Hello, is there an archive still (or has it been restored yet) for previously asked and and answered questions? I need some information that I know has been discussed in previous posts but don’t want to continually ask questions that have been answered in the past. It could be that the old information is no longer valid as our sites are coming back online with Ancestry. I just am not sure. Thanks so much!! Cindy Blankenship

Hi all, I know a bit off topic but does this problem affect the WorldConnect site as well? I can see my tree 'bramby' but I can only download a gedcom and not upload the latest tree info. Thanks, Gerald

My website, not yet released/restored, was coded with the original html and so is quite simple. If new freepages are still part of the program, why not kill the old site and upload a new but identical site and avoid all the email traffic and stress that we are seeing each day? It would require that I have a copy of my site which I do have and that original html be accepted and that new added provisions for security don't get in the way. ????? -Al Wood ---- Because, as has been explained now many times, Ancestry had to take down our sites to institute and beef up security measures on Rootsweb. We must all make up new passwords for said new security. Each webmaster must request their own website to be restored. The email traffic will slow down eventually.

My website, not yet released/restored, was coded with the original html and so is quite simple.  If new freepages are still part of the program, why not kill the old site and upload a new but identical site and avoid all the email traffic and stress that we are seeing each day? It would require that I have a copy of my site which I do have and that original html be accepted and that new added provisions for security don't get in the way.  ?????              -Al Wood    

And as with any software, if you learn how to use it, it creates very clean code. I switched to EW from FP when it was first offered. The only problem now is that you cannot publish to the RW servers with it. But then, it does not appear that any of the html editors can publish to the RW servers. Pat G -----Original Message----- From: Valerie lirakis via FREEPAGES-HELP [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2018 4:26 AM To: Freepages Web Sites <[email protected]> Cc: Valerie lirakis <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 13, Issue 77 I have been using Expression Web for some years now and find it satisfactory. It replaced FP and It's free.

We are looking into -- more to come on Monday. Anne On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 5:03 PM, JFlorian <[email protected]> wrote: > Ann (Jobe) Brown wrote: With the 'freepages' just now getting back up --it > does appear that their servers are being tested/ well-used with many trying > to update at the same time. > --- > > That's why I've been suggesting a slow walk to check out counters.... and > patience. This is like the recent run on Build A Bear stores. Eventually, > they had to send customers away because it was just too much. > > Ancestry's not going anywhere.... so, everybody relax for another week or > two. Give Staff time to breathe! :-D > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >

I have been using Expression Web for some years now and find it satisfactory. It replaced FP and It's free. On 21 July 2018 at 16:08, Karla Huebner <[email protected]> wrote: > Depends what kind of site you are doing. > > If your site is based on your family tree, John Cardinal's GedSite will > make a nice site (that you design using the program's tools) from your > gedcom file. (Disclaimer: I use his original SecondSite program but have no > financial interest in his programs.) GedSite isn't free, but it's not > expensive either. > > If your site is something more like a county site or other type of > genealogy site, then other people will have good suggestions for that. > > Karla Huebner > calypsospots AT gmail.com > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 5:45 PM, genealzube--- via FREEPAGES-HELP < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I too have always used FrontPage. I had been thinking about upgrading to > > something else even before the site went down. > > > > Now that I can't use it to ftp, I'm totally not sure what to use. I > don't > > want to spend a lot of money, preferably none, but a lot of the site > > development stuff I see online includes hosting which I don't need - and > > many are online development, not local. I want something stand-alone > where > > I can keep the website on my computer and work on it when I am riding in > > the > > car or somewhere with no internet. And, if possible, something I could > > upload directly, not have to get some other ftp program, although from > the > > messages I've seen that doesn't seem like it's much of a possibility. > > > > I am fairly computer literate, so it doesn't have to be super simple and > > totally WYSIWYG, but don't want to spend lots of time coding and cleaning > > things up in the background. > > > > What kinds of software do others use and recommend? Or does someone > know > > of a website that does a comparison so I could decide what I could live > > with > > and what I'd have to put up with? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >

YES, IT WAS MADE CLEAR THAT A SITE HAS TO BE ONLINE, FIRST, AND THAT THE WEBMASTER MUST REQUEST THAT IT BE PUT ONLINE. Second, YES it was made clear they were doing all RW sites first, then Freepages sites. RW sites include all StateGenWeb and CoGenWeb sites under the USGenWeb. Third, what has confused many of us is that Google picked up the list of "sites" RW posted online. But those are just the front pages--- we then must request our sites be restored. See No. 2. Fourth, request the password.... Fifth, figure out Filezilla.... All this info has been posted dozens of of times.

