Hi, I have made a freepages site, but I can not get all the information that I have on it. I have tried uploading my gedcom file to it, but the Web won't read it. Kind Regards, Jemma Gillon

At 12:30 PM 8/4/2012, jemma gillon wrote: >Hi, > >I have made a freepages site, but I can not get all the information that I >have on it. I have tried uploading my gedcom file to it, but the Web won't >read it. No if you are going to publish your GEDCOM file, you need to put it on the WorldConnect project. Much easier to do and all the formatting is taken care of for you. You can then link that part of your site to whatever you choose to use your FreePages space for. Example: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gearyfamily&id=I76 which links back to the narrative part of our site http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/Geary/ More on WOrldConnect http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ pat Pat Geary Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook (free) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html

----- Original Message ----- From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com> To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 3:00 AM Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 7, Issue 78 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*** &lt;http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/fpindex.html> Today's Topics: 1. Re: Help with code (Sandra Van Erp) 2. Re: Help with code (Barry Carlson) 3. Re: Help with code (Ralph Taylor) 4. Re: Help with code (Barry Carlson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:54:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Sandra Van Erp <svanerp@att.net<mailto:svanerp@att.net>> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Help with code To: rootsweb freepages <freepages-help@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <1342979670.32484.YahooMailClassic@web184903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com<mailto:1342979670.32484.YahooMailClassic@web184903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Barry - thank you very much for your response. I created 2 test files for the 2 pages, they are: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~folp/museumtourguide/test-index_home_page.html<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~folp/museumtourguide/test-index_home_page.html> http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~folp/museumtourguide/test-site_index.html<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~folp/museumtourguide/test-site_index.html> Once the test files display correctly in both browsers, will just copy/paste the code to the originals. I made the edit you suggested on the test-site_index.html page, viewed it in IE9 and my primary, Firefox.....they are now both displaying a left alignment. THANK YOU!! Could I ask you to look at the test page for index_home_page.html? Tried to make the same edit on it, Firefox is still fine, IE9 is still center alignment in the one cell table. Apparently the pages aren't the same or similar...or I flubbed up. Guess by comparing your edit with my original, hopefully can determine what I originally did wrong. I'm sure by current web design standards there are many code errors, but I'm really trying not to use an editor or get bogged down in the various versions of html, css, browsers, etc. If my pages read ok in a reasonably recent version of Firefox and IE, that will have to do. Right now, for this site, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari all seem consistent to each other. Only IE has the alignment problem. Thanks again!! Sandra from MN --- On Sat, 7/21/12, Barry Carlson <barrycarls@gmail.com<mailto:barrycarls@gmail.com>> wrote: From: Barry Carlson <barrycarls@gmail.com<mailto:barrycarls@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Help with code To: "rootsweb freepages" <freepages-help@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help@rootsweb.com>>, "Sandra Van Erp" <svanerp@att.net<mailto:svanerp@att.net>> Date: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 7:19 PM On Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:39 AM (UTC+12) Sandra wrote:- I created this page manually with basic html - until now that has kept me from browser conflicts....but I rarely use unordered lists, maybe that's the glitch. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide> I have 2 browsers, Firefox and IE9, but I've looked in browsershots, all the recent versions of major browsers look as intended - that is: the one column table centered on the page should have the text left align. Ideally the heading would be centered, all other text left align, but at this point, will take what I can get..... ------------------------- Sandra, To get your page working, even though there are many other errors, the heading above your table needs to look like this:- <!--code> <center><B><H3><font color="#FFFFFF"> Shattuck - St. Mary's<br> Sesquicentennial Museum Display<br> <H2>S I T E<br> I N D E X</font></H2></H3></B></center> <p> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFC" border="1" align="center" width="50%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="font-weight:bold"> <tr> <code--> Remove the "code" tags, and also note that I have changed the top of your table code. Barry ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:21:49 +1200 From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com<mailto:barrycarls@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Help with code To: "Sandra Van Erp" <svanerp@att.net<mailto:svanerp@att.net>>, "rootsweb freepages" <freepages-help@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <F22AF7F2686D458697BE7725F816585B@VirtualXP48262<mailto:F22AF7F2686D458697BE7725F816585B@VirtualXP48262>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I noted an error inmy last post:- ..... and replace with <li>. It should been - ... replace with </li>. Barry ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:24:22 -0600 From: "Ralph Taylor" <rt-sails@comcast.net<mailto:rt-sails@comcast.net>> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Help with code To: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <B98C3AFDAEED40888B788A3F0D0E5EF1@Ralphs<mailto:B98C3AFDAEED40888B788A3F0D0E5EF1@Ralphs>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sandra asked for help with code at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide> which in IE "is centering everything after the last </center> tag which looks really skewed." Barry suggested: "<!--code --> <center><B><H3><font color="#FFFFFF"> Shattuck - St. Mary's<br> Sesquicentennial Museum Display<br> <H2>S I T E<br> I N D E X</font></H2></H3></B></center> <p> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFC" border="1" align="center" width="50%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="font-weight:bold"> <tr> <!-- /code-->" I suspect the problem may be with the center tag itself; it's been deprecated since HTML 4 and in HTML 5 is a "non-conforming feature". I'd recommend a bit different approach. 1. To center blocks of text or a table, enclose within a div, as in <.div align=center> <!-- remove the dots for code to render --> Text <./div> 2. To center (& boldface) labels within a table, substitute th for td, as in <.th>Text<./th> -rt_/) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:03:26 +1200 From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com<mailto:barrycarls@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Help with code To: <rt-sails@comcast.net<mailto:rt-sails@comcast.net>>, <freepages-help@rootsweb.com<mailto:freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <E964B2A2410E4FA2B7866159713EED0F@VirtualXP48262<mailto:E964B2A2410E4FA2B7866159713EED0F@VirtualXP48262>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original On Monday, July 23, 2012 10:24 AM (UTC+12) Ralph wrote:- > I suspect the problem may be with the center tag itself; it's been > deprecated since HTML 4 and in HTML 5 is a "non-conforming feature". I'd > recommend a bit different approach. ------------------- Ralph, I couldn't agree more, but when the code is derived from HTML3 and the doctype is for HTML5, I adopt the attitude of just fix the "broken bits" so that the legacy rendering built into modern browsers will handle it. In that respect IE is not as good at legacy rendering as its competition.:-) Barry ------------------------------ To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com>. To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com<mailto:FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com>. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com<mailto: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. 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On Monday, July 23, 2012 10:24 AM (UTC+12) Ralph wrote:- > I suspect the problem may be with the center tag itself; it's been > deprecated since HTML 4 and in HTML 5 is a "non-conforming feature". I'd > recommend a bit different approach. ------------------- Ralph, I couldn't agree more, but when the code is derived from HTML3 and the doctype is for HTML5, I adopt the attitude of just fix the "broken bits" so that the legacy rendering built into modern browsers will handle it. In that respect IE is not as good at legacy rendering as its competition.:-) Barry

