Hi I have a site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mylists/ that I have (due to computer crash and reformat lost the basic details of how to edit and upload pages. I use FrontPage and cuteftp. Please could someone help Sharon

MOConqrr@aol.com wrote: > > Perhaps I am missing something, but I cannot see that any messages of my > little list have been archived. So--can someone steer me in the right > direction of these, if there are any stored? Or how to begin archiving > messages, if I missed that boat. > > thanks, > > Maggee Smith > Saint Domingue "List Mom" Maggie, did you ever get an answer to your question? If not, here's the low-down: You have TWO list archives, that are collected two different ways, and have different purposes. If you check and either of these isn't functioning, you should contact Listmaster@rootsweb.com and give her all the details. Karen's Archive AKA Isearch, or Searches for short, is at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl To go to any list directly, use http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=LISTNAME-L This archive is drawn from the digests of each list, so it may be a day or two behind, depending on list settings. === The Threaded Archive -- for any particular list, you can go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and find the wanted list, or go to the list directly: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/LISTNAME-L/ The Threaded Archive is wonderful for browsing. The entries are drawn from individual posts, so they are almost instantly available. Hope this helps, Valorie

David Sisson wrote: > > I need to remove a subscriber from my surname listserve, and I know how to > do that. But I also need to block his ability to send messages to the list, > though I don't want to block other non-subscribers from sending messages to > the list. > > Is there a way I can block one former subscriber? > > David Sisson David, did you ever get an answer to your question? If not, you simply add the address you want blocked to your Reject List, which is found on the List Files tab of your Tools page. Paste in just the address, no names, no punctuation, and remember to click the Submit Changes button. If you put a subscriber on the Reject list, all of their posts bounce to you for monitoring. If you put a non (or former) subscriber on it, they will not be able to resub, nor post, since only subscribers can post to your list. If you ever see a post which says {not a subscriber} in the subject line, that is a bounce, and will not reach your list unless you decide to forward/redirect it to your list. Hope this helps, Valorie

Hi Roger: << I have a tool that checks the links (Url) in my web pages. >> I use Xenu which does a great job as far as I am concerned. The really good news is that its freeware :) Check out the Xenu site at: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html John Fuller johnf14246@aol.com

I have a tool that checks the links (Url) in my web pages. Is there a similar tool to detect invalid E-mail addresses in a web page? Roger

Gloria, Thanks for your help. I do believe we now have a handle on her problem and she has now fixed it. Also thanks for sending the link below, I had used it on a previous web site years ago, then lost the link. Just ran it, and the "alt" in the body, was mentioned too. ;-) Overall, tho, I did pretty darn good on all the ratings. The worst was marked "good". Still can improve, as it is a work in progress. Thanks again for all your help, it is appreciated. Melinda Gloria Bronte Lane wrote: > > Well, I noticed in your body your have an "alt" which I don't think is > valid for Body. If you want a light background color, try > adding bgcolor="#FFFFFF" or bgcolor="white" > > Her version of Netscape Communicator oughta be ok. Course there could be > something about her DIsplay control panel settings. > > Re your web page, you might run it through http://www.websitegarage.com and > see what it says about the code. > > Good luck - Sorry I'm not more help. > > Gloria > ------------ > At 08:36 AM 11/11/2000 -0900, you wrote: > >To all that have replied thank you! I have learned that she is using > >Netscape Communicator version 4.7 on a 3 year old computer. I knew she > >wasn't using or accessing webtv, as it is NOT in her email address. But > >I do appreciate receiving that link. I had her check all that was > >suggested, and she still has a problem. > > > >Any other ideas? Perhaps I should totally revamp my site. A lot of > >work, but if one person can't access the site, then at least 9 others > >can't either and just hasn't spoken up. > > > >Thank again for all that have responded, it is appreciated. > >Melinda Cornwell cornwell@alaska.net > >Coordinator of NYS Off-line Sources > > > >Fleta Powell Aday wrote: > > > > > > > A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line > > > > Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ > > > > > > > > Her initial note stated: > > > > > > > > " It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. > > > > Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is > > > > illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can > > > > the background be changed to a light color?? " > > > > > > > > Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see > > > > what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, > > > > > > She is likely using WebTV, which has some unusual quirks dealing with > > colors > > > that work well with computers. You could add the background color code > > with > > > bgcolor= to your BODY tag. I do not know what color you would want to > > > choose. The white that I perfer is not a good color for WebTV, or so I am > > > told. > > > > > > Fleta > > > > > >============================== > >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

