One "Con" about all of this: With using more than 1 "community", each one has to be uploaded (ftp'd) separately. So your local "genealogy" folder goes to your "genealogy" community, etc. The only solution to that is to only use one "community" so there is only one "site" to upload. If you use "misc", you will then upload misc AND each of the other categories (webs) you are using. The only positive: If you don't add much content, say to "school-alumni", you only need to re-upload as you add something. So, it is a pain to have to upload *each* one. Filezilla makes short work of the task(s), however. Judy On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM, J.A. Florian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: > Lorrie, > > First, let me start off by clarifying the words used. Rootsweb/Ancestry > calls them "communities". I call them "categories" because in my mind, "sub > directory" can be confused with a sub-directory *I* made in one of them. > Some people call them "sub-directories" (of the "root" directory of your > account). Since each "community" can use "sub-directories" inside each, I > think calling each community (category) as a "sub-directory" can get > confusing.<snipped> >

Judy, Your explanation was clear and easy to follow. In all of the years I have had a rw account, I don't recall this topic being discussed in such detail. I assume this info is also on the rw site but first hand experience is always better than tutorials. RW has so much info that account holders need to know and their instructions sometimes aren't enough, at least for newbies. This list, and others like it, are probably the only thing that keep so many account holders active. I think some would just give up without mailing lists to turn to for help. Thanks. Lorrie On 02/16/11 21:35, J.A. Florian wrote: > One "Con" about all of this: > With using more than 1 "community", each one has to be uploaded > (ftp'd) separately. So your local "genealogy" folder goes to your > "genealogy" community, etc. > The only solution to that is to only use one "community" so there is > only one "site" to upload. > If you use "misc", you will then upload misc AND each of the other > categories (webs) you are using. > The only positive: If you don't add much content, say to > "school-alumni", you only need to re-upload as you add something. > So, it is a pain to have to upload *each* one. Filezilla makes short > work of the task(s), however. > Judy > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM, J.A. Florian <cageycat@gmail.com > <mailto:cageycat@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Lorrie, > First, let me start off by clarifying the words used. > Rootsweb/Ancestry calls them "communities". I call them > "categories" because in my mind, "sub directory" can be confused > with a sub-directory *I* made in one of them. Some people call > them "sub-directories" (of the "root" directory of your account). > Since each "community" can use "sub-directories" inside each, I > think calling each community (category) as a "sub-directory" can > get confusing.<snipped> >