Yes, I know about the blog, and have subscribed so I get the posts via email. I realized after I posted, that possibly one can ONLY request a password reset if one site is back online because one has requested it to placed online, and not if it is online for some other reason. Nowhere is that clear, maybe it is implied, but should be spelled out for people who are not mind readers on the reset request page. Nowhere in that post does it say your site must be online for a password reset to be okay. But my pages were definitely back online at the point I asked for the reset! And their computer responded that it had sent email to me, to check my spam folder and try again after 15 minutes. I submitted the request multiple times, nothing ever came. When I found my pages, though, that maybe I did not make clear, had absolutely nothing to do with Google. And I was using a text browser that does not save history, so I was not viewing cached copies. I clicked on bookmarks from before our sites went offline last December, and those clicks took me to my pages! They were reachable for a little while on Friday. That made me think that Ancestry is slowly putting all sites back online, but prioritizing those that have been requested. Remember the discussion here about sites for whom the owner/creater is no longer or able to work on them? Many of those are classic resources that may not have been picked by Ancestry to go online without a request, because of being - I forget the word - is it GenWeb sites? I thought maybe some of the discussion of that (which I realize was partly offline) may have had an impact. On 7/20/18, JFlorian <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, all of this is confusing--- deep breath! Be patient! > > If you did not request your site, it is not back online. > > Google picked up the index pages from RW's new list.... all it is is one > page. Again, you have to use the form to request the whole site. Don't > worry-- there's lots of time to do this. Lots of people are in line. > > Do you have the link to the new blog? Gives all the info > http://rootsweb.blog/2018/07/19/getting-into-the-new-version-of-your-hosted-web-site/

Refresh is the F5 key. Or use the circle on the left on browser window.

Ann (Jobe) Brown wrote: With the 'freepages' just now getting back up --it does appear that their servers are being tested/ well-used with many trying to update at the same time. --- That's why I've been suggesting a slow walk to check out counters.... and patience. This is like the recent run on Build A Bear stores. Eventually, they had to send customers away because it was just too much. Ancestry's not going anywhere.... so, everybody relax for another week or two. Give Staff time to breathe! :-D

Ann, The server appears to be down. Barry On 22/07/2018 10:51, Ann (Jobe) Brown wrote: > > Did something happen?  In the last 5 minutes, I'm unable to go to my > site where before I had no problem.  Is anyone else having this problem? > > http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/ > > Ann (Jobe) Brwn >

Nope, can't get to mine either. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Ann (Jobe) Brown [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 6:52 PM To: Ann (Jobe) Brown <[email protected]>; Patricia Geary <[email protected]>; 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: Once your site is up, here are the basics on getting into it Did something happen? In the last 5 minutes, I'm unable to go to my site where before I had no problem. Is anyone else having this problem? http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/ Ann (Jobe) Brwn

Mine is not working either. Mary Ann Lubinsky On Saturday, July 21, 2018, 6:51:58 PM EDT, Ann (Jobe) Brown <[email protected]> wrote: Did something happen?  In the last 5 minutes, I'm unable to go to my site where before I had no problem.  Is anyone else having this problem? http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/ Ann (Jobe) Brwn

Did something happen? In the last 5 minutes, I'm unable to go to my site where before I had no problem. Is anyone else having this problem? http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/ Ann (Jobe) Brwn

Have been trying to reset rootsweb password every since getting an email that my site ~wlsetzer was available. When I request the link I get an email with a link ****************************************************** Change password for account: wlsetzer https://useraccountrootsweb.com/websites/changePassword?requestId=3ef7c940-a377-462e-8804-97323876069d&ahsht=2018-07-21T22:18:03.561Z&ahsh=5a857d02b1478e125c5b045f77f5d2eb ****************************************************** I understand that the link is only available for 1 hour. I try the link as soon as I get the email with the link but here is what I get back. ******************************************************* Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. We can’t connect to the server at useraccountrootsweb.com. If that address is correct, here are three other things you can try:     Try again later.     Check your network connection.     If you are connected but behind a firewall, check that Firefox has permission to access the Web. ******************************************************* I have trying using different web browsers, different pc's, network connection is good as I can get to any other website. I keep trying for up to an hour but alway get the same reply. What am I doing wrong. Wayne

