To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this matter. Warwick Sherring Lismore NSW http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/

I am not experienced by any means, but I would think the point about saving data and the medium becoming outdated (obsolete) is very valid. As far as a web site goes, that is your property, and you could "will" it to someone else to take over. Whether they maintain it or not is another question. Perhaps another family member would be willing to have a complete copy of your genealogy program on THEIR computer? Using the program, I have printed the information and given copies to some family. The same printed information has been put in a folder, and dropped off at the genealogy department at the library in the 4 main citiies where our ancestors lived. I have freepages also, having faith they will keep such a site publicly available. Another thought would be to contribute to the major databases, such as World Connect, One World Tree, or LDS. Yes, this is a lot of work to have it lost after our demise. In 50 or 100 years, the next family researcher will be happy to have it. Good luck.

Warwick, I'd keep it simple. As we all know... Paper dries, curls, cracks, rips, disintegrates... Computer software may not open files GEDCom may not open Floppies, CDs, Thumbs and external desktop drives all can fail or be obsolete Web design may change If I had to pick anything in 2012 that I might think will still be able to be open in the next decades, it'd be Adobe Acrobat PDF reader. I'd still put up basic html with basic css. And if it was my personal history, I'd copy it in a variety of ways and send it out to relatives so copies exist throughout the family. Judy On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Warwick Sherring < warwick.sherring@bigpond.com> wrote: > To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability > after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html > and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. > > However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I > was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. > > The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material > recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise > the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. > > I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this > matter. > > Warwick Sherring > Lismore NSW > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/ > >

Maybe you should be looking at - http://faq.web.archive.org/can-i-get-just-one-page-archived/ Greg On 22/04/2012 4:53 PM, Warwick Sherring wrote: > To make my research available to others and to ensure its availability > after I am 'pushing up daisies', I have created two web pages using html > and css and I have considered the use of java script at times. > > However, on reading a recent transcript of an address by an archivist, I > was wondering about the safety of straying from straight html/css. > > The archivist mainly talked about the problems of retaining material > recorded on outmoded systems ie tapes and CDs; however he did also raise > the problem of web pages that make calls to now defunct off-site plug-ins. > > I wondered if the more experienced web designers could comment on this > matter. > > Warwick Sherring > Lismore NSW > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherring/ > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sherring/parry/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- DAVIS Genealogy Blog - http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com