Judy, A quick check of some of the msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg files on the web, indicates that most are in the the MSWORD TEMP directory, and often the image is .gif or .png. It appears that the filename was allocated by the program on a temporary basis, and that name will have been used for multiple images at some time or another. Just get rid of it. Barry

From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 65 To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:00:40 -0700 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: dkvaughn@nycap.rr.com To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:29:34 -0500 Subject: [FreeHelp] HTML newbie needs some help Hi to everyone on the list! I am an experienced genealogy researcher, know my way around the Internet and the computer pretty well...BUT...I have HTML anxiety. Several years ago, I started working on a webpage through Rootsweb freepages, but dropped the project till now. When I recently tried to create another one, I was told I already had one and was sent the user name and password to access it. However, I have no idea where to go on Rootsweb to try to open it up and resume work on it. Or what to do once I get there. I am really just looking for the most basic of webpages, no bells, whistles, music, animated graphics, or any of that stuff. I just want a simple page with the surnames I am researching, a little brief info on each one. And a link to my gedcom file I created with Family Tree Maker. I want the webpage to come up on Google or other search engines, if someone does a search on one of my surnames. Really, I am just looking to make some genealogy connections here to further my research, not bedazzle anyone with an eyecatching website. :) I welcome any suggestions, and thank you in advance for your help! Donna --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: pat@the-gearys.com To: dkvaughn@nycap.rr.com; freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:42:47 -0500 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] HTML newbie needs some help At 01:29 PM 2/27/2011, Donna K. Vaughn wrote: >Several years ago, I started working on a webpage through Rootsweb >freepages, but dropped the project till now. When I recently tried to >create another one, I was told I already had one and was sent the user name >and password to access it. However, I have no idea where to go on Rootsweb >to try to open it up and resume work on it. Or what to do once I get there. =============== Go to http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/file_manager.cgi Sign in using the username and password you were sent originally. More detailed instructions here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-file-manager.html and download the free ebook http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html Good luck. pat --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: L9PHS.webmaster@verizon.net To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:44:05 -0500 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] HTML newbie needs some help Hi, Donna- Have you considered publishing via WorldConnect? It's really simple: just send in your gedcom file. WC has the best search engine around, and your users can choose how they want the genealogical data presented: 1) an ahnentafel <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=dav4is&id=I00001>, 2) a pedigree <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dav4is&id=I00001>, 3) a Register report <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=dav4is&id=I00162>, 4) an Outline Descendancy Tree <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=dav4is&id=I07616>, etc etc Start here <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/>. -R. On 2011-02-27 13:29, Donna K. Vaughn wrote: > Hi to everyone on the list! I am an experienced genealogy researcher, know > my way around the Internet and the computer pretty well...BUT...I have HTML > anxiety. > > Several years ago, I started working on a webpage through Rootsweb > freepages, but dropped the project till now. When I recently tried to > create another one, I was told I already had one and was sent the user name > and password to access it. However, I have no idea where to go on Rootsweb > to try to open it up and resume work on it. Or what to do once I get there. > > I am really just looking for the most basic of webpages, no bells, whistles, > music, animated graphics, or any of that stuff. I just want a simple page > with the surnames I am researching, a little brief info on each one. And a > link to my gedcom file I created with Family Tree Maker. I want the webpage > to come up on Google or other search engines, if someone does a search on > one of my surnames. Really, I am just looking to make some genealogy > connections here to further my research, not bedazzle anyone with an > eyecatching website. :) > > I welcome any suggestions, and thank you in advance for your help! > > Donna -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Little Nine Partners Historical Society Trustee, Webmaster, Lifetime Member http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nylnphs/ Personal website: Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/ --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: pat@the-gearys.com To: Freepages-Help@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:14:19 -0500 Subject: [FreeHelp] Another Template package For those of you who would like to play around with a triple layered background template that uses CSS for both the layout and styling of the site see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/baubles/ The style sheet has been heavily commented as well as the templates themselves. There are three templates included in the package - A DWT package which requires FP2003, Sharpoint Designer 2007 or any version of Expression Web. A blank template that can be used with any web editor. A blank template that uses server side includes. All templates and supporting files are in a zipped package that can be downloaded from my Expression Web Tutorials site. If you have comments or questions, let me know. Enjoy!! Pat --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: bilwalsh@swbell.net To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:29:57 -0600 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Another Template package I know the prevailing wisdom is that you should use CSS for that sort of thing, but you can do the same sort thing with tables and it takes a lot less coding. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arshartp/cemetery/index.html On 02/27/2011 08:14 PM, Pat Geary wrote: > For those of you who would like to play around with a triple layered > background template that uses CSS for both the layout and styling of > the site see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/baubles/ > > The style sheet has been heavily commented as well as the templates > themselves. There are three templates included in the package - > > A DWT package which requires FP2003, Sharpoint Designer 2007 or any > version of Expression Web. > > A blank template that can be used with any web editor. > > A blank template that uses server side includes. > > All templates and supporting files are in a zipped package that can > be downloaded from my Expression Web Tutorials site. > > If you have comments or questions, let me know. > > Enjoy!! > > Pat > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