Judy, CSS classes and IDs may be named however best suits YOU. There is only a short set of rules -- a chief one being that the name you invoke should be a name you've defined before using it. I know of no "general standard" but you needn't be stuck with "table1", "table2", "table672", etc.; those IDs are often inserted as the software's best guess to distinguish one from another. You could name them anything you want: "tabl_skinny", tabl_full", etc. If you've got really wide tables that wouldn't fit the wndow, you may want to set a mex-width property: table {max-width: 95%; } That will limit the maximum width of any table to the value you set -- in this case, 95% of the previously-set or inherited screen width. If the table is skinnier, the property has no effect. If the table would normally be wider, its And, remember that it's sometimes OK not to use special styling. Just let the HTML do its thing (e.g., inherit styling from, say, the body CSS.) For a skinny table that could be no additional CSS. I'd suggest 1. Go easy on how much you try to control the styling; the more you "fix" it the "broker" it gets; and 2. Define classes of tables according to the styling you want for the different categories and give the classes names easy for YOU to remember. -rt_/) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 23:06:38 -0400 From: JFlorian <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp]External CSS - Tables of different lengths, widths, etc. To: Barry Carlson <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Pat Geary <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Help (when you can). I don't want 35 different table mark-ups (besides "table1" for the main display of backgrounds, etc.) In Frontpage, I have simple tables. Often, skinny tables, 3 columns. But when attached to the css, a skinny table goes full width. I don't know which "table#" to pick from the css.... or how to write yet another "table#" to cover each of these. Isn't there a standard for skinny tables? wide tables with narrow rows height and width like where a cell might only hold "1234"? skinny tables with 5 skinny columns, but one column that has long text? and so on and so on..... Under the table, defeated! Where's the Jack Daniels....

I don't see the need to remove non-secure websites if they are not sites that have forms asking for personal information or they sell things. I would leave it up to the researcher to weigh the options. I don't have Chrome, but Firefox is happy with https://sites.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/resources.html where there are links to many unsecured sites (some may now be secure - I'll check). What I have seen make a site show as mixed on Firefox is an image pulled in from an location that is not secure. I created the text file .htaccess with Barry's code as written and the response was basically "huh?" Susan On 7/21/2018 4:41 PM, Tracy garrison wrote: > Barry, > > Thanks for the snippet of code. Would this also change a link someone might > have in there page to another external site that is http to https? Then > (hopefully it has been changed to https as well) and work except in the case > where it has not changed yet and you will just get the page not found error. > > That was the bulk of my effort the other day going through all my "External > Links" and verifying that each of them worked with https. If it did not > work as https, I removed the link (made a note to revisit to fix it if the > server was upgraded to https). > > Just a note though: I was getting mixed mode messages on the pages with > "http:" links until I changed them to "https:" or removed them. > > Tracy

Barry, Thanks for the snippet of code. Would this also change a link someone might have in there page to another external site that is http to https? Then (hopefully it has been changed to https as well) and work except in the case where it has not changed yet and you will just get the page not found error. That was the bulk of my effort the other day going through all my "External Links" and verifying that each of them worked with https. If it did not work as https, I removed the link (made a note to revisit to fix it if the server was upgraded to https). Just a note though: I was getting mixed mode messages on the pages with "http:" links until I changed them to "https:" or removed them. Tracy -----Original Message----- From: Barry Carlson <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 5:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: http vs https Tracy, You are correct regarding sites.rootsweb.com accepting both http and https connections, but it would be better if rootsweb added the following to their server .htaccess file:_ <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] </IfModule> ... which will turn every http connection to a secure https one. Hopefully that is done, and the points you have raised will be covered. Barry

The site irlcla2 is up and running. I have done this twice. FileZilla File Manager does not like Port 22. It is saving all of the information except that. Keep receiving Error: Authentication failed.Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server Mary Ann Lubinsky On Thursday, July 19, 2018, 9:23:43 PM EDT, Anne Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: First, you will need to reset your password. Go to: https://useraccount.rootsweb.com/websites/requestChangePassword And enter the email address where you received this email. If you don't see the email, check your spam folder.  Click on the link and follow the steps to reset your password. You must click the box to accept the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement. Once you have done that, you can access your site or sites. We do not support fileman any longer, and will not be bringing it back. You may use any FTP client to access the site.  This short video will show you how to use FileZilla to access your site. https://www.ancestry.com/academy/course/connect-rootsweb-filezilla The host you will be connecting to is: sftp://sitesuser.rootsweb.com You can find your site using two different URLs https://www.rootsweb.com/~sitename or https://sites.rootsweb.com/~sitename Your RootsWeb Team