If she is using Netscape 4.7, she should be able to go to the menu bar and click on Edit, Preferences, Appearance, Colors, background color. You can set how you want to view the colors in your Netscape browser. Norma Jennings

Well, I noticed in your body your have an "alt" which I don't think is valid for Body. If you want a light background color, try adding bgcolor="#FFFFFF" or bgcolor="white" Her version of Netscape Communicator oughta be ok. Course there could be something about her DIsplay control panel settings. Re your web page, you might run it through http://www.websitegarage.com and see what it says about the code. Good luck - Sorry I'm not more help. Gloria ------------ At 08:36 AM 11/11/2000 -0900, you wrote: >To all that have replied thank you! I have learned that she is using >Netscape Communicator version 4.7 on a 3 year old computer. I knew she >wasn't using or accessing webtv, as it is NOT in her email address. But >I do appreciate receiving that link. I had her check all that was >suggested, and she still has a problem. > >Any other ideas? Perhaps I should totally revamp my site. A lot of >work, but if one person can't access the site, then at least 9 others >can't either and just hasn't spoken up. > >Thank again for all that have responded, it is appreciated. >Melinda Cornwell cornwell@alaska.net >Coordinator of NYS Off-line Sources > >Fleta Powell Aday wrote: > > > > > A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line > > > Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ > > > > > > Her initial note stated: > > > > > > " It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. > > > Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is > > > illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can > > > the background be changed to a light color?? " > > > > > > Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see > > > what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, > > > > She is likely using WebTV, which has some unusual quirks dealing with > colors > > that work well with computers. You could add the background color code > with > > bgcolor= to your BODY tag. I do not know what color you would want to > > choose. The white that I perfer is not a good color for WebTV, or so I am > > told. > > > > Fleta > > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Was there a change made to the query bot on October 16th? I split my file out into months and when I was editing last months queries I noticed that there are a lot of black squares or rectangles in the file and all the text is on one line broke at 255 lenghts or something. Can any one tell me if theirs is the same.

To all that have replied thank you! I have learned that she is using Netscape Communicator version 4.7 on a 3 year old computer. I knew she wasn't using or accessing webtv, as it is NOT in her email address. But I do appreciate receiving that link. I had her check all that was suggested, and she still has a problem. Any other ideas? Perhaps I should totally revamp my site. A lot of work, but if one person can't access the site, then at least 9 others can't either and just hasn't spoken up. Thank again for all that have responded, it is appreciated. Melinda Cornwell cornwell@alaska.net Coordinator of NYS Off-line Sources Fleta Powell Aday wrote: > > > A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line > > Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ > > > > Her initial note stated: > > > > " It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. > > Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is > > illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can > > the background be changed to a light color?? " > > > > Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see > > what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, > > She is likely using WebTV, which has some unusual quirks dealing with colors > that work well with computers. You could add the background color code with > bgcolor= to your BODY tag. I do not know what color you would want to > choose. The white that I perfer is not a good color for WebTV, or so I am > told. > > Fleta

