At 12:32 AM 10/28/2013, Jenny Volker wrote: >I made sure the "ancestry" word was removed from the url in the cod, but I >still cannot get it to go to my database. It just goes to the main search >box page. Any suggestions? As Pat G. says, you must have "ancestry" in the URL. Do NOT remove it. The other thing is the tilde in the db value. You have db value=~jlvolker It should be db value="jlvolker" Pat A.

At 12:32 AM 10/28/2013, you wrote: >I made sure the "ancestry" word was removed from the url in the cod, but I >still cannot get it to go to my database. It just goes to the main search >box page. Any suggestions? The Ancestry word needs to be in the code not removed. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/wc-search-box.html it is NOT finished except for the first search box example. I show the corrected code and the box does work. pat

I made sure the "ancestry" word was removed from the url in the cod, but I still cannot get it to go to my database. It just goes to the main search box page. Any suggestions? -----Original Message----- From: Pat Asher [mailto:pjroots@att.net] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 4:25 PM To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Search box At 06:52 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >At 04:30 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: > >1) http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wclinks2.html (the one I > >modified) > > >This one did not work when I tried it. I think because you use >"http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi" > >and the code example does not include ancestry so when you add a search >name you only get the redirect to the search rather than a listing of >names. Thank you for catching that! I could make a note about the instructions, but I wonder if Randy could make a change to the script to match the posted instructions. Randy??? Pat A.

Judy, Take a good look at what the actual code is on the page. You say that you have ALT="Florence May etc..", but the validator is saying that is NOT the case. Check that the ALT is really there. Barry

(Note: I removed the surnames and city so it doesn't come up in RW List Searches.) I want to clarify this so I can write other pages right. Should I always put a p in front of img class= or just assume the p exists before an img class ? I don't understand why it would matter whether it is a /p after the image line...or a br. Can anyone explain why I got the errors below... Validator hollers with <....img class="imgrgt" src="images/rockey-florence-mae-brockway-glass.jpg" ALT="Florence May Rockey" width="150" height="173"> <...br> <----THIS. Validator wants /p there The rest of the page validated except this section. I'm showing how I had it BEFORE. Now, with /p in that spot, it validates. <...p>Florence 'May' xxx<br> (mo da, 1948 - mo da, 2006)</p> <br> [Line 76] <...img class="imgrgt" src="images/xxx-florence-mae-brockway-glass.jpg" ALT="Florence May xxx" width="150" height="173"> <..br> <-----THIS is what Validator said was wrong. Tidy put /p there. [[Line 78 starts here ]] <p>Florence May xxx ...plain text...been ill since November 2005.<..br> <..br> She was born ...plain text... Kenneth M. 'Dick' xxx<br> <..br> <..br> Ms. xxx was ...plain text... Glass.</p> <..p>Ms. xxx was a ...plain text... grandchildren. </p> <..p>Surviving are ...plain text... and cousins.<br> <br> Friends will be received ...plain text... PA 15090</p> Validator kept saying these: Line 78, Column 24: "FLORENCE" is not a member of a group specified for any attribute Florence May xxx, 58, of xxx, died at 9:30 a.m. Error Line 78, Column 28: "MAY" is not a member of a group specified for any attribute Florence May xxx, 58, of xxx, died at 9:30 a.m. Error Line 78, Column 34: "Lastname was here" is not a member of a group specified for any attribute Florence May xxx, 58, of xxx, died at 9:30 a.m. Error Line 78, Column 34: character "," not allowed in attribute specification list Florence May xxx, 58, of xxx, died at 9:30 a.m. Judy

At 05:00 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >Still have some tweaking to do but here is the new page: >http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/zcurr-css-test-2013/lane_bk1_test.htm Congratulations! And when you look at the page source, it should be much easier to work with since what you have is straight html code. pat

At 06:52 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >At 04:30 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: > >1) http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wclinks2.html (the one I modified) > > >This one did not work when I tried it. I think because you use >"http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi" > >and the code example does not include ancestry so when you add a >search name you only get the redirect to the search rather than a >listing of names. Thank you for catching that! I could make a note about the instructions, but I wonder if Randy could make a change to the script to match the posted instructions. Randy??? Pat A.