I noted an error inmy last post:- ..... and replace with <li>. It should been - ... replace with </li>. Barry

Goodness, what a mega effort on my behalf, thank you SO much! I knew eventually I would encounter an insurmountable conflict with my "basic" html approach, but certainly never guessed it would be with the <center> tag. Obviously I need more practice with the unordered list tags. My only excuse for being so sloppy with the <center> code is, Bob Neslund was a really good friend, his death from last fall has a huge ripple affect on the school's museum effort. The school now has a nice new space for its collection, but where the likes of Bob will be found to be its guardian is - well, very emotional for many. Putting this site tribute together - well, perhaps I should have waited to exhaust my kleenix supply before going "live".  Now I will go use the tools you've supplied - thanks, again! Sandra from MN

Sandra asked for help with code at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide which in IE "is centering everything after the last </center> tag which looks really skewed." Barry suggested: "<!--code --> <center><B><H3><font color="#FFFFFF"> Shattuck - St. Mary's<br> Sesquicentennial Museum Display<br> <H2>S I T E<br> I N D E X</font></H2></H3></B></center> <p> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFC" border="1" align="center" width="50%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="font-weight:bold"> <tr> <!-- /code-->" I suspect the problem may be with the center tag itself; it's been deprecated since HTML 4 and in HTML 5 is a "non-conforming feature". I'd recommend a bit different approach. 1. To center blocks of text or a table, enclose within a div, as in <.div align=center> <!-- remove the dots for code to render --> Text <./div> 2. To center (& boldface) labels within a table, substitute th for td, as in <.th>Text<./th> -rt_/)

On Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:39 AM (UTC+12) Sandra wrote:- I created this page manually with basic html - until now that has kept me from browser conflicts....but I rarely use unordered lists, maybe that's the glitch. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide I have 2 browsers, Firefox and IE9, but I've looked in browsershots, all the recent versions of major browsers look as intended - that is: the one column table centered on the page should have the text left align. Ideally the heading would be centered, all other text left align, but at this point, will take what I can get..... ------------------------- Sandra, To get your page working, even though there are many other errors, the heading above your table needs to look like this:- <!--code> <center><B><H3><font color="#FFFFFF"> Shattuck - St. Mary's<br> Sesquicentennial Museum Display<br> <H2>S I T E<br> I N D E X</font></H2></H3></B></center> <p> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFC" border="1" align="center" width="50%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="font-weight:bold"> <tr> <code--> Remove the "code" tags, and also note that I have changed the top of your table code. Barry

