Mine is in Wayback. But oddly, no pages will open.

Janice, They had a security issue. They could not / should not leave the hole(s) open with a message like, "We'll leave the service open until Feb 1st 2018"-- that's just silly. Like your bank calling you to say "We notice unusual activity-- but oh, we'll just ignore it until you come into the bank the next time.... whenever that is." THAT would be inexcusable. Wait a couple weeks, then call Ancestry. You'll be told they do not control Rootsweb.... but I always feel a little better after I gripe at them and insist that Ancestry "must" support Rootsweb (as if my voice matters LOL).. Judy

Some sites are saved in the Internet Archive    Internet Archive: Wayback Machine | | | Internet Archive: Wayback Machine | | | https://archive.org/web/ Copy/paste your freepage url into the Browse bar.  Mine is there:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lowery/   Best of luck!Kathie Buchanan On Sunday, January 7, 2018 6:51 PM, Janice Gonzales Barry via FREEPAGES-HELP <[email protected]> wrote: As a freepages user since 2004, I think what is really unconscionable here is that the users were not advised beforehand to make a hard copy of their pages or to save their formatting in some way.  That this action was taken in bad faith by the current owners of freepages.com is made clear by the date on which the notice was given.  To wait until Christmas Eve to advise users of the shut down is really inexcusable. The vast majority of users are occupied with various family and social obligations at that time. Janice Gonzales BarryNew Orleans ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As a freepages user since 2004, I think what is really unconscionable here is that the users were not advised beforehand to make a hard copy of their pages or to save their formatting in some way.  That this action was taken in bad faith by the current owners of freepages.com is made clear by the date on which the notice was given.  To wait until Christmas Eve to advise users of the shut down is really inexcusable. The vast majority of users are occupied with various family and social obligations at that time. Janice Gonzales BarryNew Orleans

Thanks for the tip - will take a look. On 07/01/2018 11:22, Marie Benge Craig via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: > I redid mine using Google Sites. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > > Any news yet on when FreePages will be back up? > > Regards,? Ann. > > CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ecawthorn/> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >

I redid mine using Google Sites. On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 3:07 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists9.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/freepages-help > or, 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: Rootsweb Servers Down for Security Audit (Ann McClean) > 2. Re: Rootsweb Servers Down for Security Audit (Barry Carlson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 15:03:14 +0000 > From: Ann McClean <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Rootsweb Servers Down for Security Audit > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Any news yet on when FreePages will be back up? > > Regards,? Ann. > > CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ecawthorn/> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On 24/12/2017 10:26, Barry Carlson via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: > > On December 23, the following message appeared on the Rootsweb Blog - > > > > https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2017/12/23/rootsweb-security-update/ > > > > ... which means that you cannot access any Rootsweb pages, nor connect > > by FTP to any of your Rootsweb community sites. Indications are that > > this shutdown could be for some time as Ancestry attempt to make the > > Rootsweb sites secure. Ultimately, an ability to change passwords plus > > two factor ID may form part of the solution. > > > > The Rootsweb Mailing Lists are still active. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 08:00:47 +1300 > From: Barry Carlson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Rootsweb Servers Down for Security Audit > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > Ann, > > Other than reading the the comments being made on the Ancestry blog and > sharing the frustration being expressed by many of the commenters, I am > unable unable to second guess what may be happening. > > So patience may or may not be a virtue! > > Barry > > --------------------------------- > > On 07-Jan-18 4:03 AM, Ann McClean via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: > > Any news yet on when FreePages will be back up? > > > > Regards,? Ann. > > > > CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ > > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ecawthorn/> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > ------------------------------ > > End of FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 13, Issue 1 > ********************************************* > -- *Marie* *[email protected] <[email protected]>*

Ann, Other than reading the the comments being made on the Ancestry blog and sharing the frustration being expressed by many of the commenters, I am unable unable to second guess what may be happening. So patience may or may not be a virtue! Barry --------------------------------- On 07-Jan-18 4:03 AM, Ann McClean via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: > Any news yet on when FreePages will be back up? > > Regards,  Ann. > > CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ecawthorn/>

Any news yet on when FreePages will be back up? Regards,  Ann. CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ecawthorn/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 24/12/2017 10:26, Barry Carlson via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: > On December 23, the following message appeared on the Rootsweb Blog - > > https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2017/12/23/rootsweb-security-update/ > > ... which means that you cannot access any Rootsweb pages, nor connect > by FTP to any of your Rootsweb community sites. Indications are that > this shutdown could be for some time as Ancestry attempt to make the > Rootsweb sites secure. Ultimately, an ability to change passwords plus > two factor ID may form part of the solution. > > The Rootsweb Mailing Lists are still active.