At 04:30 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >1) http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wclinks2.html (the one I modified) This one did not work when I tried it. I think because you use "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi" and the code example does not include ancestry so when you add a search name you only get the redirect to the search rather than a listing of names. pat

At 05:00 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >Is the notice box restricted to just a few lines? Can other code like p >class center or em be used inside the notice box? When I insert code >around text and put it into that box, the text drops to below/outside the >notice box. ============ Style rules for the notice box include NOT height rule so it should adjust to the amount of text you put in it. You should be able to center a paragraph within the box or use em with no problem. Try it and see, that is the best way to learn. I tend to use percentages for the width of the divs and add padding in pixels. Try wwhat you want and see how it displays in the various browser windows. Resize your browser window to see what happens as the viewport gets smaller. See http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp and http://css-tricks.com/the-css-box-model/ pat

At 05:04 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >Does the same code work to go to a specific page of someone's Ancestry.com >tree? This is the code I use to go to a specific person. <........li><a href="<view-source:http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/Geary/view-source:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=gearyfamily&id=I120>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=gearyfamily&id=I120" title="Descendant's Chart - Josiah Moose">Descendant's Chart - Josiah Moose</a></li> Example: Under Moose Family - Descendant's Chart. I use simple text links to my WorldConnect Trees so have not tried the code Pat A uses. pat g

Pat A & Pat G, Does the same code work to go to a specific page of someone's Ancestry.com tree? Judy

Pat, That <....br style="clear: left"> fixed the Preview presentation problems and the ability to use a regular ul on the same page as class bookindx. However, since the regular ul uses a different font, I decided to re-use the class... and still used the br style clear.... Both big and little lists are working and presenting just fine now in Preview. I guess Frontpage just needed the br clear as a 'loudspeaker' to yell at it "the big list code is over & done..., let's do something else now." Question: If I do bookindx at 45% width (90% overall) then, do I need to make the padding 5% right (total 10%) -- or will the bookindx just adjust itself to total 100% ? Is the notice box restricted to just a few lines? Can other code like p class center or em be used inside the notice box? When I insert code around text and put it into that box, the text drops to below/outside the notice box. Still have some tweaking to do but here is the new page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/zcurr-css-test-2013/lane_bk1_test.htm Judy

At 12:23 PM 10/25/2013, Jenny Volker wrote: >Could someone look at my code on >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~volker/familytree.html and >tell me why the search box for World Connect doesn't work? It used to be >that if I typed in a surname, it would take me to my family tree. Now, it >just takes me to the main search engine boxes for World Connect. I can't >get it to connect directly to my tree. Jenny, omit the tilde before your account name in the line <.input type=hidden name=db value=~jlvolker> Also, values should always be enclosed in quotation marks, i.e. <input type=hidden name=db value="jlvolker"> FWIW, the coding Pat referenced from my pages is only one version of the WC search box. RootsWeb has supplied coding for 2 variations: 1) http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wclinks2.html (the one I modified) 2) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rootsweb/links/trees.html Links to both sets of instructions appear at http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasher/genesite.htm Pat A.

