I have a genealogy page but when I first created it I failed to put htm on the end. How do I change it to htm? My webpage is below. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kincaide/ Sincerely Norman Kincaide

Hi. Thank you very much for your prompt response to my query. The URL to my site is in my signature line at the bottom of my emails, but here it is again. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ All my old pages are still OK but it is the new pages that I have been working on recently that has got the problem. I am transcribing the 1851 Census index for Liverpool for Irish born people. The problem is with the pages beginning with the surnames 'G' and I am now working on surnames beginning with 'H'. This marathon task has been going on for five years now with still a long way to go. It does not really matter about the colour of the background as long as people can search for their ancestors. It is just that up until now, I have kept all the pages of this very large site uniform . I would dearly love to learn CSS but I am a bit nervous about it as I could not face re-doing all of my site all over again, as it would take years to do. I probably will not live long enough to finish the 1851 census index as it is! (Grin) Very many thanks once again for your advice. Kind Regards. Jean McCarthy nee Moore On 15 February 2011 21:23, Ron Lankshear <ronlank@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Well > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ > background is not white > > But when I clicked Enter Site then white flashed > up but then it flashed back to the 'beige" ir cream > > However you are using Frames and they just don't > work with Rootsweb the banner etc get messed up > > That is why many use CSS for navigation panels > using Div tags > > > > > > Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds > Bush/Chiswick) > try my links > http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ > > On 2011-02-16 7:03 AM, Barry Carlson wrote: > > Jean, > > > > Will you let the list know the url of your page so that it can be > > checked out. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com JEAN.MCCARTHY@MSGH-TR.WMIDS.NHS.UK

I'm frustrated with a CSS problem. The site is http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/ The CSS file is religion.css The specific area in the CSS is background-image: url("../tutorials/images/nabbar.jpg"); in this part of the CSS The problem has been that I didn't have a nabbar.jpg to use until now, so this line has always reported a broken link. Through Internet searches I found a line graphic called nabbar.gif and I put it in the folder _includes in my web. The new image is not uploaded yet but it will be _includes/nabbar.gif (with ../ added in front) When I change the line in CSS to the new link for nabbar.gif it takes out my centermost background, a light gray color. The first thing I don't understand is, if it is a "hr" line as a graphic, why does that line say background-image: url ? Doesn't background-image refer to the all-over page color? Could someone explain the meaning of this line and how it means "use this line graphic for an hr" if it also says background-image? The second thing I don't understand is, why does changing the directory/image name take out my centermost color? I'm on a mission this month (well, now February LOL) to fix all of my broken links and broken external links, so I'd appreciate any help on this problem. Judy I wonder if it could be changes made at freepages? The reason I mention this is that I am having the same problem but I don't use CSS. Just a thought. I would like to know why it is suddenly happening to my pages. My background colour is fine on my computer but when I upload the pages the background changes to white. I have tried clearing my cache and have viewed it on other computers too. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Very many thanks in advance. Kind Regards. Jean McCarthy nee Moore -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com JEAN.MCCARTHY@MSGH-TR.WMIDS.NHS.UK

Hi Ann, There is a CGI script missing on the server. I will have a look. Your index page is just showing the preamble without the county lists. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "SBS Engineers Research" <research@sbse.net.au> To: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:09 PM Subject: [FreeHelp] Submission Form Problems > Hi Barry and list > > > > Regarding the submission form on my Blacksmiths & Related Occupations > website http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v > > > > I've had an email from a researcher who tried to use the submission form > on my home page. After completing all details and clicking the submit > button; she says <<snip>> The link took me to a page that required me to > purchase a program for 49.95 to be able to submit the form which I am > unwilling to do<<unsnip>>. > > > > So, I (Ann) went to http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v via FireFox and completed > the submission form . I get a little window asking me to browse for a > program to open it. ???which program. > > I then opened http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v in Windows IE and got the same > message. > > > > Not sure what has gone wrong. > > > > Hoping you can help. > > > > Kind regards > > Ann Spiro > > The Blacksmiths Website: http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v > > Family - One Name Studies: > > BASKETT baskett.one-name.org > > BRIGGS briggs@one-name.org > > NUTTY nutty@one-name.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Enabling SSI - On your local Apache Server If the mod_include feature has been turned on in your server, and you want to use SSI, you can control the SSI parsing by using a .htaccess file. The following lines tell the server that any file named .shtml .shtm .html .htm should be parsed for server side commands... AddType text/html .shtml .shtm .html .htm AddHandler server-parsed .shtml .shtm .html .htm Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes This means that all s/html type files will be parsed for SSI directives by the server, and there will be a very small time impact of doing that - a millisecond or two. Bear in mind that if you require SSI directives on your index page, then you need to add the following line to your .htaccess file... DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.shtm index.html index.htm This allows a page named index.shtml or index.shtm to be your default page. If neither are found, index.html or index.htm will be loaded. To clear up any misunderstanding, a .txt file named in an Include is added to the html page after that page has been parsed by the server. Should the .txt file have an Include command within it, then the original .txt file needs to be renamed with a .shtml extension, and the server will also parse it and do the necessary. Now the .htaccess file needs to be added to your local root directory, and the best way of creating it is in you text editor and saving it as htaccess.txt. Load to the server as a binary file, and once there, rename the file to .htaccess (i.e. no extension). Hope that helps. NOTE: None of what I have spelt out can be done to the rootsweb/freepages servers. They are already configured to do exactly the same, and wont allow a .htaccess file to change their habits. Barry

