Judy wrote: "I haven't used the # symbol much so I may not be correct. But from a cursory look at the code, such as: <A HREF="index/x0000000.htm#(UNKNOWN_SURNAME)">(Unknown Surname)</A> I just don't see where index/x0000000.htm is pointing back TO and seems to me is pointing back to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcleodplus/ which is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcleodplus/index.htm (or l) Maybe someone else could comment? " The pound sign (#) in a link points to a specific place within a page. It's especially handy for navigating within a long page, but can also be used from other pages. Naturally, that place has to be named within the destination page and the destination has to exactly match the link. That's done with a tag like this: <.a name="(UNKNOWN_SURNAME)">text</a> Better would be: <.a name="UNKNOWN_SURNAME">text</a>, with the link <.a href="x0000000.htm#UNKNOWN_SURNAME">text</a>. That gets rid of the spaces and parentheses in the link and name. (Usually, buys trouble.) There are some other problems in the quoted link -- e.g., is there a DIRECTORY named "index"? (I'm presuming there's a file "x0000000.htm".) And, if the file with the link is in a sub-directory, you have to first get back to the root directory with the "../" prefix -- repeated however many times you're down in the structure. BTW, on the "please help" thread, I'd like to add my vote to WorldConnect being a better and easier way to post one's family tree. To add new information or correct it, simply use your genealogy program to write a GEDCOM. Then upload that in place of the old in your WC account; it takes just seconds. I use the same filename (rt-upld.ged) for this purpose. The old WC file will be over-written by the new. Less than 24 hours later -- after checking to eliminate data for living people -- the new tree is viewable. -rt_/)

At 03:23 PM 5/24/2011, Ralph Taylor wrote: >BTW, on the "please help" thread, I'd like to add my vote to WorldConnect >being a better and easier way to post one's family tree. To add new >information or correct it, simply use your genealogy program to write a >GEDCOM. Then upload that in place of the old in your WC account; it takes >just seconds. I use the same filename (rt-upld.ged) for this purpose. The >old WC file will be over-written by the new. Less than 24 hours later -- >after checking to eliminate data for living people -- the new tree is >viewable. Actually, the new tree is viewable in just a few minutes. The global search index is updated nightly, so any indexed data such as a discovered birth date or place, or new individuals you have added to your GEDCOM, will not appear in that master index until the nightly reindexing. Anyone who accesses your tree meanwhile will be able to see your new or additional data by navigating your tree, even though it does not yet appear in the index :) Pat Asher