Wait, we are getting the original URL structure back? So we should put off announcing that our pages are back? Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > Um ... > > You will have to change it back once the original Freepages URL structure > is reinstated. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~sitename is a temporary URL and > allows you to view the genealogy_html directory. If you have used other > directories in your Freepages account, they can't be accessed for viewing > until the complete URL structure is restored. > > Pat A. > > > At 02:07 PM 7/25/2018, Patricia Geary wrote: > >> Yes definitely. I just did and it is not that complicated. >> >> pat >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Deloris Williams [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:58 PM >> To: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> >> Subject: [FreeHelp]Search Engines >> >> I have a Free Find search engine on my Freepages website. With the site >> being restored, should I update the URL to my website with Free Find >> since I >> don't see any sort of redirect by RootsWeb from the old address? >> >> >> >> I haven't seen this question addressed among all of the many others, so it >> may also be something others may be thinking of too. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref >> Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. >> com/listindexes/search/freepages-help >> Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: >> https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 >> Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb >> community >> > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/freepages-help > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >
So you are saying that if we change the 'old links' that did not work to sites that once the old urls are back tht we will have to change everything AGAIN? Ann -----Original Message----- From: Pat Asher Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 3:30 PM To: Freepages Web Sites Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: Search Engines Um ... You will have to change it back once the original Freepages URL structure is reinstated. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~sitename is a temporary URL and allows you to view the genealogy_html directory. If you have used other directories in your Freepages account, they can't be accessed for viewing until the complete URL structure is restored.
Um ... You will have to change it back once the original Freepages URL structure is reinstated. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~sitename is a temporary URL and allows you to view the genealogy_html directory. If you have used other directories in your Freepages account, they can't be accessed for viewing until the complete URL structure is restored. Pat A. At 02:07 PM 7/25/2018, Patricia Geary wrote: >Yes definitely. I just did and it is not that complicated. > >pat > >-----Original Message----- >From: Deloris Williams [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:58 PM >To: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> >Subject: [FreeHelp]Search Engines > >I have a Free Find search engine on my Freepages website. With the site >being restored, should I update the URL to my website with Free Find since I >don't see any sort of redirect by RootsWeb from the old address? > > > >I haven't seen this question addressed among all of the many others, so it >may also be something others may be thinking of too. > > >_______________________________________________ >Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref >Unsubscribe and Archives >https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help >Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: >https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 >Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog >RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal >RootsWeb community
Thanks, mine is showing up now also. [image: photo] *Rik Rasmussen* [email protected] Wake Forest, NC <http://facebook.com/rikrasmussen> <http://twitter.com/rikrasmussen> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:48 PM Tina Glen-Riddell via FREEPAGES-HELP < [email protected]> wrote: > I would encourage anyone waiting for their web site to become active again > to have a look at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~(you site name) > I found mine there today. I have not had an e-mail yet to say it was > active but just thought I'd look. > I requested a change of password, gave it time to be activated then went > to Filezilla, which I used before. I watched the short video in the > rootsweb blog pages for the client name and the connection worked like a > charm. All good. > > My site has a simple format and all the links work. I'm sorry for those > having a struggle but don't panic, take heart, it can all go to plan. > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > -- [image: photo] *Rik Rasmussen* [email protected] | Wake Forest, NC <http://facebook.com/rikrasmussen> <http://twitter.com/rikrasmussen>
Yes definitely. I just did and it is not that complicated. pat -----Original Message----- From: Deloris Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:58 PM To: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Search Engines I have a Free Find search engine on my Freepages website. With the site being restored, should I update the URL to my website with Free Find since I don't see any sort of redirect by RootsWeb from the old address? I haven't seen this question addressed among all of the many others, so it may also be something others may be thinking of too.
I have a Free Find search engine on my Freepages website. With the site being restored, should I update the URL to my website with Free Find since I don't see any sort of redirect by RootsWeb from the old address? I haven't seen this question addressed among all of the many others, so it may also be something others may be thinking of too. Deloris Williams
On 07/25/2018 11:19 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: > I recently fund a small JavaScript that is, before I ever heard of the > term, a CSI. It works on my browser locally. I don't have to load it > to a server to see it. Here's the javascript: <div style="text-align: center;">The Bible Family is copyrighted by<br> Bridgett Edwards Schneider and Terri Bible Strotman<br> <!-- <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> --><br> © <script> <!--// Today=new Date(); Year=Today.getFullYear(); var displayCopyright = '<FONT COLOR="#000000">© Copyright '+ Year + ' by The Bible Family Website</FONT>' document.write(displayCopyright); //--> </script> -- All Rights Reserved.</div> This is the output © Copyright 2018 by The Bible Family Website -- All Rights Reserved. -- "The dog is a gentleman. I hope to go to his heaven, not man's." Mark Twain
I would encourage anyone waiting for their web site to become active again to have a look at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~(you site name) I found mine there today. I have not had an e-mail yet to say it was active but just thought I'd look. I requested a change of password, gave it time to be activated then went to Filezilla, which I used before. I watched the short video in the rootsweb blog pages for the client name and the connection worked like a charm. All good. My site has a simple format and all the links work. I'm sorry for those having a struggle but don't panic, take heart, it can all go to plan.