Barry - thank you very much for your response. I created 2 test files for the 2 pages, they are: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~folp/museumtourguide/test-index_home_page.html http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~folp/museumtourguide/test-site_index.html Once the test files display correctly in both browsers, will just copy/paste the code to the originals. I made the edit you suggested on the test-site_index.html page, viewed it in IE9 and my primary, Firefox.....they are now both displaying a left alignment. THANK YOU!! Could I ask you to look at the test page for index_home_page.html? Tried to make the same edit on it, Firefox is still fine, IE9 is still center alignment in the one cell table. Apparently the pages aren't the same or similar...or I flubbed up. Guess by comparing your edit with my original, hopefully can determine what I originally did wrong. I'm sure by current web design standards there are many code errors, but I'm really trying not to use an editor or get bogged down in the various versions of html, css, browsers, etc. If my pages read ok in a reasonably recent version of Firefox and IE, that will have to do. Right now, for this site, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari all seem consistent to each other. Only IE has the alignment problem. Thanks again!! Sandra from MN --- On Sat, 7/21/12, Barry Carlson <barrycarls@gmail.com> wrote: From: Barry Carlson <barrycarls@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Help with code To: "rootsweb freepages" <freepages-help@rootsweb.com>, "Sandra Van Erp" <svanerp@att.net> Date: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 7:19 PM On Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:39 AM (UTC+12) Sandra wrote:- I created this page manually with basic html - until now that has kept me from browser conflicts....but I rarely use unordered lists, maybe that's the glitch. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide I have 2 browsers, Firefox and IE9, but I've looked in browsershots, all the recent versions of major browsers look as intended - that is: the one column table centered on the page should have the text left align. Ideally the heading would be centered, all other text left align, but at this point, will take what I can get..... ------------------------- Sandra, To get your page working, even though there are many other errors, the heading above your table needs to look like this:- <!--code> <center><B><H3><font color="#FFFFFF"> Shattuck - St. Mary's<br> Sesquicentennial Museum Display<br> <H2>S I T E<br> I N D E X</font></H2></H3></B></center> <p> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFC" border="1" align="center" width="50%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="font-weight:bold"> <tr> <code--> Remove the "code" tags, and also note that I have changed the top of your table code. Barry

There are so many knowledgeable folks on this list, really hoping someone can guide me through this. I created this page manually with basic html - until now that has kept me from browser conflicts....but I rarely use unordered lists, maybe that's the glitch. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide I have 2 browsers, Firefox and IE9, but I've looked in browsershots, all the recent versions of major browsers look as intended - that is: the one column table centered on the page should have the text left align.  Ideally the heading would be centered, all other text left align, but at this point, will take what I can get. In IE9 and many of the other IE versions, it is centering everything after the last </center> tag which looks really skewed. I've looked for a stray /center tag, can't find. Tried taking the table center align tag out, didn't help - also suprisingly, didn't move the table. The site index using the same page design, has the same problem. That link is: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~folp/museumtourguide/index_site.html Would really appreciate someone looking at the source code to advise what the problem is with IE. Thanks so much in advance, Sandra from MN

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~YourUserNameHere/~FamilyNameHere Once on, young can ask RootsWeb to send you your password.

In reply to a question I had regarding my RootsWeb website, Pat Asher sent the message below: "1) The Freepages server is Case Sensitive. Your user ID is "ecclesheanue" NOTE it is all lower case. The correct URL for your site is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ecclesheanue/ 2) Your password is also case sensitive. password is not the same as PassWoRd. 3) At PasswordCentral, enter your email address in the box, arteccles@tiscali.co.uk Scroll down to Web Sites and check the Freepages box. Then click the email me my info button. 4) If you are using the FireFTP add-on, your setup should be similar to the directions for Filezilla, WS_FTP, or most other stand-alone FTP clients. The host name (remote server address) is users.freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com If it asks for a remote directory, that will be genealogy_html If it asks for something else that you don't recognize, ask on the list, so the information can be shared with others. Pat Asher" I followed Pat's instructions and received my UserID and password from Password Central. I entered the information into my FTP under "Set up an Account". When I clicked "Connect" I got the message "Unable to make a connection. Please try again". In the "Set up an Account" window where it requests "Host", I entered the URL for my website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ecclesheanue/ It may be that that is not the correct entry. Regards Art Eccles

At 01:42 PM 7/18/2012, Art Eccles wrote: >I followed Pat's instructions and received my UserID and password from >Password Central. I entered the information into my FTP under "Set up an >Account". When I clicked "Connect" I got the message "Unable to make a >connection. Please try again". In the "Set up an Account" window where it >requests "Host", I entered the URL for my website >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ecclesheanue/ > >It may be that that is not the correct entry. Your "host server" address is users.freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ecclesheanue/ is your URL on the world wide web, where anyone can access the pages you have uploaded to users.freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com Pat Asher