Directions-- 1. Use a web editor to write what you want to appear. Put it however you want it to appear. 2. Add a link to the New Page. Add a link to the Obits page. 3. SAVE pages on your computer. Upload 1. Open Filezilla. Connect. 2. Click the RW folder tnchest2 on right so you are "in" your site. 3. Look on left--- navigate to the files on your PC. NOTE: MATCH right and left. If you need a folder called "boohoo", then this boohoo folder must show on both sides. *If boohoo does not yet exist online, then upload the whole folder. 4. Highlight one, both consecutive , or all consecutive files. OR highlight a folder on left. Double check that your right-left sides match. Then-- Right click.... Choose upload. 5 Upload both the obits.html and the new file (if any). OR upload the whole folder. 6. Go to the page on the Internet. If the new info does not show, press F5 to refresh the live page. If these directions are no help, then please be specific about what is wrong. Judy

As an alternative: BlazeFTP - free and never a problem. Modify the page on your computer, and save Open Blaze, click "Connect" Your PC in the left-hand window, Rootsweb directories in the right-hand pane. In Rootsweb window: open the destination directory In your PC window: select files to upload (+ shift if consecutive, + Ctrl if non-consecutive) Right mouse button click "Upload" If a file exists onsite, there will be the option "overwrite" to OK - or "overwrite all" if you're sure. Wait for the complete Rootsweb directory listing to reappear: job done, close BlazeFTP. Caroline ____ "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html Every path has its puddle. Life has no reverse gear. NB: an e-mail message remains the Intellectual Property of the sender; traffic on this e-mail server may be normally subject to UK and French copyright law. -----E-mail d'origine----- De : Jill Muir via FREEPAGES-HELP <[email protected]> A: 'Freepages Web Sites' <[email protected]>; 'Glen peddy' <[email protected]> Cc: Jill Muir <[email protected]>; 'Pat Asher' <[email protected]> Envoyé le : Lu, 4 Déc 2017 16:25 Sujet : Re: [FreeHelp] Classic FTP I have always used CuteFTP which has been so brilliant for the many years I have been online - ie not long after the internet started. I paid for mine but I is now free. http://download.cnet.com/CuteFTP/3000-2160_4-10000625.html It always seems simple to use and especially when I was new to everything computer based. Generally I upload via Expression web as I have my webs sorted on that program, but I use cute as my helpful backup these days. Just my thoughts. Jill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have always used CuteFTP which has been so brilliant for the many years I have been online - ie not long after the internet started. I paid for mine but I is now free. http://download.cnet.com/CuteFTP/3000-2160_4-10000625.html It always seems simple to use and especially when I was new to everything computer based. Generally I upload via Expression web as I have my webs sorted on that program, but I use cute as my helpful backup these days. Just my thoughts. Jill

At 03:18 AM 12/3/2017, Glen peddy via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: >Has anyone used Classic FTP? Is it safe and easy to use? >I've NOT gotten ExpressionWeb of FileZilla to work for Me - there >has to be an easier program that will let me upload a single obit in >alphabetical order to the correct page on my site >http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnchest2/obits.html Glen, With the demise of the RootsWeb File Manager, you are no longer able to edit pages on line, and upload them to the server simply by "saving" your edits while in the on line program. It is now a two step process. You edit a page (insert an obit in the correct alphabetical location) by editing a copy of the page located on your computer. After editing, you then use your FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program to upload the edited page to the server. For editing, I assume you are going to be more comfortable using a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor similar to the on line File Manager. For that, I suggest you might prefer Kompozer to Expression Web. I do not recommend you use Kompozer to upload the edited page(s). Filezilla is better for that. But for ease of editing requiring no knowledge of HTML, it works just fine -- and is free. See http://www.kompozer.net/ Pat Asher

I never used the old Rootsweb method. For years I used WS_FTP LE, which was free. However, they got rid of the free version. I tried Filezilla and just could not get used to it or get it working right, so I bit the bullet and spend the money on the full version of WS-FTP. It is pricey, but you can download a trial version to see what it's like first. Your time and frustration just isn't worth it. https://www.ipswitch.com/ftp-client Vanessa >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 00:54:59 +0000 (UTC) >From: Glen peddy <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 12, Issue 164 >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > >I agree with Charles Carothers. I've again tried to get Expression >web or Filezilla to work. For the last two days I've spent more than >10 hours that has proven to be a waste of time. Since July 2017 >I've added almost nothing. If I still had the old method from >Rootsweb I would have added more than 100 obits in alphabetical >order to the web site. >http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnchest2/obits.html Since >August 1 2017 I've tried for at least 120 hours - what a waste of time so far. >I just want to add one Obit at a time in alphabetical order to the >correct page. The old Rootsweb method was relatively simple. > >Is there another program that is simple enough to use? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Glen, it sounds to me like you are trying to publish a single obit and have it magically appear in alphabetical order on a page that is already published. If so, EW does not work that way. You will need to open the page of obits on YOUR computer, say this page http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnchest2/obitsone/obitsd.html Type in the obit where you want it to appear on the page, then republish that particular page. Charles has given you in a previous post what you need to set up EW. Pat -----Original Message----- From: FREEPAGES-HELP [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glen peddy via FREEPAGES-HELP Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 3:18 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Glen peddy <[email protected]> Subject: [FreeHelp] Classic FTP Has anyone used Classic FTP? Is it safe and easy to use? I've NOT gotten ExpressionWeb of FileZilla to work for Me - there has to be an easier program that will let me upload a single obit in alphabetical order to the correct page on my site http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnchest2/obits.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has anyone used Classic FTP? Is it safe and easy to use? I've NOT gotten ExpressionWeb of FileZilla to work for Me - there has to be an easier program that will let me upload a single obit in alphabetical order to the correct page on my site http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnchest2/obits.html