There was some mention of Client Side Includes [ CSI ] instead of SSI. I did a little investigating and to my mind that might be an even better idea. I don't use SSI's to any large extent but do find them handy. One downside is that you have to load the page to the server to see if they work properly. I have some that work properly on a page one time and the next it doesn't. Even though I haven't made any changes. Sometimes they don't give the answer I want even though I set the parameters properly [ Copyright date for instance ]. I recently fund a small JavaScript that is, before I ever heard of the term, a CSI. It works on my browser locally. I don't have to load it to a server to see it. W3C offers a tutorial on writing javascipts if someone is interested in investing a little time and effort into learning how to use CSI's. https://www.w3schools.com/jS/default.asp There are a number of editors available for Windows users that might make learning/writing JavaScript easier. https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=14N&channel=fs&ei=aI9YW5HzCoGzzwL4upHgCQ&q=javascript+editors+for+windows&oq=javascript+editors+for+windows&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1.4674439.4686468.0.4686774.32.31.1.0.0.0.169.4248.0j30.30.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.31.4249...0i67k1j0i131k1j35i39k1j0i20i264k1j0i131i20i264k1j0i20i263k1.0.NoxLx6U6dRU https://is.gd/nYLYu9 On 07/25/2018 08:14 AM, Rose Lee Head wrote: > I sent Anne Mitchell an email with the question about SSI not implemented > yet. She said the problem should be temporary. They are looking into that > also. -- "The dog is a gentleman. I hope to go to his heaven, not man's." Mark Twain
At 01:39 AM 7/25/2018, Warwick Sherring wrote: >One of my sites has been restored, but two others have not been. > >I submitted a request for my ~sherring site to be restored, thinking >that the attached sites ~sherring/parry and ~sherring/gosford would >also be restored, but that does not seem to be the case. > >Do I have to submit a request for the restoration of each sub site separately? You have only one Freepages site. The /parry site is in your family_html directory and a link to it will not work until RootsWeb restores the old URL structure so you can visit your family_html, military_html, misc_html etc. directories instead of the genealogy_html directory which is the one "recognized" by the URL sites.rootsweb.com >Secondly in my restored Sherring web site I have a 'Links' page - >only one of the links to external sites is working and the page is >trying to find the other external sites through Rootsweb - what is going on? The href links that are not working do not include http:// so the browser is treating them as relative links within your own site. Change <.a href="<view-source:http://sites.rootsweb.com/~sherring/view-source:http://sites.rootsweb.com/~sherring/www.sag.org.au>www.sag.org.au"> to <.a href="http://www.sag.org.au"> and they will work. (remove the leading dot) Pat Asher
I sent Anne Mitchell an email with the question about SSI not implemented yet. She said the problem should be temporary. They are looking into that also. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the information, Pat. Perhaps it had already been said on these > pages, and I blinked. If so, apologies to all. My EW "client" side > includes > are ready and waiting. (I use them for checking out functionality of menus > etc., before publishing). However, I think I'll wait until RW decides > whether or not to implement SSI. > > Thanks too for the link to your excellent help page. I currently use > Ipswich's WS_FTP, but I have also downloaded and given Filezilla a good go > at it. Still no joy. I am fairly familiar with both clients and have had no > problems with my other SSH sites. So, dunno what's up. But, will keep > trying. Maybe try changing my password again. > > Never Give In! > > Derek > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Geary <[email protected]> > Sent: 25 July 2018 12:03 > To: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> > Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: New Rootsweb Servers > > SSI's do not work at this time. No idea if they will work in the future so > just changed mine to Design Time Includes which Expression Web supports and > work fine on the RW servers. > > I would imagine these will be investigated by the RW team later, once all > sites are restored. Same with the banners. > > See if this helps setting up FIlezilla > http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/publishing-your-sites.html > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FreeHelp]New Rootsweb Servers > > The new server does not appear to be configured to permit SSI. On my > partially restored site, the page headers and footers containing site > navigation links, menus etc. are missing from all pages. The relevant > include directives seem to have been ignored by the server. Does anyone > else have this problem, or is it just me? > > > > Unfortunately, I cannot get at my pages to thoroughly check out the issue. > Still struggling to get FTP access after five days of trying! However, a > quick look with my browser developer tools clearly shows that the include > directives have not been evaluated and placed. > > > > Derek Boddington > > P.S. I note also that the usual banners are missing. A sign of things to > come, maybe? > > > > https://www.rootsweb.com/~derekboddington/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is > funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/freepages-help > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >
