When I got new computer with WIndows Xp (and then 7), my old genealogy was no longer compatible. After spending time researching and trialing a few different programs, I went with Legacy 7. Love it! there is a free version online and then you can upgrade if want. Wish I would used this one from the beginning! Tina A Miller Family of Lancaster Co., PA with Ties to Maine Lancaster County (PA) Historical Society Lancaster (PA) Mennonite Historical Society

The correct link to the FREE program called "CCleaner" is: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download Yes, in the middle/left you'll see images of Major Credit Cards --- BUT, above that it says: "Please help support our software. For all users we offer priority support." You do NOT HAVE to donate / pay anything. That is just asking for a donation to "help support our software". LOOK on the right column, half way down. It says PRODUCTS and CCleaner. Click there. Next screen has: "CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download." (Download - Button) The download starts. If it doesn't, make sure you allow Pop-ups on this page. It says: Cleans all areas of your Computer Internet Explorer - Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat. Firefox - Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history. Google Chrome - Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history. Opera - Temporary files, history, cookies. Safari - Temporary files, history, cookies, form history. Windows - Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. Registry Cleaner = Advanced features to remove unused and old registry entries. Judy

I'll have to include something on my pages to display an appropriate error message when this happens! On 2010-10-23 05:06, Rod Dav4is wrote: > Just a few minutes ago. All my pages (> 1500) are thus broken. > HELP! > -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Trustee and Webmaster Little Nine Partners Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nylnphs/ Personal website: Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/

Just a few minutes ago. All my pages (> 1500) are thus broken. HELP! -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Trustee and Webmaster Little Nine Partners Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nylnphs/ Personal website: Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/

I suggest using the following site: http://browsershots.org/ You can enter the url of your page you would like to test, and select which browsers and OS's to check on how you page will look to various people. Quite handy. Byron S. MN _____ From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David & Susan Ryder Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:11 PM To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Subject: [FreeHelp] Differences in display in different browsers List, I'm trying to get my FreePage up and running, but my knowledge of HTML and CSS is very limited. The URL is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ryderancestors/ In IE8, the table of Rider/Ryder pictures and captions displays as I want it to be (and as it is in SharePoint Designer, which I used to create it), but in Firefox 3, it looks much different. Those are the only browsers I have installed. I don't know what I need to do to make the display the same in both. Thanks, David ------------------------------- 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 ----- AVG found NO virus in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1136 / Virus Database: 422/3211 - Release Date: 10/21/10 _____ AVG found NO virus in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1136 / Virus Database: 422/3211 - Release Date: 10/21/10

At 01:10 PM 10/22/2010, David & Susan Ryder wrote: >List, I’m trying to get my FreePage up and >running, but my knowledge of HTML and CSS is >very limited. The URL >is >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ryderancestors/ >In IE8, the table of Rider/Ryder pictures and >captions displays as I want it to be (and as it >is in SharePoint Designer, which I used to >create it), but in Firefox 3, it looks much >different. Those are the only browsers I have >installed. I don’t know what I need to do to >make the display the same in >both. Thanks, David ------------------------------- ============== OK to start with you need to use a graphics program to resize your images rather than specifying the size in the html or style sheet. You can use the auto thumbnail feature but then you need to optimize the code to get rid of the extra lines of text SharePoint Designer will add. The heading tags should not be used to style text but to create your layout structure then styled using your style sheet. You can read more about heading tags here http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/heading-tags.html Done really quickly but it will give you an idea of what you can do http://www.css-layouts.org/rider/rider_ryder_pics.html The links don't work. Changed the css to .ryderpics { margin: 0px auto; border: thin #0000FF solid; padding: 2px; background-color: #00FFFF; width: 70%; } .ryderpics td{border: thin #0000FF solid; padding: 2px; } .pics { text-align: center; } More later. pat

David, In IE7, your page shows a double-bordered Table, and 2 columns wide. The table background is a dark "sky blue" or something. Against the light yellow, that blue is very hard on the eyes. It leaves a remnant effect in the eyes (at least in mine!) even after the page is closed. But interestingly, there's no viewable "table" in Google Chrome (so the blue is good). Instead, it has a simple link-text with a "button" under the link. It is missing all of column 2 with the images. The page has a pale yellow background. Not sure why it's so different but that's what I see. Judy On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM, David & Susan Ryder <djskryder@att.net>wrote: > List, > I’m trying to get my FreePage up and running, but my knowledge of HTML > and CSS is very limited. The URL is > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ryderancestors/ > > In IE8, the table of Rider/Ryder pictures and captions displays as I > want it to be (and as it is in SharePoint Designer, which I used to create > it), but in Firefox 3, it looks much different. Those are the only browsers > I have installed. I don’t know what I need to do to make the display the > same in both. > > Thanks, > David