Kewl. Another error bites the dust. Barry, I'm going to try working with the slideshow again this week, now that my appts are done for a couple weeks and things will be calmer here. Judy On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Barry Carlson <barrycarls@gmail.com> wrote: > Judy, > > A quick check of some of the msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg files on the > web, indicates that most are in the the MSWORD TEMP directory, and often the > image is .gif or .png. It appears that the filename was allocated by the > program on a temporary basis, and that name will have been used for multiple > images at some time or another. > > Just get rid of it. > > Barry

I'm cleaning up my first websites. I found one webpage/file I made very early when I started my genealogy website that I had made with MS Word (before I got the word that I shouldn't use MS word ;-) These original pages were made in 2005-06, meaning, about 3 computers ago. I thought I converted all the MS Word Code but obviously I didn't find one item. I found a page with a "link" that looks like it went to my computer (instead of to a real page). I can't find anything on my computer or backup image-files with the image's filename. The URL ends with msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg When I looked on the Internet to find out what "msoclip" is, I found a lot of websites with this same file name and same pathway, except their pathways go to their computers. Could msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg be a file that MS Word generates when some image is inserted into a Word.doc file? Since this *exact* file pathway is on multiple websites on the Internet, it seems so. If so, I can just delete the reference to it because I already separated images from my Word.doc files and re-named the images long ago. If it is not referencing an image that was once upon a time put in an MS Word file, then what does msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg refer to? Judy

On Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:11 AM (UTC+13) Anne wrote:- > Well, as for me, I don't know what this is; > but would be interested in hearing more - how about on this > list. > > BTW - I did attempt to go to this URL, but wasn't allowed in for > whatever reason. > -------------------------------- Anne Lorrie Laskey is referring to Server Side Includes, which is a means of adding information to a webpage as it is being served (by the server). You actually need to have a Google account to access the page where Lorrie would like users input. Details on SSI can be found at http://www.serversideincludes.net/ If you or others would like to ask questions regarding the how, why etc. of SSI on FreeHelp, I am sure that you will get answers you are seeking from Lorrie, myself or others. Barry Barry

Well, as for me, I don't know what this is; but would be interested in hearing more - how about on this list. BTW - I did attempt to go to this URL, but wasn't allowed in for whatever reason. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:00 AM, <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:04:39 -0500 > From: lrlaskey <lrlaskey@gmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] ssi > To: Freepages <Freepages-Help-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4D7E74D7.1020100@gmail.com> > > > List, > > Hi. Many Rootswebbers use ssi to manage their sites but they also > struggle using them. I would like to learn why they are not used as > often as they could be. To find out why, I have set up "Google > Moderator" on my site to allow visitors, who are logged into their > Google Account, to leave ideas. > > If you have a Google Account and ideas as to why you don't use them and > how to make learning how to use them easier, I would appreciate knowing > this. I have ideas for using ssi to help manage sites but am hesitant to > post them to my site until I better understand what is stopping their > use. Your ideas may be able to improve the instructions on my site to > make ssi more user friendly. > > Link to direct page. > http://www.serversideincludes.net/moderator.shtml > > Lorrie >

Its not often that I have had much good to say about the IE stable of browsers, but I can recommend IE9. This new version which has finally been released today, is a completely redesigned browser, which is fast, along with providing the latest in CSS3 features and fully implementing CSS2. The lousey JavaScript engine of IE8, has been gutted, then completely rebuilt using machine code, and of course now does the things that IE8 failed badly at. If you have a Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7, then the new browser can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/IE9 The downside is; MS have in their corporate wisdom made the new browser incompatible with Windows XP and earlier. In that sense, the choice was theirs to do, as they still enjoy the lions share when it comes to the number of Operating Systems sold. Barry

>If you have a Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7, .................... Thank you Barry, good job I didn't update then as I would have wished. XP will have to do me for a while yet, so in a sense, a good marketing ploy by MS but not good for very many people who will keep going with the version they have of MS Office. ;-(( Best wishes, Jill http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barry Carlson Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:20 PM To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: [FreeHelp] MS Internet Explorer 9 Its not often that I have had much good to say about the IE stable of browsers, but I can recommend IE9. This new version which has finally been released today, is a completely redesigned browser, which is fast, along with providing the latest in CSS3 features and fully implementing CSS2. The lousey JavaScript engine of IE8, has been gutted, then completely rebuilt using machine code, and of course now does the things that IE8 failed badly at. If you have a Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7, then the new browser can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/IE9 The downside is; MS have in their corporate wisdom made the new browser incompatible with Windows XP and earlier. In that sense, the choice was theirs to do, as they still enjoy the lions share when it comes to the number of Operating Systems sold. 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