Hi Barry and list Regarding the submission form on my Blacksmiths & Related Occupations website http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v I've had an email from a researcher who tried to use the submission form on my home page. After completing all details and clicking the submit button; she says <<snip>> The link took me to a page that required me to purchase a program for 49.95 to be able to submit the form which I am unwilling to do<<unsnip>>. So, I (Ann) went to http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v via FireFox and completed the submission form . I get a little window asking me to browse for a program to open it. ???which program. I then opened http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v in Windows IE and got the same message. Not sure what has gone wrong. Hoping you can help. Kind regards Ann Spiro The Blacksmiths Website: http://tinyurl.com/2948r4v Family - One Name Studies: BASKETT baskett.one-name.org BRIGGS briggs@one-name.org NUTTY nutty@one-name.org

Good One Jim Certainly solves problem of SSI on local I have tried and it seems to work ok online re navigation html etc Except SSI #echo var="LAST_MODIFIED" does not work and I assume any other Date etc functions And I need to add the Noscript function - how many people would not have Javascript turned on? Any other performance etc issues that anyone can think of Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ On 2011-02-14 12:07 PM, JAMES H ALBRO wrote: > I tried using the SSI and the JavaScript to view the menu locally, and it works great. But, I got tired of having to keep 2 files updated, and one day realized the JavaScript would work alone without the include file online, and on the local machine. The only drawback, is if a viewer has JavaScript turned off, they will see no menu. To work around that use the .<noscript>"You must have JavaScript enabled to properly view this page.".</noscript> on the page next to the JavaScript call. So, you'll have the best of both worlds. > Jim

Thank you Barry. Unfortunately it's still not working. I tried following this last night. Then this morning I did a fresh install with WAMP, incase I had mucked up a server setting etc. Still does not work. I don't get an error message when I view the page, just a blank sidebar area. But if I upload it to rootsweb it loads fine. Can you think of anything that might be interfering with the includes settings? The includes module is turned on. It's checked in the Apache -> Apache Modules menu. Thank you for your help, Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com> To: "Kim Mills" <kim.mills@wightman.ca>; <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files? > Enabling SSI - On your local Apache Server ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3443 - Release Date: 02/14/11

No I use firefox and chrome most of the time. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: Kabe To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com ; Kim Mills Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files? I just took a quick look at your first link. Do you have IE6 or IE 8? Could be the problem? Kathie B. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11

Thank you Lorrie. I went through the tutorial again and it still doesn't work. I also looked up a few more that were a little different, no luck. (sigh) It's so frustrating when something that seems so simple just wont work.... Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrie Laskey" <lrmalcom@bellsouth.net> To: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files? > Kim, > > You will have to find some tutorials how to set up the server. I > understand that you have already tried this but the following link might > be helpful. The info you want is at the bottom of the page. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11

Kim, I know the feeling. So close but so far. This is out of my circle of knowledge. I am sending a link from Apache but it give the same info. Maybe someone with some server experience will come forth. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/ssi.html Lorrie On 02/13/11 19:48, Kim Mills wrote: > Thank you Lorrie. I went through the tutorial again and it still doesn't > work. I also looked up a few more that were a little different, no luck. > (sigh) > It's so frustrating when something that seems so simple just wont work.... > > Kim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorrie Laskey"<lrmalcom@bellsouth.net> > To:<freepages-help@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 6:48 PM > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files? > > >> Kim, >> >> You will have to find some tutorials how to set up the server. I >> understand that you have already tried this but the following link might >> be helpful. The info you want is at the bottom of the page. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11 > > > ------------------------------- > 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, February 13, 2011 6:28 PM (UTC+13) Kim Mills wrote - in part:- > Inside that I made a txt file with a basic menu links, no styling yet. > I've > only put one link in, I wanted to see how they look before adding > everything. > <ul id="nav"> > <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> > <li><a href="#">Link two</a></li> > <li><a href="#">Link three</a></li> > <li><a href="#">Link four</a></li> > </ul> > Then I go to my web editor I'm using KompoZer right now. I enter the code > <!--#include virtual="_includes/left-menu.txt" --> and nothing shows up, > either in the web editor or on my local host view. I've tried different > paths to the left-menu.txt file so far no luck with any of them... ------------------------ Kim The #include code is effectively a comment in your HTML and will not show locally (unless you are fortunate enough to have a local Apache server). This means, the only way you can try out your includes is to load the file to the server. The server reads and acts on the #include comment and adds the appropriate code to your page. There is another way to view your #includes when working with the file locally, and that is encode the content of the include using Javascript. You do not load the Javascript file to the server, but it makes your page look OK when viewing it locally. Now, I should have a link to the method somewhere (I dreamt it up), but will get back to you when I find it. Barry

