maybe this info can help.... http://ftm.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3673/~/opening-old-and-unsupported-files-in-family-tree-maker I do have 7.5 -12 versions. Not sure what version your needing. Terrie -------------------------------------------------- From: <freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 1:00 AM To: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 8, Issue 85 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. old ancestry software (Barbara F Cozine) 2. Re: old ancestry software (JFlorian) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:23:22 -0400 From: "Barbara F Cozine" <bfcozine@ptd.net> Subject: [FreeHelp] old ancestry software To: <FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000801ce784c$b1887200$14995600$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Does any on here use the old ancestry software for maintaining genealogy records and creating web pages for uploading to freepages? I have the "help feature" but do not have the User Manual and have been unable to find one online. I have one specific issue that I do not know how to rectify. When I make a new web page to upload and I upload it, I lose my current index file and several other files. To get around it, after uploading the new web page which contains the updated data on individuals, I must then upload the current index file and the other files that disappear. Barbara ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:40:57 -0400 From: JFlorian <cageycat@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] old ancestry software To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAE5hz-B-wi0WTX1B5xg7sd7NTwNo9Sb3S8XTQM=X9g-Gwuaq3Q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Do you mean this "old ancestry software"? -- http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.software.ancfamtree/186/mb.ashx Barbara, why not investigate different WYSIWYG Web maker programs? "What you see is what you get" program allows you to see what you're making, but also to see the code of what you're doing, so you learn a little coding at the same time. A webmaking program should not over-write or remove web page files when a user uploads a new file with a different name. So, index.html only gets over-written if it is different in size or content from the previous index.html If ancestry's old program is removing or overwriting files when you don't want it to do that, it would be more than enough reason for me to switch programs asap. Judy On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: > Does any on here use the old ancestry software for maintaining genealogy > records and creating web pages for uploading to freepages? I have the > "help > feature" but do not have the User Manual and have been unable to find one > online. I have one specific issue that I do not know how to rectify. > When > I make a new web page to upload and I upload it, I lose my current index > file and several other files. To get around it, after uploading the new > web > page which contains the updated data on individuals, I must then upload > the > current index file and the other files that disappear. Barbara > ------------------------------ To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 8, Issue 85 *********************************************
Do you mean this "old ancestry software"? -- http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.software.ancfamtree/186/mb.ashx Barbara, why not investigate different WYSIWYG Web maker programs? "What you see is what you get" program allows you to see what you're making, but also to see the code of what you're doing, so you learn a little coding at the same time. A webmaking program should not over-write or remove web page files when a user uploads a new file with a different name. So, index.html only gets over-written if it is different in size or content from the previous index.html If ancestry's old program is removing or overwriting files when you don't want it to do that, it would be more than enough reason for me to switch programs asap. Judy On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: > Does any on here use the old ancestry software for maintaining genealogy > records and creating web pages for uploading to freepages? I have the > "help > feature" but do not have the User Manual and have been unable to find one > online. I have one specific issue that I do not know how to rectify. When > I make a new web page to upload and I upload it, I lose my current index > file and several other files. To get around it, after uploading the new > web > page which contains the updated data on individuals, I must then upload the > current index file and the other files that disappear. Barbara >
Does any on here use the old ancestry software for maintaining genealogy records and creating web pages for uploading to freepages? I have the "help feature" but do not have the User Manual and have been unable to find one online. I have one specific issue that I do not know how to rectify. When I make a new web page to upload and I upload it, I lose my current index file and several other files. To get around it, after uploading the new web page which contains the updated data on individuals, I must then upload the current index file and the other files that disappear. Barbara
Judy, I know you and others on this list learned the hard way, that a little time spent mastering the basics of HTML will save you many grey/gray hairs in the longer term. As a recent example, the basic index.htm page generated by MS Word and posted at:- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cozine/ comprised 30KB of code, and that is excluding the Rootsweb Banner code. The same page in HTML5 is a 20th of the size, coming in at 1.5KB. It really is a "no brainer". Barry On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:16:05 +1200, JFlorian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: > I was MUCH happier after I saw how bad Word coding is and after I had to > convert all those pages...ugh. I'll never use MS Word again for a > webpage. >