On 10/22/2010 1:10 PM, David & Susan Ryder wrote: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ryderancestors/ > > In IE8, the table of Rider/Ryder pictures and captions displays as I > want it to be (and as it is in SharePoint Designer, which I used to > create it), but in Firefox 3, it looks much different. Whats wrong with http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ryderancestors/rider_ryder_ancestors/rider_ryder_pics.html under Firefox, except for the blinding blue! Displays in an acceptable format for me under Firefox. OK loaded in IE and pictures are in a column on right with text centred in column on left. Under Firefox and Safari pictures are on left with text in the row above and centred. I am not sure what you have wrong but I would just be using <td> and <tr> instead of the class stuff as seems simpler to me. I would also left justify all the text instead of centering. Such as on http://www.iansinger.com/family/pix1/pix1.htm where I define 4 columns vs your two. Ian Singer -- ========================================================================= See my homepage at http://www.iansinger.com hosted on http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10623894 All genealogy is stored in TMG from http://www.whollygenes.com Charts and searching using TNG from http://www.tngsitebuilding.com I am near Toronto Canada, can I tell where you are from your reply? =========================================================================

On 10/22/2010 1:10 PM, David & Susan Ryder wrote: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ryderancestors/ > > In IE8, the table of Rider/Ryder pictures and captions displays as I > want it to be (and as it is in SharePoint Designer, which I used to > create it), but in Firefox 3, it looks much different. Whats wrong with http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ryderancestors/rider_ryder_ancestors/rider_ryder_pics.html under Firefox, except for the blinding blue! Displays in an acceptable format for me under Firefox. OK loaded in IE and pictures are in a column on right with text centred in column on left. Under Firefox and Safari pictures are on left with text in the row above and centred. I am not sure what you have wrong but I would just be using <td> and <tr> instead of the class stuff as seems simpler to me. I would also left justify all the text instead of centering. Such as on http://www.iansinger.com/family/pix1/pix1.htm where I define 4 columns vs your two. Ian Singer -- ========================================================================= See my homepage at http://www.iansinger.com hosted on http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10623894 All genealogy is stored in TMG from http://www.whollygenes.com Charts and searching using TNG from http://www.tngsitebuilding.com I am near Toronto Canada, can I tell where you are from your reply? =========================================================================

List, I’m trying to get my FreePage up and running, but my knowledge of HTML and CSS is very limited. The URL is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ryderancestors/ In IE8, the table of Rider/Ryder pictures and captions displays as I want it to be (and as it is in SharePoint Designer, which I used to create it), but in Firefox 3, it looks much different. Those are the only browsers I have installed. I don’t know what I need to do to make the display the same in both. Thanks, David