Thanks for the information, Pat. Perhaps it had already been said on these pages, and I blinked. If so, apologies to all. My EW "client" side includes are ready and waiting. (I use them for checking out functionality of menus etc., before publishing). However, I think I'll wait until RW decides whether or not to implement SSI. Thanks too for the link to your excellent help page. I currently use Ipswich's WS_FTP, but I have also downloaded and given Filezilla a good go at it. Still no joy. I am fairly familiar with both clients and have had no problems with my other SSH sites. So, dunno what's up. But, will keep trying. Maybe try changing my password again. Never Give In! Derek -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Geary <[email protected]> Sent: 25 July 2018 12:03 To: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: New Rootsweb Servers SSI's do not work at this time. No idea if they will work in the future so just changed mine to Design Time Includes which Expression Web supports and work fine on the RW servers. I would imagine these will be investigated by the RW team later, once all sites are restored. Same with the banners. See if this helps setting up FIlezilla http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/publishing-your-sites.html Pat -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FreeHelp]New Rootsweb Servers The new server does not appear to be configured to permit SSI. On my partially restored site, the page headers and footers containing site navigation links, menus etc. are missing from all pages. The relevant include directives seem to have been ignored by the server. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me? Unfortunately, I cannot get at my pages to thoroughly check out the issue. Still struggling to get FTP access after five days of trying! However, a quick look with my browser developer tools clearly shows that the include directives have not been evaluated and placed. Derek Boddington P.S. I note also that the usual banners are missing. A sign of things to come, maybe? https://www.rootsweb.com/~derekboddington/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community
SSI's do not work at this time. No idea if they will work in the future so just changed mine to Design Time Includes which Expression Web supports and work fine on the RW servers. I would imagine these will be investigated by the RW team later, once all sites are restored. Same with the banners. See if this helps setting up FIlezilla http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/publishing-your-sites.html Pat -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FreeHelp]New Rootsweb Servers The new server does not appear to be configured to permit SSI. On my partially restored site, the page headers and footers containing site navigation links, menus etc. are missing from all pages. The relevant include directives seem to have been ignored by the server. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me? Unfortunately, I cannot get at my pages to thoroughly check out the issue. Still struggling to get FTP access after five days of trying! However, a quick look with my browser developer tools clearly shows that the include directives have not been evaluated and placed. Derek Boddington P.S. I note also that the usual banners are missing. A sign of things to come, maybe? https://www.rootsweb.com/~derekboddington/
The new server does not appear to be configured to permit SSI. On my partially restored site, the page headers and footers containing site navigation links, menus etc. are missing from all pages. The relevant include directives seem to have been ignored by the server. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me? Unfortunately, I cannot get at my pages to thoroughly check out the issue. Still struggling to get FTP access after five days of trying! However, a quick look with my browser developer tools clearly shows that the include directives have not been evaluated and placed. Derek Boddington P.S. I note also that the usual banners are missing. A sign of things to come, maybe? https://www.rootsweb.com/~derekboddington/
One of my sites has been restored, but two others have not been. I submitted a request for my ~sherring site to be restored, thinking that the attached sites ~sherring/parry and ~sherring/gosford would also be restored, but that does not seem to be the case. Do I have to submit a request for the restoration of each sub site separately? Secondly in my restored Sherring web site I have a 'Links' page - only one of the links to external sites is working and the page is trying to find the other external sites through Rootsweb - what is going on? Like Charlie, I was wondering if I could establish two other sites by making a new application for a site, as I am also unsure of what name and what email address I used to establish these other two sites (they are additional to the above mentioned sites. Warwick Sherring On 25/07/2018 4:04 AM, [email protected]m wrote: > Send FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FREEPAGES-HELP digest..." > > 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: Searching for my pages - coxheadfamilydata (Linda Gutierrez) > 2. Requesting your site be restored (Charles Carothers) > 3. Re: Requesting your site be restored (Deloris Williams) > 4. Re: Requesting your site be restored ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:05:12 -0700 > From: Linda Gutierrez <[email protected]> > Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: Searching for my pages - coxheadfamilydata > To: Freepages Web Sites <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Pat, > > I tried the URL twice to request my site be restored and it gives me a > message that the site the submission goes to cannot be reached, suggesting > page(s) may have been moved... Do you or anyone know if this is a temporary > issue - should I just keep trying to submit my info to be added to the list? > > Thank you! > > Linda > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 8:59 AM Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You're right Judy. His site http://sites.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/ >> has not yet been restored, and that is the first step in regaining access. >> >> The form to request your site be restored is >> https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/restoreWebsite >> >> Pat A. >> >> >> >> At 07:21 AM 7/24/2018, JFlorian wrote: >>> Bill, >>> >>> I think your new address is http://sites.