That is just amazing Barry. I am so glad I learnt HTML My best wishes, Jill Glamorgan Mailing List's website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barry Carlson Sent: 02 July 2013 04:41 To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] guest book Judy, I know you and others on this list learned the hard way, that a little time spent mastering the basics of HTML will save you many grey/gray hairs in the longer term. As a recent example, the basic index.htm page generated by MS Word and posted at:- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cozine/ comprised 30KB of code, and that is excluding the Rootsweb Banner code. The same page in HTML5 is a 20th of the size, coming in at 1.5KB. It really is a "no brainer". Barry
I was MUCH happier after I saw how bad Word coding is and after I had to convert all those pages...ugh. I'll never use MS Word again for a webpage. Judy On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: > Once agaIn I would like to thank each of you for your help. Being a newbie > I really need and appreciate your help. I have decided that I need to > learn > code rather than rely on Word conversion, thus I have started an on-line > code tutorial. > >
Hi Barbara, It now says 267! My best wishes, Jill Glamorgan Mailing List's website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara F Cozine Sent: 25 June 2013 21:22 To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: [FreeHelp] rootsweb counter I used the rootsweb site to create a counter for my website. I added it to the very bottom of the coding on the Index.html page. I have gone to my website several times and the counter remains on "00001" It is also not visible on the page unless I scroll down a few lines. I tried a troubleshooting search to no avail, thus this post. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help. Barbara http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/ ------------------------------- 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 11:52 AM 7/1/2013, you wrote: >Once agaIn I would like to thank each of you for your help. Being a newbie >I really need and appreciate your help. I have decided that I need to learn >code rather than rely on Word conversion, thus I have started an on-line >code tutorial. Excellent choice, Barbara. You will be much happier with what you are able to do and it will make it easier for you find and fix things that may go worng with your pages. pat
Once agaIn I would like to thank each of you for your help. Being a newbie I really need and appreciate your help. I have decided that I need to learn code rather than rely on Word conversion, thus I have started an on-line code tutorial. Barbara
Oops, I just realized I left out the closing HEAD tag in my example. With that coding added, it should look like this: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <.html> <.head>Guestbook<./head> <.body background="images/BROWN1.JPG"> ***** Paste the guestbook code you were given here ***** <.body> <.html> At 09:26 AM 6/30/2013, you wrote: >Barbara, > >I found your guestbook. It is located at >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/Guest%20Book/BEGIN%20GUESTBOOK.htm > >However, you have uploaded the page as code instead of a web >page. To change that, you need to paste the guestbook code you were >given into the "source" for the web page. > >1) Open your text editor. I assume you are using Notepad. > >2) Type, or copy and paste, the following: > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 >Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> ><.html> ><.head> ><.body background="images/BROWN1.JPG"> > >***** Paste the guestbook code you were given here ***** > ><.body> ><.html> > > >3) Save as: guestbook.html > >4) Upload to the subdirectory "Guest Book" > >5) On your index page, change the link to > ><.a href="Guest%20Book"/guestbook.html"> > >and upload your revised index. > >I have used leading dots in the html tags to keep email readers from >executing the code. You will need to remove them when creating the >code for your web page. > > > >Pat A. > > > > > > > > >At 09:52 PM 6/29/2013, you wrote: > >Barry, > > > > > > > >I did read each and every post and tried to do everything told to me. The > >directory that the guestbook is in is correct when compared with all the > >other items on my index. I also tried and uploaded to the directory that > >you noted. Nothing. I went to file manager and opened the guest book code > >to check it. I compared it to what Pat had in her tutorial and added a bit > >of code to make it match. I will read the rest of your latest and see if I > >can work through it. I have spent the entire day trying to fix the problem > >and am completely overwhelmed. I will let you know how I make out with the > >rest of your suggestions. Thank you again, > > > > > > > >Barbara > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:29:55 +1200, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: > Is there anyone who can look at my Url and fix my guestbook broken link > for > me? I am willing to pay. I can't fix it myself. I used a free online > error checker and have the line numbers for the errors. When I went to > filed editor, I did not know how to fix the problems or find the errors. > -------------------------------- Barbara, Did you read all the emails sent to you on this subject yesterday?? You are the only person who can fix the broken links on your site. In the case of your Guest Book, if you go to File Manager, enter your site by selecting the Genealogy community and click on the Enter File Manager button. You will be presented with a list of files in your Root Directory. At the top of that list will appear any sub-directories (they will appear as links) and to find your missing Guest%20Book.htm file, (a) select the radio button to the left of the first one (b) click on the link to the directory, and its contents will be listed. (c) if there are further subdirectories listed, repeat (a) and (b). (d) to get back to the root directory, click the Up One Level link until you get there. Now repeat the above on any other directories/sub-directories linked from the root directory. If the Guest%20Book.htm file is found, make note of the directory it is in with reference to the root directory and change you link on the index.htm page to reflect that, e.g. <a href="new-directory/Guest%20Book.htm">My Guest Book</a> The organization of you computer Folders and website Directories is best kept "relative", i.e. if on your computer the Cozine website folder contains your index.htm file and your Guest%20Book.htm file is located in the sub-folder guestbook, then the link on your computer should appear as:- <a href="guestbook/Guest%20Book.htm">My Guest Book<a> Create the same sub-directory on the FreePages website and load the Guest%20Book.htm file to it. Now upload the changed index.htm file to your root directory and the link will work. P.S. Those %20 characters represent a space, and I wrote about that yesterday. Barry