Judy, What you are attempting to do is easiest achieved by placing everything in one bug list. That might seem a difficult proposition when confronted with all the MS Word mark-up, but what you want is something equivalent to that which is currently rendering. So, I copied & pasted the index of names (as rendered) into a spreadsheet. I noted that each family group name was separated from the previous group by a line space and used the vacant line as a reference in a formula to place an <li> tag to the left on every line except the line immediately following the line-space, which had <li class="surname"> inserted. A small code sample follows:- <!--// <style> body {font-size:1em} ul { font-family:'Courier New',adobe-courier,Courier; font-size:85%; list-style:none; margin-left:10px; padding-left:0 } li.surname { font-weight:bold; margin-top:15px } </style> <ul> <li class='surname'> ABSHER <li> Mary Frances (Lane) Absher, 130 <li> <li class='surname'> ADAMS <li> Florence Olive (Carks) Adams, S-6, S-10 <li> Helen (Adams) Garber, 112 <li> <li class='surname'> AINSWORTH, 39 all <li> Alexander Scott Ainsworth <li> Elizabeth Ann Ainsworth <li> Gayle Ainsworth <li> Judith Ann (Lane) Ainsworth <li> Michael Edward Ainsworth <li> Michelle Lee (Macke) Ainsworth <li> Scott Bradley Ainsworth <li> <li class='surname'> ANDREWS <li> Nancy (Andrews) Bradshaw, 114 </ul> //--> You'll note the empty lines also have an <li> tag, but that's not a problem as the line just collapses when it is empty. With over 1300 lines of code, to start meddling would be a big task! The code is validated HTML5. The font-size has been set as 1em (16px) in the body and renders at 85% of that (~14px) in the list. I've attached a copy of the file by separate email. Barry --------------------- On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:00:38 +1300, JFlorian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: > This is in the next folder I need to convert. One page is a 'book > index' > that lists surnames as headers, then full names, and page numbers. > (Original Page:) > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/lanefam/lane_book1.htm >

I'm looking for the html code to point to my guestbook form. On my home page I only want the guestbook sign, not the whole form. I've created a separate web page for this, but cannot get the two to link up. Valerie

Using Pat Asher's stie as an example <.....form method="post" action="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi" target="_blank"> <.....table style="border: 3px solid rgb(175, 188, 35);" bgcolor="white" border="0" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" width="350"> <....tr> <....td align="center" bgcolor="white" nowrap="nowrap"> <img alt="RootsWeb" src="graphics/logo_trees.gif" height="56" width="240"><br><font face="Arial"><b>Search the VOLKER DATABASE</b></font> <...input name="db" value="jlvolker" type="hidden"> <........input name="op" value="SRCH" type="hidden"><br><br> <.......input name="surname" size="25" type="text"><input name="submit" value="List" type="submit"> </td> </tr> </table> </form> appears to work. At least it does when I test it. pat At 12:23 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >Could someone look at my code on >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~volker/familytree.html and >tell me why the search box for World Connect doesn't work? It used to be >that if I typed in a surname, it would take me to my family tree. Now, it >just takes me to the main search engine boxes for World Connect. I can't >get it to connect directly to my tree. > > > >The code is copied from >http://rootsweb.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3311/kw/linking%20world >connect%20to%20my%20home%20page/session/L3RpbWUvMTM4MjcxNzk2OS9zaWQvM0hvNXJI >RGw%3D > > > >My tree is at wc.rootsweb.com/~jlvolker > > > >Thanks lots, > >Jenny > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 08:30 AM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >I'm looking for the html code to point to my guestbook form. On my home >page I only want the guestbook sign, not the whole form. I've created a >separate web page for this, but cannot get the two to link up. ============ Trying again- - - - <code> <p><a target="_blank" href="<view-source:http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/lanefam/view-source:http://resources.rootsweb.com/%7Eguestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=6338&action=view>http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=6338&amp;action=view">VIEW GUESTBOOK</a></p></code> Change the number to what your gb number is pat

At 08:30 AM 10/25/2013, you wrote: >I'm looking for the html code to point to my guestbook form. On my home >page I only want the guestbook sign, not the whole form. I've created a >separate web page for this, but cannot get the two to link up. ============ <p><a target="_blank" href="<view-source:http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/lanefam/view-source:http://resources.rootsweb.com/%7Eguestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=6338&action=view>http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=6338&amp;action=view">VIEW GUESTBOOK</a></p> Change the number to what your gb number is pat

Could someone look at my code on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~volker/familytree.html and tell me why the search box for World Connect doesn't work? It used to be that if I typed in a surname, it would take me to my family tree. Now, it just takes me to the main search engine boxes for World Connect. I can't get it to connect directly to my tree. The code is copied from http://rootsweb.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3311/kw/linking%20world connect%20to%20my%20home%20page/session/L3RpbWUvMTM4MjcxNzk2OS9zaWQvM0hvNXJI RGw%3D My tree is at wc.rootsweb.com/~jlvolker Thanks lots, Jenny