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/ >>> (Is that right Pat?) >>> >>> But did you send the form to request it be restored? >>> The link to the form is at: >>> >> http://rootsweb.blog/2018/07/19/getting-into-the-new-version-of-your-hosted-web-site/ >>> >>> Start there. Be patient-- to restore might take some time. Staff is >>> working on it every day. >>> >>> Sign up for updates to the blog. >>> >>> Judy >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref >>> Unsubscribe and Archives >>> https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help >>> Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: >>> https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 >>> Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog >>> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal >>> RootsWeb community >> _______________________________________________ >> Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref >> Unsubscribe and Archives >> https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help >> Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: >> https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 >> Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb >> community >> > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:14:32 -0500 > From: Charles Carothers <[email protected]> > Subject: [FreeHelp]Requesting your site be restored > To: Freepages Help <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I went to the place specified and filled out the form requesting that my > site be restored. When I clicked Submit, I briefly saw a screen that said > "This site can't be reached" with an "ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR" note at the > bottom. > Then it switched to another page that says "There was an internal error". > The link I used was: > https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/restoreWebsite > I tried it again just now, and it just stayed on that first error page. > > I wonder if my name has to be precisely the same. I've no idea if I signed > up as Charles or Charlie. > > I subscribed to the blog, and I have an email from RootsWebBlog that says, > " First, you will need to reset your password." > > So do I need to reset my password and only *then* ask that my site be > restored? > > I also have an even sneakier question. :-) If I don't request that my > website be restored, can I sign up for a new freepages account and pick a > different site name? In my vast ignorance in 2004 or so when I first signed > up, I picked a very ill advised name for my site. At that time, I had a > very narrow vision of what I might be able to do with the site, and picked > a very specific and very long site name. I've wished many times that I > could change that, but I don't think that was ever allowed. Perhaps this is > actually a golden opportunity to start afresh! (And yes, I do have local > copies of my freepages site's entire content so nothing would be lost by > abandoning the old site.) > > All advice gratefully accepted. > > Later, > >
I Just managed to complete the process!! The first time I was doing it from my phone. I am not sure if that was the problem or just coincidence but this tine I was told I was successful and provided a link to request any additional sites I might want to be restored. Linda -----Original Message----- From: Deloris Williams <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 10:24 AM To: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: Requesting your site be restored The form is currently showing as an error when you click onto it. It's probably just a temporary glitch, and I suggest that anyone trying use it, should try again later today. I checked for my Freepages site, and I see it is up as of today, since I've checked everyday, however, I have not received any email from RW advising me that it is up. And yes, I do check my spam folders everyday, so I definitely haven't received it. I will continue to wait until the end of the day, and if I don't see one, I will contact Anne about it. Deloris Williams -----Original Message----- From: Charles Carothers <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:15 PM To: Freepages Help <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Requesting your site be restored I went to the place specified and filled out the form requesting that my site be restored. When I clicked Submit, I briefly saw a screen that said "This site can't be reached" with an "ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR" note at the bottom. Then it switched to another page that says "There was an internal error". The link I used was: https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/restoreWebsite I tried it again just now, and it just stayed on that first error page.
The form is currently showing as an error when you click onto it. It's probably just a temporary glitch, and I suggest that anyone trying use it, should try again later today. I checked for my Freepages site, and I see it is up as of today, since I've checked everyday, however, I have not received any email from RW advising me that it is up. And yes, I do check my spam folders everyday, so I definitely haven't received it. I will continue to wait until the end of the day, and if I don't see one, I will contact Anne about it. Deloris Williams -----Original Message----- From: Charles Carothers <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:15 PM To: Freepages Help <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Requesting your site be restored I went to the place specified and filled out the form requesting that my site be restored. When I clicked Submit, I briefly saw a screen that said "This site can't be reached" with an "ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR" note at the bottom. Then it switched to another page that says "There was an internal error". The link I used was: https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/restoreWebsite I tried it again just now, and it just stayed on that first error page.