Barbara, I found your guestbook. It is located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/Guest%20Book/BEGIN%20GUESTBOOK.htm However, you have uploaded the page as code instead of a web page. To change that, you need to paste the guestbook code you were given into the "source" for the web page. 1) Open your text editor. I assume you are using Notepad. 2) Type, or copy and paste, the following: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <.html> <.head> <.body background="images/BROWN1.JPG"> ***** Paste the guestbook code you were given here ***** <.body> <.html> 3) Save as: guestbook.html 4) Upload to the subdirectory "Guest Book" 5) On your index page, change the link to <.a href="Guest%20Book"/guestbook.html"> and upload your revised index. I have used leading dots in the html tags to keep email readers from executing the code. You will need to remove them when creating the code for your web page. Pat A. At 09:52 PM 6/29/2013, you wrote: >Barry, > > > >I did read each and every post and tried to do everything told to me. The >directory that the guestbook is in is correct when compared with all the >other items on my index. I also tried and uploaded to the directory that >you noted. Nothing. I went to file manager and opened the guest book code >to check it. I compared it to what Pat had in her tutorial and added a bit >of code to make it match. I will read the rest of your latest and see if I >can work through it. I have spent the entire day trying to fix the problem >and am completely overwhelmed. I will let you know how I make out with the >rest of your suggestions. Thank you again, > > > >Barbara > > >------------------------------- >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
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:40:21 +1200, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh@swbell.net> wrote: > In names like McKinney the small "c" is traditionally at the top of the > line. Using the "sup" tag places it partially above the line of text. Is > there some way to move it to the top of the line without going above? > ------------------------- Billie, The Mc or Mac can be positioned correctly using relative positioning when the 'c' or 'ac' is placed within a <span> tag. I have just put together a rough example at:- http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bristowe/test/gaelic-mc.html ... and that example allows you to try 3 separate fonts and sizes. To save mark-up, I've used a very under utilized <s> tag in lieu of the <span> tag, and you will be able to see for your self the styles used. Barry
Also where do I paste it? On a page by itself? Yep, yep. The "sign Guestbook" must be a page/file you create, just like any other web page. Except, on this page, you will make "a form" using text boxes. Each text box is up to you. As an example for Visitors: Your Name: Box Your email: Box Your Primary Surname: Box Your Family Surnames: Box Your Research Concern: Box Your memories about xxxx: Box Comments: Box Each "text box" must be given a size/shape -- you enter numbers into the coding to make a tall-wide box, or a short one line box. This is your "guestbook.html" page. The "guestbook.html" page is "linked" to your index.html page. BUT it must also be identified in your "guestbook code". The "guestbook.html" name goes in one spot... the number assigned to you goes in the line that says resources at rootsweb. Go line by line in the guestbook CODE, the one that has form method at the top. Judy
First, creation of forms trips everyone up in the beginning. Don't think you can't do it--- it's just new info to learn. Second, you wrote: "The directory that the guestbook is in is correct when compared with all the other items on my index" This is great IF all the other items are in the SAME Sub-folder. If you have the other items loose under "genealogy" then that isn't in a sub-folder. It would be easier if you have the guestbook.html page "loose" under the genealogy folder, like the index.html page must be -- NOT in a folder. Then you don't have to worry about how many directories you need, each with a / slash before and after. When writing a relative (short) link by hand, you must include the right number of /directory/directory/before the web file...so it's very easy to mess it up. I used to sit taking out ../../ until I thought I'd cry, just trying to get the right number of .../directory/ in a link. (I'd wonder, is it 2 of these .../.../... or 3 of these .../.../.../ to get to the right directory!) Go back to the beginning and go step by step. Rename your guestbook with no spaces in the name, get rid of that percent20percent. (it's much better without spaces in file names). Next... Look at the code given for "the guestbook"... make the Guestbook page. Next, link from your index page to the guestbook.html page. Remember, you need a Sign Link and a View Link on your Index page, if you want people to Sign ... and View (one without the other doesn't do much good...giggle). To give you an example of link coding for this, on my index page I put my links in a table... (and minus any dots you see in this) align="center"><...a href="../life_gb_march-16-2008.htm" target="_blank"><b><....font size="2">SIGN "Life in Washington Co PA" Guestbook</font></b></a> <p><....a target="_blank" href=" http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=FOUR-DIGIT-NUMBER&action=view"><b><....font size="2">VIEW GUESTBOOK</font></b></a></p> NOTE: "Life in Washington Co PA" is what I named the gb ON the Guestbook Sign page as a title. Do you see this part? a href="../life_gb_march-16-2008.htm" target= See how it has href=".../filename.html" That is where your file name for Signing Guestbook will go -- the page with your boxes. See where it says a target="_blank" href="with a http web address to resources at rootsweb" --- that is RW's place to View the guestbook. (If you want to see the entire code for mine, I can send it separate. I'm just showing pieces below.) NOW... on your page for Sign Guestbook -- the actual file, the code should start with (IGNORE DOTS) <!