>Template questions... >1. Before the /body and /html.... Why does the template 'lose' one of the >/div (close div) tags sometimes? It either loses the one above the 3rd >background comment OR sometimes above the 2nd background comment line. I >don't hand copy the template... I use the program such as with the template >opened, I do Save As...and name it for my new page. .So I'm not doing >something that changes the template code. ================ I'll blame it on the ancient version of FP you are using for lack of anything else. I really have no idea. ================= >2. The template OR new pages often loses the Bottom _include. This can >happen at any time, even without adding content. ============== Lose it in the code actually disappears OR you just cannot see it? If the latter, that happens even in EW. Saving all open pages and hitting refresh will fix it in EW. Not sure about your version of FP. ===================== >1. In Normal View in Frontpage, the page loses everything except the brown >background. Why? HOWEVER, switching to Preview everything IS there and >like I said, the code validates. It almost seems something is 'confusing' >the program-- everytime I open the page, things are gone but only in Normal >View. I re-validate immediately and the code is okay. ================= Normal View in FP and Design View in EW was NEVER meant to show the page as it displays in the browser. The more complext your code gets and the more css you use, th emore you are going to see this in FP. FP (any version does not even give you a doctype statement to start your page. As long as your page displays in the browser or browsers and validates, you are probably going to have to live with the quirks of the program. I believe you are using FP2000 which was released in 1999 - eons ago in the web development world. ===================== >2. Sometimes AFTER Template-SaveAs and I add content and Save it, the new >page loses the Top _include OR the Bottom _include. The _include code >appears exactly like it was, but it starts to throw a Component Error and >doesn't show the include... I re-insert it using the "insert component" >from the tool bar and it works again. Any idea why this happens? =============== Sorry, I do not. ================== >3. On class .bookindx regarding the 40% width... Can that be 45% or even >48% ? =============== You can experiment with the width BUT be sure and check your page display in several different browsers. If you want some spacing within the divs, you can add some padding. If you just want padding on one side add padding-right: 10px; to the style rules for the .bookindx div. .bookindx { font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; float: left; width: 40%; padding-right: 10px; } Remember, this is going to add padding to the right side of both divs. ===================== >4. What piece of .bookindx would put more padding between column 1 and >column 2? Or what line do I add to the CSS -- and WHERE do I put it -- to >add padding between Col 1 / Col 2? Reason: The page numbers for names in >Column 1 are right up against the first name in column 2. So looking >across, it might look like ================== See above ==================== >5. Lastly, with the div class bookindx used in a page and enclosed in div >/div, then, why won't just a regular ul work on the same page? Why does >the regular ul list "behave" as if it is part of the div class bookindx >even with that div closed, and no class put on the other ul? Is there any >way to force a second list to make a separate listing (1 or 2 columns, >while above it is the first div class bookindx ? Like >div class bookindx >ul >list items appearing in 2 columns >rest of code to end / exit this list >end div >space >open div (no class put here) >ul >list items of a separate list in 2 columns (items I don't want in the first >list) >rest of code to end / exit this list >close div ============== Works for me! There is no need to put any kind of class on the ul or li within the bookindx div. The list picks up the styles from the div and supporting rules. If you want the Other Persons Mentioned list to use regular list styles, you should not have to do anything. If you want them to look like the list above enclose them in the div with class bookindx applied. If you want them to look different then create another set of style rules following the way I did the bookindx ones. >How would I do this 2nd list? Does a list 2 need a completely different >class name to work? > >Also does this mean I will always need to present lists by using bookindx > ... or can I make regular ul on other pages? =============== See http://www.css-layouts.org/florian-family/book-index2.html which was updated with what it looks like you want. Regular lists should work as regular lists UNLESS they are within a div with class bookindx applied. pat