On 12/03/2017 02:18 AM, Glen peddy via FREEPAGES-HELP wrote: > single obit in alphabetical order to the correct page on my site This confuses me. Can you please explain what you mean by the above? Your answer may lead to a better understanding of your needs and an answer to your problem. -- "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes-and ships-and sealing-wax- Of cabbages-and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot- And whether pigs have wings." Lewis Carroll _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

Glen, I did recently succeed in getting EW4 set up so that I can now publish with it. It was not my first choice, but the latest update of Firefox has destroyed my ability to use the well loved (by me anyway :-)) fireFtp extension. The following settings are under the Site tab, then select Publishing Settings, then the Publishing tab. Here are the generalized values on my Publishing Settings page: Site Name: My Web Site (I just chose this. I think it can be anything you like.) Connection Type: FTP Location: ftp://YourSite'sURL Directory: (blank) User Name: YourUserName Password: YourPassword Maximum simultaneous connections: 4 (Might need to be adjusted.) Use Passive FTP: (checked) ​That's it. I think I did have to first go to Site > Create Site​ before I could enter the above settings. I seem to recall the Publishing Settings was grayed out until I did that. Once I had created it though, it was relatively easy to enter the parameters above and get it working. I wish now I had paid more attention to what I did when I created the site so I could give you more specific guidance here, but at the time I was just struggling to get it to work. Leaving the Directory entry blank takes you to the highest level directory on the host side, but you can easily navigate to the specific folder you want to work on from there. This has been mentioned here many times before, and you may already be well aware of it, but I cannot emphasize too strongly how important it is to make your directory structure identical on the local and host sides. It just avoids a world of possible confusion! Once you do that, if you go to View > Site > Publishing and click on "Connect to the current publishing destination" you should see the local files on the left side of your screen and the host ones on the right side. There is also a little Connect icon at the top of the Site View window but it's sort of tough to see which one to use. Hope this helps. -- Charlie Carothers http://www.freebiblecommentary.org <http://freebiblecommentary.org>

I agree with Charles Carothers. I've again tried to get Expression web or Filezilla to work. For the last two days I've spent more than 10 hours that has proven to be a waste of time. Since July 2017 I've added almost nothing. If I still had the old method from Rootsweb I would have added more than 100 obits in alphabetical order to the web site. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnchest2/obits.html Since August 1 2017 I've tried for at least 120 hours - what a waste of time so far. I just want to add one Obit at a time in alphabetical order to the correct page. The old Rootsweb method was relatively simple. Is there another program that is simple enough to use? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:39 -0600 From: Charles Carothers <[email protected]> To: Freepages Help <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Problem connecting with server ?<rant> I did go read through all 8 pages of that, and to tell you the truth it left me quite frustrated. I want to *use* my computer, not spend countless hours learning all the arcane details of internet protocol, which is what all of that seems to be about. I realize that I must enter a few things in order to make an internet connection work, but I expect the software to take care of all the things that can be reasonably taken care of automatically. In other words I want it to "just work"! </rant>? My frustration with the sorry visual presentation, especially of text, in windows 10 has not helped my attitude lately. It was bad enough, but now the much vaunted "creators update" has taken away the few font controls that were there! :-( We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming of doing something pleasant like crafting a bit of html. :-) Later, -- Charlie Carothers http://www.freebiblecommentary.org <http://freebiblecommentary.org> ------------------------------

First grader to Teacher: Reading is boring! Teacher to First Grader: You must read - unless you want to rely on what other people tell you for the rest of your life, people who might be only a few hairs less than being stupid? Now, go <rant> somewhere else. :-D~~

JFlorian said: From: JFlorian <[email protected]> To: Freepages Web Sites <[email protected]> Cc: Lon Mason <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Problem connecting with server Message-ID: <[email protected]om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Read through this:https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=7876 ​<rant> I did go read through all 8 pages of that, and to tell you the truth it left me quite frustrated. I want to *use* my computer, not spend countless hours learning all the arcane details of internet protocol, which is what all of that seems to be about. I realize that I must enter a few things in order to make an internet connection work, but I expect the software to take care of all the things that can be reasonably taken care of automatically. In other words I want it to "just work"! </rant>​ My frustration with the sorry visual presentation, especially of text, in windows 10 has not helped my attitude lately. It was bad enough, but now the much vaunted "creators update" has taken away the few font controls that were there! :-( We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming of doing something pleasant like crafting a bit of html. :-) Later, -- Charlie Carothers http://www.freebiblecommentary.org <http://freebiblecommentary.org>