-- ************************ BEGIN GUESTBOOK ********************* --> <....a name="guestbook"></a> <....form method=POST action=" http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=FOUR-DIGIT-NUMBER&action=submit "> Does your form method line look like that? But with your number in the line where it says Four-Digit-Number. Your next lines should say <....INPUT TYPE=text name= This is where you assign names for the boxes for info. Like if you want a visitor to give their name, your Input name would be Name: For Surnames the Input name is Surnames. I have some inputs I named "personal1" "personal2" "personal13" for longer text titles, like: for, as an example, "What is your favorite area/town in the County?" After all your boxes are finished, the last line of the code looks like this: Type "End": <....INPUT TYPE=text name="End" size=28> The problem is undoubtedly an error where you put the guestbook name in the coding, or in how you linked from Index to your Sign guestbook file. Judy On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: Barry, I did read each and every post and tried to do everything told to me. The directory that the guestbook is in is correct when compared with all the other items on my index. I also tried and uploaded to the directory that you noted. Nothing. I went to file manager and opened the guest book code to check it. I compared it to what Pat had in her tutorial and added a bit of code to make it match. I will read the rest of your latest and see if I can work through it. I have spent the entire day trying to fix the problem and am completely overwhelmed. I will let you know how I make out with the rest of your suggestions. Thank you again, Barbara
Barry, I did read each and every post and tried to do everything told to me. The directory that the guestbook is in is correct when compared with all the other items on my index. I also tried and uploaded to the directory that you noted. Nothing. I went to file manager and opened the guest book code to check it. I compared it to what Pat had in her tutorial and added a bit of code to make it match. I will read the rest of your latest and see if I can work through it. I have spent the entire day trying to fix the problem and am completely overwhelmed. I will let you know how I make out with the rest of your suggestions. Thank you again, Barbara
On 06/29/2013 03:42 PM, Barry Carlson wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:40:21 +1200, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh@swbell.net> > wrote: > >> In names like McKinney the small "c" is traditionally at the top of the >> line. Using the "sup" tag places it partially above the line of text. Is >> there some way to move it to the top of the line without going above? >> > ------------------------- > Billie, > > The Mc or Mac can be positioned correctly using relative positioning when > the 'c' or 'ac' is placed within a <span> tag. > > I have just put together a rough example at:- > > http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bristowe/test/gaelic-mc.html > > ... and that example allows you to try 3 separate fonts and sizes. > > To save mark-up, I've used a very under utilized <s> tag in lieu of the > <span> tag, and you will be able to see for your self the styles used. > > Barry That is so cool. Thank you so much. I wasn't sure it could be done and it's such a minor little thing but I figured if it was possible you, or someone, would know how. -- “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” -Albert Einstein "A great moral force is a bayonet on a gun and a web-belt full of cartridges." -Colonel John S. Poland, U. S. Army - 1894 _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
Is there anyone who can look at my Url and fix my guestbook broken link for me? I am willing to pay. I can't fix it myself. I used a free online error checker and have the line numbers for the errors. When I went to filed editor, I did not know how to fix the problems or find the errors. Barbara
At 11:43 AM 6/29/2013, you wrote: >I tried to follow the instructions on Pat Geary's instruction lesson. I am >totally lost. Pat says to insert the information in the area that she has >in red. When I look at what they told me to copy and paste, following the > >The gb = is the number 10911. What relevance does that have? Should I >replace it with the name of my guestbook website. I really do no know why I >am having so much trouble with this! Here is the code that was on the page >that they told me to copy and paste relative to Pat Geary's red highlighted >area on her instgruction page. ================ I assume you are following the instructions on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/create-rootsweb-guestbook.html The first two places where it says insert guestbook id is where the 10911 would go. The other three places in red are where you insert the questions you want to ask your viewer. You have to decide what they are. pat Pat Geary Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook (free) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html