List, Hi. Many Rootswebbers use ssi to manage their sites but they also struggle using them. I would like to learn why they are not used as often as they could be. To find out why, I have set up "Google Moderator" on my site to allow visitors, who are logged into their Google Account, to leave ideas. If you have a Google Account and ideas as to why you don't use them and how to make learning how to use them easier, I would appreciate knowing this. I have ideas for using ssi to help manage sites but am hesitant to post them to my site until I better understand what is stopping their use. Your ideas may be able to improve the instructions on my site to make ssi more user friendly. Link to direct page. http://www.serversideincludes.net/moderator.shtml Lorrie

At 03:46 AM 3/13/2011, Linda Kelley wrote: >I can get to this page to upload html >docs: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/#upload > >And I've uploaded four pages so far. I think I did OK. I created them >in excel, copied and pasted into Word, edited, saved as html web page, >and your site accepted them. > >I cannot see how to get back to the Add Links step. Is it still >possible? ============ Linda, you might find this helpful Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook You can download it here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html Also Planning a Genealogy Website http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/genealogy-website-ebook.html Both ebooks are free. Or you can just look over, Using RootsWeb File Manager which is here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-file-manager.html Pat

Hi, Others will also answer you with more detailed help but I thought I'd send a quick note back. Freepages has "communities" (you can see them in File Manager aka File Man). You can choose which community you wish to use. Each "community" is a "website" -- all under your 1 account name. Each "website" (community) MUST have the very FIRST page named as the filename : index.htm OR index.html If you use *any* other name for the file for that first page, you cannot get to your website. (You could, but you'd need that exact name at the end.) When I clicked the link you provided I didn't pay attention to the words in the URL and of course, I got page not found. But I've realized you left off the "freepages" part. Your site is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bereskin/ (note the dots between the words) Ancestry has re-directs set up so this URL also works (without the word ancestry in it) http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bereskin/ The "index" file is assumed (as long as it is uploaded), so http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bereskin/ is the same as http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bereskin//index.htm (or html, depending on which you use) Same with the shorter URL without ancestry in it. Other people can discuss the methods you're using to do a webpage. There are easier ways to write a page than what you are doing. The "loop" you are getting back to the log-in screen may be a rootsweb issue. Judy On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Linda Kelley <lkelley49@gmail.com> wrote: > I can get to this page to upload html docs: > http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/#upload > > And I've uploaded four pages so far. I think I did OK. I created them > in excel, copied and pasted into Word, edited, saved as html web page, > and your site accepted them. > > I cannot see how to get back to the Add Links step. Is it still > possible? > > Each time I try to preview my page and view it from the upload page, I > get the login window and am sent back to the upload page. What is the > lag time to see uploaded pages on the page? > > Sorry-- this is a stretch for me! > > Thank you! > > Linda Wolfe Kelley > lkelley49@gmail.com > > family.rootsweb.com/~bereskin >

I can get to this page to upload html docs: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fileman/#upload And I've uploaded four pages so far. I think I did OK. I created them in excel, copied and pasted into Word, edited, saved as html web page, and your site accepted them. I cannot see how to get back to the Add Links step. Is it still possible? Each time I try to preview my page and view it from the upload page, I get the login window and am sent back to the upload page. What is the lag time to see uploaded pages on the page? Sorry-- this is a stretch for me! Thank you! Linda Wolfe Kelley lkelley49@gmail.com family.rootsweb.com/~bereskin

On Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:15 AM (UTC+13) Lorries wrote:- > Some time ago sortable tables was discussed. One method was found at the > following site. > > http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/ > > While it works, it does not allow for multiple rows of headers. It > breaks if more than one row of headers is included in the html code and > the author stated it would require changing the javascript code to do so. > > Has anyone tried modifying the script to allow at least two rows of > headers? The reason a second row of headers is needed is for > clarification of table content. For example, a census index might have > ten columns of data. That would be one row of headers. But, to make it > easier to see groups of data, another row of headers can be placed > before it grouping name and location content for example. See the > example that follows. > > householder address birth > first last city county state year month date -------------------------- Lorrie, <table><tr> <th colspan="2"></th><th colspan="3"></th>><th colspan="3"></th> </tr><tr> <td colspan="8"> <table id="sortable"><tr> <th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th> </tr><tr> <td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td> </tr></table> </td></tr></table> That should meet your requirements. Barry