I went to the place specified and filled out the form requesting that my site be restored. When I clicked Submit, I briefly saw a screen that said "This site can't be reached" with an "ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR" note at the bottom. Then it switched to another page that says "There was an internal error". The link I used was: https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/restoreWebsite I tried it again just now, and it just stayed on that first error page. I wonder if my name has to be precisely the same. I've no idea if I signed up as Charles or Charlie. I subscribed to the blog, and I have an email from RootsWebBlog that says, " First, you will need to reset your password." So do I need to reset my password and only *then* ask that my site be restored? I also have an even sneakier question. :-) If I don't request that my website be restored, can I sign up for a new freepages account and pick a different site name? In my vast ignorance in 2004 or so when I first signed up, I picked a very ill advised name for my site. At that time, I had a very narrow vision of what I might be able to do with the site, and picked a very specific and very long site name. I've wished many times that I could change that, but I don't think that was ever allowed. Perhaps this is actually a golden opportunity to start afresh! (And yes, I do have local copies of my freepages site's entire content so nothing would be lost by abandoning the old site.) All advice gratefully accepted. Later, -- Charlie Carothers http://www.freebiblecommentary.org <http://freebiblecommentary.org>
Pat, I tried the URL twice to request my site be restored and it gives me a message that the site the submission goes to cannot be reached, suggesting page(s) may have been moved... Do you or anyone know if this is a temporary issue - should I just keep trying to submit my info to be added to the list? Thank you! Linda On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 8:59 AM Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > You're right Judy. His site http://sites.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/ > has not yet been restored, and that is the first step in regaining access. > > The form to request your site be restored is > https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/restoreWebsite > > Pat A. > > > > At 07:21 AM 7/24/2018, JFlorian wrote: > >Bill, > > > >I think your new address is http://sites.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/ > > (Is that right Pat?) > > > >But did you send the form to request it be restored? > >The link to the form is at: > > > http://rootsweb.blog/2018/07/19/getting-into-the-new-version-of-your-hosted-web-site/ > > > > > >Start there. Be patient-- to restore might take some time. Staff is > >working on it every day. > > > >Sign up for updates to the blog. > > > >Judy > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > >Unsubscribe and Archives > >https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help > >Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > >https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > >Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > >RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > >RootsWeb community > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/freepages-help > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >
Dear Bill, As others have said, our sites cannot be brought back on reliably until we request that they be brought back up. And, at least to start with, the URLs for them will be different than the old URLs that we have bookmarked. I believe that the rootsweb team is sometimes accidentally bringing some of our old pages back online temporarily at the old URLs as they do testing, and that you may have reached your pages during one of those brief periods. The same thing happened to me last week, I was able to visit some of my pages at the old freepages URLs, but by the next day, they were gone and I was taken to ancestry.com when I clicked on the same links. So follow the instructions given in other replies if you want your site to be brought back online. Your first step will be to make an official request that your site be brought back online. Then it may take a few weeks for your site to be brought online. You should receive email notification when that happens, but you will also be able to see when it gets back online by going to the new URL for your site, before that email arrives. I believe your new URLs (if the old URLS you provided are correct) will be https://www.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/ and also https://sites.rootsweb.com/~coxheadfamilydata/. Anne Mitchell, who is in charge of the RootsWeb Team, has written in the rootsweb blog at http://blog.rootsweb.com that they plan on restoring the old URLs. But right now, you have to use the new URLs. Once your site is back online at one of the new URLs, then you must request a password reset using the links you can find in other threads here and in the blog. And then you can upload revised copies of your pages via SFTP. If you have problems with any of the steps to get access to your site back, ask for more help here so people can try to make things more clear for you. I believe your site was back online at the old URLS for most of 2017, but maybe you did not try to visit then. At some time around summer of 2016, as I recall, our sites were offline for a little while, and that may be when you tried before, but they were all back up in 2017 at our old URLs until Ancestry took them all offline in December 2017 for a security upgrade. There had been a security breach at another part of rootsweb, and they decided to upgrade all of rootsweb at that time, to make sure we and our visitors would be able to use the site safely. On 7/24/18, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone please help. I've been trying for the past 2 years trying to > find my pages. > I know they were taken out . now I noted that some are back. Can some please > explain how to find hem > I'm an old timer and not very savvy with directions, so please make it easy > for me > My pages used to be at this address: > freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/¬coxheadfamilydata/ > > Many thanks > William / Bill