Judy, That's what I tried to do. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 3:00 AM To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 8, Issue 79 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. guest book (Barbara F Cozine) 2. Re: guest book (Pat Asher) 3. Re: guest book (JFlorian) 4. Re: guest book (Barry Carlson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:32:44 -0400 From: "Barbara F Cozine" <bfcozine@ptd.net> Subject: [FreeHelp] guest book To: <FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000001ce7436$438c3080$caa49180$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I used Rootsweb to create a guest book. I think that I did not understand the "saving" instructions correctly. I added the link to the guest book web page to my Index file. I saved the Guest Book into a sub Folder and uploaded it to a sub directory. The link is broken and will not work. When I open the "Guest Book Html" it does not open up like a web page but opens as page full of text. Thus I believe the problem is with the Guest Book Web page. I ran Xena and it said "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/index%20with%20gue stbook_files/filelist.xml" not found. Here is my URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/ Barbara ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:31:27 -0400 From: Pat Asher <pjroots@att.net> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] guest book To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <204408.93952.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed What is the URL of the subdirectory where you uploaded the web page containing the html code for your guest book? What is the name of the page containing the html code for your guest book? Pat A. At 03:32 PM 6/28/2013, Barbara F Cozine wrote: >I used Rootsweb to create a guest book. I think that I did not >understand the "saving" instructions correctly. I added the link to >the guest book web page to my Index file. I saved the Guest Book into >a sub Folder and uploaded it to a sub directory. The link is broken >and will not work. When I open the "Guest Book Html" it does not open >up like a web page but opens as page full of text. Thus I believe the >problem is with the Guest Book Web page. I ran Xena and it said >"http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/index%20with% >20gue >stbook_files/filelist.xml" not found. > > > >Here is my URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:28:09 -0400 From: JFlorian <cageycat@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] guest book To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAE5hz-CAJTRxa3Mp9XG=vBg5Ni9q6T2Lj7yWGxYY3Wws98fbBQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Barbara, I'm not sure where you got this URL?? < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/index%20with%20gue stbook_files/filelist.xml > The link to your Guestbook is put on your index.html page And inside the code for the index.html page you put the coding. So I originally named my guestbook page --the file--- as this:: life_gb_march-16-2008.htm<http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flo rian/life_gb_march-16-2008.htm> in my "family" RW category/directory. which becomes: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/life_gb_march-16-2008 .htm The above has the boxes where people can "Sign", e.g. enter the items, in the boxes I designated. If I'm not mistaken, RW then assigns the URL to view the guestbook, so for mine, that is http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=633 8&action=view So the index page ... and the Guestbook Sign and Guestbook View... are 3 separate web pages... and you actually make 2 of those pages to initiate the View Page that RW makes. Is that how you made your Guestbook? Judy On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: > I used Rootsweb to create a guest book. I think that I did not > understand the "saving" instructions correctly. I added the link to > the guest book web page to my Index file. I saved the Guest Book into > a sub Folder and uploaded it to a sub directory. The link is broken and will not work. > When > I open the "Guest Book Html" it does not open up like a web page but > opens as page full of text. Thus I believe the problem is with the > Guest Book Web page. I ran Xena and it said " > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/index%20with% > 20gue > stbook_files/filelist.xml" not found. > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:18:40 +1200 From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarlson@vodafone.co.nz> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] guest book To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.wzetledc2mma7t@user-pc.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:32:44 +1200, Barbara F Cozine <bfcozine@ptd.net> wrote: > I used Rootsweb to create a guest book. I think that I did not > understand the "saving" instructions correctly. ------------------------- Barbara, Your link to your guestbook is as follows:- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/Guest Book.htm You have indicated that you had placed it into another directory and loaded it to the website. If you have placed it into another directory, the link above on your index.htm page should be changed to take account of that fact, e.g. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cozine/new-directory/Guest Book.htm I have also found that you appear to have created a Xenu sitemap / Google sitemap, and broken links to those also show up when scanning your site. One word of caution when using the Xenu Sleuth utility; it can only follow links, and will not find those files that have become "orphaned", i.e. without links. Also, when naming your files, it is best practice to avoid using spaces as they show up as %20, and don't aid in the readability at all. I suggest you resort to standardizing your naming conventions to either of the following:- (a) guest-book.htm (b) guest_book.htm (c) GuestBook.htm If you have had difficulty with creating the guestbook page, I suggest if you haven't already done so to take a look at Pat Geary's comprehensive description at:- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gearyfamily/create-rootsweb-guestbo ok.html Barry ------------------------------ To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 8, Issue 79 *********************************************