Sue wrote: "What is the recommended web design program for Rootsweb? I have a Mac, used iWeb and am having all sorts of difficulties. One of which is our Rootsweb page can't be read by Mozilla. I can't get Rootsweb to read inserted html (for a search box and a hit counter.) I'm thinking of starting over because of the number of problems." As others have explained, all that Rootsweb's Freepages hosting requires is the standard & internationally-recognized hyper-text markup language (HTML) that is the foundation of the World-wide Web. If you're having problems at Freepages, you're likely to have problems with most hosting service providers. Rootsweb's Freepages, however, do NOT support certain proprietary features that some web editor programs may use. That sort of proprietary feature support usually has a cost associated with it. I'm not an iweb user, so I looked up this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWeb: "iWeb is a template-based WYSIWYG website creation tool developed by Apple Inc... iWeb allows users to create websites and blogs and customize them with their own text, photos and movies. Users can then publish their websites to MobileMe or another hosting service. In addition to its ability to publish to MobileMe, iWeb integrates with other services, including Facebook, YouTube, Google AdSense and Google Maps." Later: "iWeb allows users to create and design websites and blogs without coding, and includes a number of Apple-designed themes, each of which has several page templates with coordinated fonts and colors. Users can customize these pages by replacing placeholder text and by dragging and dropping their own photos and movies into the document." Even later and more significantly: "There is no option to directly edit the HTML code of templates. HTML support is limited to small snippets that can be included with the page." (There's more technical stuff about CSS & built-in template limitation, etc.) Summing up: 1. iWeb is template-based and uses proprietary themes. 2. Pages produced with iWeb can be published to certain sites which support the templates and themes. 3. Users can not directly edit the critical HTML. To emphasize: "_HTML_support_is_limited_to_small_snippets_"!!! What that says to me (without looking "under the hood") is that your page is NOT standard HTML, that it relies on proprietary features for display. In an apparent attempt to make the product user-friendly, Apple seems to have produced a program with very limited functionality. (This wouldn't be a first in the computer business.) Your problems aren't with the hosting service (Freepages) or even the browser (Mozilla Firefox), but with the HTML code (or its lack) in the page file. iWeb may not produce correct code for sites other than those listed by Wikipedia -- in other words, most of the Web. An alternative explanation is that certain needed files haven't been uploaded to the Freepages server. To turn your question around, I'd say almost any web editor (except maybe iWeb) produces pages that could be displayed properly on Freepages. Try looking for and downloading one of the free WYSIWYG web editors for a Mac that DO allow you to directly edit the code. See, for example, http://webdesign.about.com/od/macintoshhtmleditors/tp/free-macintosh-editors .htm. Almost all of them support HTML! And, you may have to learn some basics. For example, pictures may appear as part of the page, but they're really separate graphics files, loaded only as the page is displayed. If the picture isn't where the code says it is (say, not on the remote server), it won't display. For the novice website designer, the best advice is to avoid "fancy" features at first. Keep it simple to start; add complexities and work through their difficulties just one at a time. -rt_/)

Dear Sue, The program I use is called Gramps, http://gramps-project.org/download/ ,it is free software developed for genealogy research on Linux and Unix operating systems but is also available for Mac and Windows too. It will actually produce the html code for your pages once you have all the info saved in the program. It also has several other features that I really like such as Descendant Charts & Reports, Ancestor Charts & Reports as well as a complete book report on your research to help you determine what is still needed. I have been using this software for years and I would be willing to help you with any questions you might have. Kyle Lampkin PS Here is what I have been able to do with Gramps, bear in mind it is not complete yet. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thelampkinfamily/ On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 01:00 -0600, freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:31:26 -0600 > From: Sue Nichol <snsuenichol@gmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] iWeb and Rootsweb compatibility > To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <BC78B470-9FCE-4F26-AA14-5F0E93943D38@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > What is the recommended web design program for Rootsweb? I have a > > Mac, used iWeb and am having all sorts of difficulties. One of which > > is our Rootsweb page can't be read by Mozilla. I can't get Rootsweb > > to read inserted html (for a sea rch box and a hit counter.) I'm > > thinking of starting over because of the number of problems. Thanks > > for your help. > > Sue

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:31:26 -0600 > From: Sue Nichol <snsuenichol@gmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] iWeb and Rootsweb compatibility > To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <BC78B470-9FCE-4F26-AA14-5F0E93943D38@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > What is the recommended web design program for Rootsweb? I have a > > Mac, used iWeb and am having all sorts of difficulties. One of which > > is our Rootsweb page can't be read by Mozilla. I can't get Rootsweb > > to read inserted html (for a search box and a hit counter.) I'm > > thinking of starting over because of the number of problems. Thanks > > for your help. > > Sue > > > ------------------------------ Sue, I use Reunion <http://www.leisterpro.com/> on my 10.4.11 Mac G4 for the genealogy content. It builds a fairly nice site with the genealogy data. I think most current genealogy programs have some ability to create web pages from your data. However, I wanted a front-end to the site and tried iWeb first... many of the iWeb features only work if you place your site on Mac's servers (mobileme?) I then tried Rapidweaver <http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/> for the front end and I'm pretty happy with it. Since I am still on OX X 10.4.11, I am using a slightly older release of Rapidweaver. Of course, as has been posted here by others, all you really need is a good knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a text editor. I have those, too, but not the time. I haven't done URLs in gmail before, so I hope the links come across ok. jack <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jackdolby/<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ejackdolby/> >

