - I suggested their were two ways of stopping the Google Bot from indexing parts of a page. They were:- (a) Using a delayed JavaScript method, or (b) Placing the text in an iFrame. My preferred method was the iFrame as it is supported in all browsers. There was some objection to the iFrame on the grounds that it can be used to carry malware. But for that to happen, the iFrame itself has to be targetted through access to the server via FTP. Your password would need to be hacked, and in the case of the Rootsweb servers, there is no way of executing a script to find pages with iFrames and do the dirty deed. To prove the concept, I posted a short page titled - "Test noIndex of iFrame Data" that included some Lorem Ipsum text, plus my name (once using Javascript, once using an iFrame) plus "Text Copyright John Doe 2011" using the iFrame. To cut a long story short, the page was indexed by Google on Dec 14, and my name or the copyright note do not show in a search. The basic search term uses:- Test noIndex of iFrame Data site:ancestry.com - and adding Barry Carlson or the copyright statement shows that neither term was indexed. Merry Xmas Barry
Unsubscribe > From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 187 > To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:00:24 -0700 > > > > 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. Re: Guestbook Issue (Jill Muir) > 2. Guest Book Problem (Coleen Mielke) > 3. Guestbook Problem Solved (Coleen Mielke) > 4. Re: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 186 (James Albro) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 08:14:55 -0000 > From: "Jill Muir" <jill@shottle.plus.com> > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Guestbook Issue > To: "'Coleen Mielke'" <coleen_mielke@hotmail.com>, > <freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <8188A144E6194A1386C1FC3CC01E5DAC@JILLMUIR> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Coleeen, > You need Password Central for such things I would think. > > http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > > My best wishes, Jill > See website for 3 lines of JONES, KNIGHT and DAVIES > http://www.muirfamily-genealogy-online.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Coleen Mielke > Sent: 09 December 2011 07:45 > To: freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FreeHelp] Guestbook Issue > > > I've had the same guestbook for years but it quit working recently. I've > tried to "fix" it but nothing seems to work. It is on this web page: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ > > I'm not sure what information I need to include in this email (or what is > safe to include). Any hints on how to fix it? I sent to Rootsweb for the > official name of the guestbook and ID number but they didn't work either. > Coleen > Alaska > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 23:33:16 -0900 > From: Coleen Mielke <coleen_mielke@hotmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Guest Book Problem > To: Freepages Help <freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <SNT123-W15266D8F676DBC41DF488C9DB90@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I have had the same guestbook on the following web page for years. It stopped working in September (before that I had made NO changes). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ > > The guestbook still exists at this address: http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=5384&action=view but for some reason my web page doesn't recognize it anymore. When you click on the guestbook buttons, I get a message that says "Opps! There seems to be an error on the form that you came from". > > How can I get my web page to recognize this guestbook again? I checked with password central and the guest book ID # I'm using is correct. > > Thank you > Coleen > Alaska > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:00:07 -0900 > From: Coleen Mielke <coleen_mielke@hotmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Guestbook Problem Solved > To: Freepages Help <freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <SNT123-W6175E29500683AD4B196FF9DB90@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Just a note to say my guestbook problem is solved. I forgot to remove the parenthesis from the guestbook ID number (in the html). Things all hunky-dory now, thanks very much. > Coleen > Alaska > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 05:09:57 -0800 (PST) > From: James Albro <albroj@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 186 > To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1323436197.30346.YahooMailClassic@web180608.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Collen, I just went to your page listed here and the guestbook seemed to work perfectly, except the "return to homepage" takes me back to a different page than the one I started on. Have a great day and Merry Christmas Everyone. > > Jim in Florida > > http://www.albrogenealogy.com > > --- On Fri, 12/9/11, freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> > Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 186 > To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 3:00 AM > > > > 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.? Guestbook Issue (Coleen Mielke) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 22:44:48 -0900 > From: Coleen Mielke <coleen_mielke@hotmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Guestbook Issue > To: <freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <SNT123-W97E4E316193F419E4F38E9DB90@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I've had the same guestbook for years but it quit working recently. I've tried to "fix" it but nothing seems to work.? It is on this web page: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ > > I'm not sure what information I need to include in this email (or what is safe to include). Any hints on how to fix it? I sent to Rootsweb for the official name of the guestbook and ID number but they didn't work either. > Coleen > Alaska > > ??? ???????? ?????? ??? ? > > ------------------------------ > > 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 6, Issue 186 > ********************************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 6, Issue 187 > **********************************************
Dear Coleeen, You need Password Central for such things I would think. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ My best wishes, Jill See website for 3 lines of JONES, KNIGHT and DAVIES http://www.muirfamily-genealogy-online.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Coleen Mielke Sent: 09 December 2011 07:45 To: freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [FreeHelp] Guestbook Issue I've had the same guestbook for years but it quit working recently. I've tried to "fix" it but nothing seems to work. It is on this web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ I'm not sure what information I need to include in this email (or what is safe to include). Any hints on how to fix it? I sent to Rootsweb for the official name of the guestbook and ID number but they didn't work either. Coleen Alaska ------------------------------- 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