At 01:42 PM 7/18/2012, Art Eccles wrote: >I followed Pat's instructions and received my UserID and password from >Password Central. I entered the information into my FTP under "Set up an >Account". When I clicked "Connect" I got the message "Unable to make a >connection. Please try again". In the "Set up an Account" window where it >requests "Host", I entered the URL for my website >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ecclesheanue/ > >It may be that that is not the correct entry ============ No it is not. http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/filezilla-instructions.htm will show you how using filezilla which is free. * Host - users.freepages.rootsweb.com/ OR users.rootsweb.com/ OR homepages.rootsweb.com/ * Servertype - leave the default FTP * Logontype: Normal * Username: from your RootsWeb welcome letter * Password: from your RootsWeb welcome letter. Since your password is case sensitive, you may want to use cut/copy and paste from your e-mail program to make sure that you don't mistype it. * Comments: Add details if you want You might want to downlaod the free ebook http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html Pat Geary

Hello, I have my Family Tree on a free website with Rootsweb. I have had my PC rebuilt due to several problems and am unable to remember the path to my Website. The website name ends with "EcclesHeanue". Also I have to set up my FTP again and cannot remember how to set up the connection nor what passwords (if any) that I need to redo the connection. I would be most grateful if you could supply this information. Regards Art Eccles

At 05:40 AM 7/18/2012, Art Eccles wrote: >I have my Family Tree on a free website with Rootsweb. I have had my PC >rebuilt due to several problems and am unable to remember the path to my >Website. The website name ends with "EcclesHeanue". Also I have to set up >my FTP again and cannot remember how to set up the connection nor what >passwords (if any) that I need to redo the connection. Request your userID and password from PasswordCentral http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.ancestry.com Instructions for setting up many FTP programs are here: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasher/ftp.htm Pat Asher

Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:27 AM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] External Ad links added to my site at Rootsweb >I found the problem it was an add on program to something my daughter > downloaded and installed when I removed it the links were gone > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com> > To: "Fraileyclan" <fraileyclan@cox.net>; <Freepages-Help-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:18 PM > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] External Ad links added to my site at Rootsweb > > >> on Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:19 PM (UTC+12) >> Jackie wrote:- >> >>> Was looking at my site today and there are external links for ads all >>> over the place. did ancestry do this or what happened. One of the pages >>> even had a video pop up on the page. when I view source I can't see the >>> link and if I reload the page the extra link is back almost right away >>> the site is here >>> >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraileyclan/index.html >>> >> ------------------- >> Jackie, >> >> All your pages have the Rootsweb top and bottom banners attached to them >> as they are served. The "surnames" page links to Wolrd Connect and that >> page has a Rootsweb/Ancestry and separate advert as a header plus a small >> hosting script at the bottom of the page. They are all normal. >> >> Barry > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:19 PM (UTC+12) Jackie wrote:- > Was looking at my site today and there are external links for ads all over > the place. did ancestry do this or what happened. One of the pages even > had a video pop up on the page. when I view source I can't see the link > and if I reload the page the extra link is back almost right away > the site is here > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraileyclan/index.html > ------------------- Jackie, All your pages have the Rootsweb top and bottom banners attached to them as they are served. The "surnames" page links to Wolrd Connect and that page has a Rootsweb/Ancestry and separate advert as a header plus a small hosting script at the bottom of the page. They are all normal. Barry

on Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:19 PM (UTC+12) Jackie wrote:- > Was looking at my site today and there are external links for ads all over > the place. did ancestry do this or what happened. One of the pages even > had a video pop up on the page. when I view source I can't see the link > and if I reload the page the extra link is back almost right away > the site is here > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraileyclan/index.html > What "external links for ads" are you referring to? All I see are the small links to Coffee Cup and FreeFind on the bottom left of the pages, and a small link to SharePoint on the bottom right, and in the bottom middle, an email link and a FreeLog.com counter. These are embedded in a table in the source script. When did this problem begin? It seems to be specific to your computer or browser. Halsey

I found the problem it was an add on program to something my daughter downloaded and installed when I removed it the links were gone ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com> To: "Fraileyclan" <fraileyclan@cox.net>; <Freepages-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] External Ad links added to my site at Rootsweb > on Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:19 PM (UTC+12) > Jackie wrote:- > >> Was looking at my site today and there are external links for ads all >> over the place. did ancestry do this or what happened. One of the pages >> even had a video pop up on the page. when I view source I can't see the >> link and if I reload the page the extra link is back almost right away >> the site is here >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraileyclan/index.html >> > ------------------- > Jackie, > > All your pages have the Rootsweb top and bottom banners attached to them > as they are served. The "surnames" page links to Wolrd Connect and that > page has a Rootsweb/Ancestry and separate advert as a header plus a small > hosting script at the bottom of the page. They are all normal. > > Barry