On 10/21/2010 01:31 PM, Sue Nichol wrote: >> What is the recommended web design program for Rootsweb? I have a >> Mac, used iWeb and am having all sorts of difficulties. One of which >> is our Rootsweb page can't be read by Mozilla. I can't get Rootsweb >> to read inserted html (for a search box and a hit counter.) I'm >> thinking of starting over because of the number of problems. Thanks >> for your help. >> Sue A link to your site would be nice to see if we can figure out what's wrong. I know nothing of iWeb so can't comment. If it creates standard HTML pages it should work just fine. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington

At 02:31 PM 10/21/2010, Sue Nichol wrote: >What is the recommended web design program for Rootsweb? I have a > > Mac, used iWeb and am having all sorts of difficulties. One of which > > is our Rootsweb page can't be read by Mozilla. I can't get Rootsweb > > to read inserted html (for a search box and a hit counter.) I'm > > thinking of starting over because of the number of problems. Thanks > > for your help. =============== You really do not need any special program, any web editor or even a plain text editor will work. take the time to learn some html and css and it will be easier for you to diagnose problems. If you pages are written in standards compliant code, any browser should display them. I always check in Firefox first and then in IE. If you give us a url for your pages, you are more likely to get help with display issues. I don't use hit counters but search boxes should pose no problems. See http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/adding-search-engine.html Pat

> What is the recommended web design program for Rootsweb? I have a > Mac, used iWeb and am having all sorts of difficulties. One of which > is our Rootsweb page can't be read by Mozilla. I can't get Rootsweb > to read inserted html (for a search box and a hit counter.) I'm > thinking of starting over because of the number of problems. Thanks > for your help. > Sue

Hi Kathie, I moved to Legacy 7.4 Deluxe edition in March of this year from PAF. I love the program and do all my work in it now. I also have PAF on my computer and use it to open and study downloaded Gedcoms. There is no conflict between the programs and neither writes to the others files. You won't corrupt or lose data. There were some import issues in earlier versions, but the programmers have corrected them in the current version, 7.4.0.45. The handling of locations is excellent with many useful tools including mapping. Chronology is a nice upgrade. Being able to index women by maiden name and all married names at the same time is very useful. Search is powerful and being able to work within the search results is a big bonus in my opinion. Please feel free to contact me directly if you would like tips on using the new features. Rose Lee Wall Family <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~roseleewall/index.htm> Trees Photo Gallery <http://picasaweb.google.com/116198292614568695378>

Hi Kathie, > Scared to death to overwrite all my paf files in .zip by 'importing' PAF; You won't do that. You can import a PAF file directly into Legacy (that is, Legacy will READ your PAF file), then you will save it as a Legacy file - that is, it will have at least a different extension to your PAF file, as Legacy files use .fdb. Legacy won't alter that PAF file, I don't think - but read the Help file on importing to check. For absolute safety, put your new Legacy file into a different folder or give it a completely different name from your PAF file if you have any doubts. > I need to backup everything before I install this program. Always backup before doing something that might have unforseen consequences. > I'm not sure how to "import" a PAF .zip file? In Legacy, it's File > Import From > then select the file type. I strongly recommend reading the Help files on importing - there are specific instructions given for what you're wanting to do. I also recommend the Legacy Users Group - a free mailing list provided by the makers of Legacy, where your peers and the staff at Legacy are willing and able to help you find the answers to your questions about Legacy. Go to http://legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp then put your email address into the field provided, and tick the Legacy User Group box. Make any other changes you desire (such as unticking the Legacy News box if you don't want their newsletter, though I recommend that too), then click on the Send Request button. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard *** Please reply to the list *** -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/>