I just took a quick look at your first link.  Do you have IE6 or IE 8?  Could be the problem? Kathie B. --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Kim Mills <kim.mills@wightman.ca> wrote: From: Kim Mills <kim.mills@wightman.ca> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files? To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:06 PM Ok I've given up for now trying to get my local server to show the includes files.  Very frustrating but they just will not show.  I also downloaded the newest WAMP to see if that was the problem.  No luck... (sigh) Anyway I put my templates into a test site on rootsweb.  I'm having trouble getting the includes to pick up the css. This is how the sidebar links should look. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kmills/test/Test2/ And no I don't have dreamweaver :) a friend made the template for me when I thought my program might have been causing the includes errors. Anyway once I move the menu to an includes the formatting looks like this: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kmills/test/index.html All I had done was copy the same menu links in the index.html file and put them into a txt file for the includes. The code in the index to call the menu is <div class="sidebar1"> <!--#include virtual="includes/leftmenu.txt" --> <!-- end .sidebar1 --></div> and the code in the includes is: <div id="sidebar1">Site Navigation</div> <ul id="nav">   <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>   <li><a href="#">Link two</a></li>   <li><a href="#">Link three</a></li>   <li><a href="#">Link four</a></li> </ul> I must be over looking something simple. I need them to pick up the styling like they did before moving the code to the includes.  So then I can finish editing the css to get the colors/look I want. Any  help is much appreciated! Kim ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 04:18 PM 2/13/2011, Kim Mills wrote: >I checked the apache mods and the includes is turned on. I made a .htaccess >file with the following code in it. >Options +Includes >AddType text/html shtml >AddHandler server-parsed shtml I have never configured a server, local or otherwise. But it seems to me that while all html/shtml files are text files, when adding types (files extensions) that a server should search for includes, the configuration should include the file extensions the webmaster has used, i.e. TXT Pat

Nothing shows up locally when I add the date code. I know I must not have something set right. :-( Would love to get it working though. But the template I was using I also can not get the includes to show up when uploaded to rootsweb. I've put it aside for the moment. I downloaded another one of Pat's web templates and I'm editing that to get the look I want. When I change it to use includes using the same way I did with my other template it shows up fine on rootsweb. I don't know why my other plain/basic template wouldn't work. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrie Laskey" <lrmalcom@bellsouth.net> > > <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"" --> > > Tell me, when you try to view your includes on your computer, do see > nothing, literally, or do you get error messages? If you get error > messages, then the problem is the path. > > Lorrie ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11

Kim, You will have to find some tutorials how to set up the server. I understand that you have already tried this but the following link might be helpful. The info you want is at the bottom of the page. http://www.roseindia.net/tutorial/php/phpbasics/Setting-Up-SSI-On-Wamp.html As for one file working while another doesn't, that usually is caused by a syntax or path error. This takes time to learn and recognize. Hang in there as it is worth the wait. The control you can have over your site makes it so. Lorrie On 02/13/11 17:23, Kim Mills wrote: > Nothing shows up locally when I add the date code. I know I must not have > something set right. :-( Would love to get it working though. > > But the template I was using I also can not get the includes to show up when > uploaded to rootsweb. > I've put it aside for the moment. > I downloaded another one of Pat's web templates and I'm editing that to get > the look I want. > When I change it to use includes using the same way I did with my other > template it shows up fine on rootsweb. I don't know why my other > plain/basic template wouldn't work. > > Kim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorrie Laskey"<lrmalcom@bellsouth.net> >> <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"" --> >> >> Tell me, when you try to view your includes on your computer, do see >> nothing, literally, or do you get error messages? If you get error >> messages, then the problem is the path. >> >> Lorrie > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11 > > > ------------------------------- > 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, February 13, 2011 4:13 PM (UTC+13) Anthony Conn wrote:- accidently lost my guestbook on freepages when i try to restore it from the help page i get oops page stating does not recognize title or page is already registered need help connfamily freepages --------------------- Anthony Your guestbook is still there. It appears that you put square brackets round the gb#, probably to inhibit it at some time and then forgot. Copy and paste the following into a text editor and save as - gb-form.html. <!doctype html> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Conn Family Guestbook Test</title> <form method=POST action="http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=10740&action=submit"> <input type="submit" value="submit" /> Open the file in your browser, and providing you are online, click the "submit" button. It directs the action to your guestbook and the Oops page. Edit your form so that the gb# appears as in the above script. Barry 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