Collen, I just went to your page listed here and the guestbook seemed to work perfectly, except the "return to homepage" takes me back to a different page than the one I started on. Have a great day and Merry Christmas Everyone. Jim in Florida http://www.albrogenealogy.com --- On Fri, 12/9/11, freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 186 To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 3:00 AM 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. Guestbook Issue (Coleen Mielke) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 22:44:48 -0900 From: Coleen Mielke <coleen_mielke@hotmail.com> Subject: [FreeHelp] Guestbook Issue To: <freepages-help-l@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <SNT123-W97E4E316193F419E4F38E9DB90@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I've had the same guestbook for years but it quit working recently. I've tried to "fix" it but nothing seems to work. It is on this web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ I'm not sure what information I need to include in this email (or what is safe to include). Any hints on how to fix it? I sent to Rootsweb for the official name of the guestbook and ID number but they didn't work either. Coleen Alaska ------------------------------ 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 6, Issue 186 **********************************************
Just a note to say my guestbook problem is solved. I forgot to remove the parenthesis from the guestbook ID number (in the html). Things all hunky-dory now, thanks very much. Coleen Alaska
I have had the same guestbook on the following web page for years. It stopped working in September (before that I had made NO changes). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ The guestbook still exists at this address: http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=5384&action=view but for some reason my web page doesn't recognize it anymore. When you click on the guestbook buttons, I get a message that says "Opps! There seems to be an error on the form that you came from". How can I get my web page to recognize this guestbook again? I checked with password central and the guest book ID # I'm using is correct. Thank you Coleen Alaska
I've had the same guestbook for years but it quit working recently. I've tried to "fix" it but nothing seems to work. It is on this web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/ I'm not sure what information I need to include in this email (or what is safe to include). Any hints on how to fix it? I sent to Rootsweb for the official name of the guestbook and ID number but they didn't work either. Coleen Alaska
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At 02:40 PM 12/6/2011, you wrote: >if i am viewing this in an incorrect light and can actually delete >directories, I apologize and ask that you please let me >now how without using the ftp software's 'delete' option and dialog. If you are referring to the xxxx_html directories, they are part of your account structure and must not be deleted. Just ignore those you do not use. Any directories you have created yourself can be deleted using File Manager or an FTP utility. Pat Asher
There are a number of directories that I do not use and are not applicable to me. Yet, each time I use the delete option available on my FTP software and confirm delete, there is a long delay of seemingly inactivity, there is 'working' showing at the bottom of the window, I get a message "550 - Remove directory operation failed." Never before on a site have I had problems adding and/or deleting directories as desired. Does this mean one is not able to arrange the directories in the name and manner they choose and are instead forced into using one size fits all, that doesn't? if i am viewing this in an incorrect light and can actually delete directories, I apologize and ask that you please let me now how without using the ftp software's 'delete' option and dialog. Thank you
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> The iframe injection attack is alive and well, unfortunately. > > iframe was deprecated in strict xhtml doctypes and I was really hoping > html5 would follow suit, but no such luck. Jim, A list of iframe vulnerabilities from 2007, and particularly related to Firefox:- Browser cross domain exploits XSS/CSRF reflection attacks CSS and iframes can scan your LAN from the internet! LAN scanning with Javascript and iframes CSS iframe overlays URL redirection Most of the above threats have now been dealt with by Mozilla Firefox. The LAN scanning can still take place, but if you are PW protected the threat stops there. In the case of the RW servers, they are HTML only with the addition of limited SSI and cgi. I've had an iframe with its source located on another server embedded in a RW page for some time and to the best of my knowledge there has never been any attempt to launch an exploit via it. Cross communication with the iframe and its host browser is now virtually impossible. https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Displaying_web_content_in_an_extension_without_security_issues If the iframe concept was to be dropped, then a possibly more secure way would be to use the XMLHttpRequest which can only communicate within the same domain, or in the case of RW within the same sub domain. Barry
Bill, I do the same thing with working file names, such as file name "BrownJohn1823.html" but I make the family name CAPITAL letters. But since my web pages are often updated and each contains many biographies, when I upload a working file name into the existing web page, I then keep the Web Page name such as Biography01, Biography02, etc. That way the index doesn't need to be changed. The Index might read something like this: Names "ABLE thru CURTIS" with a link to Biography01, "DANIELS thru GREATHOUSE" with a link to Biography02, and so on. John E Young ----- Original Message ----- From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 00:00 Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 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. Mini-bio File Names (Bill Thompson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:09:46 -0500 From: Bill Thompson <billthompson76@gmail.com> Subject: [FreeHelp] Mini-bio File Names To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4EDCD0AA.2080904@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed This is just "thinking out loud". I'm not expecting you to come up with an answer. One of the things that make my present file naming convention seem simple, is that I'm using a similar system for the existing .doc bios I wrote 10 years ago. And when I open it, the page header, or at leas the first sentence will give the person's name and birth date, if know. So I can instantly generate the file name "BrownJohn1823.html" without having to look him up in the tree. Of course before I'm finished with a mini-bios's HTML I have to look up the person's node number, but that's presently one of the last steps I do before uploading. More important, when I look at the directory of my HTML files, the file names are meaningful to me. "HazlettSamuel1780.html" is immediately identifiable and significant. Whereas "Bio_I14.html" wouldn't mean much. I probably would get to recognize the "founding fathers'" one or 2 digit Ids, but "Bio_I1237,htnl" is not likely to ring any bells. I like having the surname control the sorting. I presently have about 9 Samuel Hazletts, so "HazlettSamuel_I123.html" isn't very meaningful. But "SamuelHazlett1847_I582.html" could work. But keeping the file names short seems desirable.