One thing that will help avoid junk is to go to Control Panel > User Accounts [ or similar ] and set up a new user with no privileges to speak of. When you use the computer only log in as the new user. By default a Windows computer installs with only one user with administrative privileges. This is a big security hole. If the user has no administrative privileges programs cannot "auto-install" without the users knowledge. Makes it kind of a pain in the, ......... well you know what, at times but it sure helps avoid issues. On 10/19/2010 03:12 PM, Kabe wrote: > Oh yeah! I saw that no subject and just the email addy (a clue) so I didn't open it. > Lots of people getting "infected" and the deadly programs look so "legitimate". > Beware Vista users too, as a program comes up; Win 7 too. One way to "stop" the popup boxes is to hit ALT+F4 and don't click on anything, not even to close the boxes telling you a scan or an infection was detected! (only makes things worse!)! > Or shut down and get out using CTRL+ALT+DEL to run Task Manager, close all proA Rider of the Cherokee Stripgrams and shut down safely. Then SCAN and SCAN again. (Comprehensive Scan) My son had unwittingly allowed what looked like legit anti-virus to run which disabled his computer completely. We had to take it back to factory! (He's not on my network, but next door. Norton helped us get everything back to be useable, but all data was infected and lost.) > My mother had something come in& called me immediately w/o closing or clicking anything. (also next door and we were able to catch it (Norton did catch it as well) an "intrusion was blocked"... I did the above, shut down, scanned, scanned again, and she's fine. > > Another friend suggests a malware removal tool in addition to Anti-virus but I misplaced the link. I'm sure it can be found on-line and is free, but be careful what you downlaod! > > Also, Back up your files before these things hit, change passwords where you can too. My son found a "Fix" for a Vista intrusion that scared me to death, saved it to my desktop via phone as I rapidly typed the "fix" into a Notepad and then opened it. Not everyone is as lucky to have good, fast help. > > These are just suggestions that worked for me to remain (so far) pretty free of these buggers! > > (Delete your history too and allow critical automatic updates as the fixes come thru that as well) > Hope this helps some who may be new to all "this". But do your own searches on what I've said here too. Don't just take my word for it. Different systems respond in different ways...) > Happy computing! > > Kathie B. > > --- On Tue, 10/19/10, Freeps List Admin<freepages-help-admin@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > From: Freeps List Admin<freepages-help-admin@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] ADMIN NOTE: Trojans and loggers, oh my! > To: "Freepages-Help"<Freepages-Help@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 3:31 PM > > > A recent sp*m post to the list was not intentionally sent by the list > member. His/her computer has been compromised by malware that plants > a trojan or key stroke logger on a computer and can then take over > that computer to do many things, including sending sp*m emails to any > and all email addresses located in files on the compromised > computer. That member, and any other member whose computer is > compromised will be placed on moderation until they verify to me that > the problem has been corrected. > > However, before you become a victim and have a compromised computer, > remember that the consequences for the owner of the computer may be > even more serious that sending unwanted emails. The trojan may also > be copying personal information stored on your computer, e.g. your > social security number, medical records, the name of your bank, the > password you use for online banking, -- the list is as long as the > list of things for which you use your computer. > > Please folks -- protect yourselves. > Use a firewall. > Install an anti-virus program and keep it updated. > Run a malware detection program regularly if your AV program does not > include one. You can also run one of the freebies such as AdAware in > addition to your AV program. > Do not click on links in emails sent to you by people you do not know > Even if you do know the person who supposedly sent you the link, > check it out before clicking on the link. Links do not necessarily > go to the site they say they do. > Do not allow programs to make changes to your computer unless you > verify the source of those changes. > If you visit a web site and are asked to download something or update > a program on your computer, and your AV program pops up a warning, > READ and HEED that warning. Many malware authors are adept at > making malware appear to be an authentic update to a popular program. > > > Pat Asher > Freepages List Admin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington

A recent sp*m post to the list was not intentionally sent by the list member. His/her computer has been compromised by malware that plants a trojan or key stroke logger on a computer and can then take over that computer to do many things, including sending sp*m emails to any and all email addresses located in files on the compromised computer. That member, and any other member whose computer is compromised will be placed on moderation until they verify to me that the problem has been corrected. However, before you become a victim and have a compromised computer, remember that the consequences for the owner of the computer may be even more serious that sending unwanted emails. The trojan may also be copying personal information stored on your computer, e.g. your social security number, medical records, the name of your bank, the password you use for online banking, -- the list is as long as the list of things for which you use your computer. Please folks -- protect yourselves. Use a firewall. Install an anti-virus program and keep it updated. Run a malware detection program regularly if your AV program does not include one. You can also run one of the freebies such as AdAware in addition to your AV program. Do not click on links in emails sent to you by people you do not know Even if you do know the person who supposedly sent you the link, check it out before clicking on the link. Links do not necessarily go to the site they say they do. Do not allow programs to make changes to your computer unless you verify the source of those changes. If you visit a web site and are asked to download something or update a program on your computer, and your AV program pops up a warning, READ and HEED that warning. Many malware authors are adept at making malware appear to be an authentic update to a popular program. Pat Asher Freepages List Admin