Lorrie, Is this the kind of table you are after? Pat and Alan Gresley put their heads together with this one years ago for me. http://www.kingston-bagpuize.com/area-census/draycott-91.htm Best wishes, Jill http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lrlaskey Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:16 PM To: Freepages Subject: [FreeHelp] sortable tables revisted List, Some time ago sortable tables was discussed. One method was found at the following site. http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/ While it works, it does not allow for multiple rows of headers. It breaks if more than one row of headers is included in the html code and the author stated it would require changing the javascript code to do so. Has anyone tried modifying the script to allow at least two rows of headers? The reason a second row of headers is needed is for clarification of table content. For example, a census index might have ten columns of data. That would be one row of headers. But, to make it easier to see groups of data, another row of headers can be placed before it grouping name and location content for example. See the example that follows. householder address birth first last city county state year month date Lorrie ------------------------------- 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

Jill, That is close. It does have two rows of headers. I forgot to mention in my message that of the two headers, only one must be sortable. In the example I gave, the second, bottom most, row must be sortable. Sorry for the confusion. Lorrie On 03/07/11 12:32, Jill Muir wrote: > Lorrie, Is this the kind of table you are after? Pat and Alan Gresley put > their heads together with this one years ago for me. > http://www.kingston-bagpuize.com/area-census/draycott-91.htm > > > Best wishes, > Jill > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lrlaskey > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:16 PM > To: Freepages > Subject: [FreeHelp] sortable tables revisted > > List, > > Some time ago sortable tables was discussed. One method was found at the > following site. > > http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/ > > While it works, it does not allow for multiple rows of headers. It > breaks if more than one row of headers is included in the html code and > the author stated it would require changing the javascript code to do so. > > Has anyone tried modifying the script to allow at least two rows of > headers? The reason a second row of headers is needed is for > clarification of table content. For example, a census index might have > ten columns of data. That would be one row of headers. But, to make it > easier to see groups of data, another row of headers can be placed > before it grouping name and location content for example. See the > example that follows. > > householder address birth > first last city county state year month date > > > Lorrie > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

List, Some time ago sortable tables was discussed. One method was found at the following site. http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/ While it works, it does not allow for multiple rows of headers. It breaks if more than one row of headers is included in the html code and the author stated it would require changing the javascript code to do so. Has anyone tried modifying the script to allow at least two rows of headers? The reason a second row of headers is needed is for clarification of table content. For example, a census index might have ten columns of data. That would be one row of headers. But, to make it easier to see groups of data, another row of headers can be placed before it grouping name and location content for example. See the example that follows. householder address birth first last city county state year month date Lorrie

Google made some changes in January. http://idaconcpts.com/2011/03/05/google-targets-scraped-content-and-content-farms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-targets-scraped-content-and-content-farms http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/finding-more-high-quality-sites-in.html https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nolijncfnkgaikbjbdaogikpmpbdcdef Note: It can access your data on www.google.com and on encrypted.google.comand it can access your browsing history. Therefore, IMO, users give up considerable privacy when they download and use the Personal blocker App. However, it would be nice to have a one-click system to crush Link Farms (content farms) and scraped content sites!

List, I am in need of css help. If someone with some experience would respond, I would appreciate it but do so privately as this is not rw related. I am trying to set the widths on an elastic website using min and max-width. I don't want a fully elastic site because I need to place inner divs and I need to calculate their widths within a reasonable range say 475px - 600px. I need a site to be 950px - 1200px width. Initially I had it set at 80% but I could not calculate the inner div widths since the page widths could range from quite small on a very small monitor to very large on a modern very large monitor. I found out that I need to limit the width to keep the page from becoming excessively small or large, not very attractive and hard to create a layout. Simple setting min-width and max-width does not work for Firefox or Opera and I know IE < 7 does not support this at all. I have found that simply setting the width for < ie 7 should work. The following css is what I have tried, per W3C schools and other sites, and what does work. I just don't know why it does work. I am trying to understand when 80% width is used within 950px - 1200px width spec range. Non-Working CSS .container { min-width: 950px; max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; } Working CSS .container { min-width: 950px; max-width: 1200px; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto; } Any other tips would be appreciated. Lorrie

Many Thanks for that list Pat I read around and tried some suggestions like Trebuchet and Baskerville but CSStool had never heard of them anyhow I am just going font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, serif; I like Tahoma on my machine and without it san-serif is not bad I suppose I don't need serif but I've left it as a reminder I just want to be fairly vanilla - I don't think I need any fancy fonts Thanks to all for the explanations Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ On 2011-03-01 11:01 PM, Pat Geary wrote: > A few more resources: > > http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/fonts > > http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_font_font-family.asp > > http://www.devlounge.net/design/better-font-families-in-css > > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/22/complete-guide-to-css-font-stacks/ >