On Monday, November 14, 2011 9:58 AM (UTC+13) Charles Dobie wrote:- > Hello listers, > > I know about excluding a complete page from Google search by using > (meta name="robots" content="noindex") in the page's html header, but > what I want to do is exclude only a block of text from a page or pages. > > Here's the problem -- perhaps hundreds of pages on a website might > have, for example, "Text Copyright 2011 by John Doe". Therefore, > "John Doe" gets indexed on each page although John Doe is never > mentioned elsewhere on the page. So when someone googles "john doe", > there is a mass of hits, perhaps none of which are actually useful. > > Is there any way of declaring ("indexing off") yadda yadda ("indexing on") > > Thanks, ================== Charles, This has taken some time to answer - I'm a 'slow thinker'! An iframe is usually the best way to add content to a page that you do not want indexed by the search engine bots. Generally speaking, the good bots will follow all links unless told not to, e.g. <a rel="nofollow" href="somesite.com">Some Site</a> In addition, the iframe source link is in the same format as img and script links, i.e. <iframe rel="nofollow" src="somefile.html" > - and the bots don't normally follow src links. Putting the rel="nofollow" attribute in the iframe is the first line of defence. The second is to use the following meta tags in the head of "somefile.html" :- <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> The advantage of the iFrame method is that there will be no links from the iFrame and no reason for a Bot wanting to index it. The Bot knows it is there because it has read the source url for the iFrame's html file, but then finds that it need not go past the iFrame's meta tag. The following example page inserts 'Barry Carlson' into the text using the JavaScript innerHTML method, and the same insertion (green) later in the text using an iFrame. The text block at the bottom (blue) is also inserted using an iFrame. http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~bristowe/xhr/inner-html.html The simple JavaScript method makes use of the setTimeout function to delay the insertion of the text for 1 second after the page has loaded. This should be sufficient to avoid the Google Bot which will have scanned a page within 100 milliseconds of it loading. My preference is to use the iframe method as it is a supported HTML method in all browsers. Barry
At 09:09 AM 12/5/2011, Bill Thompson wrote: >I like having the surname control the sorting. > >I presently have about 9 Samuel Hazletts, so "HazlettSamuel_I123.html" >isn't very meaningful. But "SamuelHazlett1847_I582.html" could work. > >But keeping the file names short seems desirable. Hi Bill, I do something similar for my image files. To shorten the file names, unless I have both HAZLETTS and HAZLERS in my tree, I try to use a 3 or 4 letter abbreviation for the surname. The abbreviation doesn't have to be meaningful to anyone but me. I also use capital letters to indicate different parts of the name, so mine might look something like hazSamuel1847.html (Hazlett) buxDarius1808.html (Buxton) gmblRobertV1883.html (Gamble) gmnJosiah1814.html (Gammon) Pat Asher
This is just "thinking out loud". I'm not expecting you to come up with an answer. One of the things that make my present file naming convention seem simple, is that I'm using a similar system for the existing .doc bios I wrote 10 years ago. And when I open it, the page header, or at leas the first sentence will give the person's name and birth date, if know. So I can instantly generate the file name "BrownJohn1823.html" without having to look him up in the tree. Of course before I'm finished with a mini-bios's HTML I have to look up the person's node number, but that's presently one of the last steps I do before uploading. More important, when I look at the directory of my HTML files, the file names are meaningful to me. "HazlettSamuel1780.html" is immediately identifiable and significant. Whereas "Bio_I14.html" wouldn't mean much. I probably would get to recognize the "founding fathers'" one or 2 digit Ids, but "Bio_I1237,htnl" is not likely to ring any bells. I like having the surname control the sorting. I presently have about 9 Samuel Hazletts, so "HazlettSamuel_I123.html" isn't very meaningful. But "SamuelHazlett1847_I582.html" could work. But keeping the file names short seems desirable.