I tried using the SSI and the JavaScript to view the menu locally, and it works great. But, I got tired of having to keep 2 files updated, and one day realized the JavaScript would work alone without the include file online, and on the local machine. The only drawback, is if a viewer has JavaScript turned off, they will see no menu. To work around that use the .<noscript>"You must have JavaScript enabled to properly view this page.".</noscript> on the page next to the JavaScript call. So, you'll have the best of both worlds. Jim At 12:41 AM 2/13/2011, Barry Carlson wrote: >There is another way to view your #includes when working with the file >locally, and that is encode the content of the include using Javascript. You >do not load the Javascript file to the server, but it makes your page look >OK when viewing it locally. > >Now, I should have a link to the method somewhere (I dreamt it up), but will >get back to you when I find it.

Kim, I don't know much more than you, either. I have configured the use of includes on external hosts but the configuration on my local machine was done by my husband. You might try a small test to see if you have your configurations set up correctly. Insert the following code on any page file and view it on your computer through a browser. You should see the date. If nothing displays, then you don't. You know the includes are working on the rw server so no need to test it. <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"" --> Tell me, when you try to view your includes on your computer, do see nothing, literally, or do you get error messages? If you get error messages, then the problem is the path. Lorrie On 02/13/11 15:18, Kim Mills wrote: > Lorrie, > I am really very foggy on what it is I'm trying to set. LOL! I'm used to > installing worpdress/joomla a database and editing the css a bit. So trying > to figure out what to set to get the includes to show localy is making my > head spin. > I tried to follow the instructions here. > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html > I checked the apache mods and the includes is turned on. I made a .htaccess > file with the following code in it. > Options +Includes > AddType text/html shtml > AddHandler server-parsed shtml > > But it doesn't change anything that I can see. I've tried placing this in > the WAMP web root folder and in the project folder. > > On another note I downloaded one of Pat's templates here. > http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/css-layouts/fixed-width-templates.htmI copied out the code for the left menu and put it in a text file. Linked it in with the includes code and it shows up just find on rootsweb. Youcan see it here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kmills/test/test3/I've tried compairing the code in that template to the one I was working on, but I can't see why my other template isn't working. I gave links to them in my last email. If I have to I'll just edit that template until I get what I want. BUT I should be able to just do that with my basic template to. It's really bugging me that it's not working...Thanks,Kim> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Lorrie Laskey"<lrmalcom@bellsouth.net>> Cc:<freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 3:17 PM> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files?>>>> Kim,>>>> What file extensions did you configure the server on your local machine>> to check for includes directives? .html? > .shtml? .htm? or possibly all>> files?>>>> Lorrie> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Lorrie, I am really very foggy on what it is I'm trying to set. LOL! I'm used to installing worpdress/joomla a database and editing the css a bit. So trying to figure out what to set to get the includes to show localy is making my head spin. I tried to follow the instructions here. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html I checked the apache mods and the includes is turned on. I made a .htaccess file with the following code in it. Options +Includes AddType text/html shtml AddHandler server-parsed shtml But it doesn't change anything that I can see. I've tried placing this in the WAMP web root folder and in the project folder. On another note I downloaded one of Pat's templates here. http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/css-layouts/fixed-width-templates.htmI copied out the code for the left menu and put it in a text file. Linked it in with the includes code and it shows up just find on rootsweb. Youcan see it here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kmills/test/test3/I've tried compairing the code in that template to the one I was working on, but I can't see why my other template isn't working. I gave links to them in my last email. If I have to I'll just edit that template until I get what I want. BUT I should be able to just do that with my basic template to. It's really bugging me that it's not working...Thanks,Kim> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Lorrie Laskey" <lrmalcom@bellsouth.net>> Cc: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 3:17 PM> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files?>>>> Kim,>>>> What file extensions did you configure the server on your local machine>> to check for includes directives? .html? .shtml? .htm? or possibly all>> files?>>>> Lorrie> ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11