FYI, You can get a WebTV viewer at http://developer.webtv.net/design/tools/viewer Gloria ============== At 07:24 PM 11/10/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Melinda, > >At 03:39 PM 11/10/00 -0900, you wrote: >>A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line >>Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ >> >>Her initial note stated: >> >>" It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. >>Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is >>illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can >>the background be changed to a light color?? " >> >>Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see >>what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, and this is her >>response: >> >>" I checked your Off Line site again, and everytime I found a listing of >>books under any category, there appears a 2 or 3 line box which must >>include the title and brief description of the book, all of which is >>illegible. The black bleeds into the blue print, making it all black. I >>think part of the title description is typed in black, but that of >>course can't be seen either. I also tried Otsego, Delaware, Essex, and >>Catt. Counties and New York City with the same result. The black box is >>usually two or three lines deep and almost all the width of the page. >>The box of a green-blue around the county choice is legible. " >> >>There is no color listed for background - all are .gif format images. > >Hmmmmm...... I'm not sure if this is what she is talking about but all the >tables you have do have a background color of #76AAAA (type of green). The >green may be coming through very dark in her monitor causing the blue >links in them to be illegible???? Alot of this color thing may depend on >what browser she is using, color settings configured in her browser, a >dated monitor, or her video or graphic adapter needs updating. > >As to browsers, if she is using a Netscape browser she needs to have the >settings as: > >Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Colors > do **not** have selected: > >__ Always use my colors, overriding document > >Microsoft Internet Explorer: > >Tools > Internet Options > General Tab > Colors... button > have >checked/selected > >X Use Windows colors > >These are just thoughts and I'm not even sure if it is the tables giving >her problems for there are none on your: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ > >like there are on the other pages like: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/history/hist001.htm > >--- Susan >SGTAYLOR1@att.net > My Genealogy Website - sgt >http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ >----------------------------------------------- >USGW Mansfield, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/mansfield.html >USGW New London, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/newlondon.html >USGW Norwich, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/norwich.html >USGW Windham, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/windham.html >USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ >********************************************************* > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Melinda, At 03:39 PM 11/10/00 -0900, you wrote: >A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line >Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ > >Her initial note stated: > >" It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. >Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is >illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can >the background be changed to a light color?? " > >Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see >what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, and this is her >response: > >" I checked your Off Line site again, and everytime I found a listing of >books under any category, there appears a 2 or 3 line box which must >include the title and brief description of the book, all of which is >illegible. The black bleeds into the blue print, making it all black. I >think part of the title description is typed in black, but that of >course can't be seen either. I also tried Otsego, Delaware, Essex, and >Catt. Counties and New York City with the same result. The black box is >usually two or three lines deep and almost all the width of the page. >The box of a green-blue around the county choice is legible. " > >There is no color listed for background - all are .gif format images. Hmmmmm...... I'm not sure if this is what she is talking about but all the tables you have do have a background color of #76AAAA (type of green). The green may be coming through very dark in her monitor causing the blue links in them to be illegible???? Alot of this color thing may depend on what browser she is using, color settings configured in her browser, a dated monitor, or her video or graphic adapter needs updating. As to browsers, if she is using a Netscape browser she needs to have the settings as: Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Colors > do **not** have selected: __ Always use my colors, overriding document Microsoft Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > General Tab > Colors... button > have checked/selected X Use Windows colors These are just thoughts and I'm not even sure if it is the tables giving her problems for there are none on your: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ like there are on the other pages like: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/history/hist001.htm --- Susan SGTAYLOR1@att.net My Genealogy Website - sgt http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ - --------------------------------------------- USGW Mansfield, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/mansfield.html USGW New London, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/newlondon.html USGW Norwich, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/norwich.html USGW Windham, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/windham.html USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ *********************************************************

> A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line > Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ > > Her initial note stated: > > " It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. > Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is > illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can > the background be changed to a light color?? " > > Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see > what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, She is likely using WebTV, which has some unusual quirks dealing with colors that work well with computers. You could add the background color code with bgcolor= to your BODY tag. I do not know what color you would want to choose. The white that I perfer is not a good color for WebTV, or so I am told. Fleta

Shari, At 06:37 PM 11/10/00 -0600, you wrote: >I'm having a problem with images. I use WS_FTP Pro. The uploaded images >do not show on the web page. Occasionally one will show, however, >generally they do not. This problem started yesterday. Before that, >everything worked fine. I have reviewed the html source page and the >codes are identical to the codes on the pages that have uploaded >correctly. I have reuploaded with same result. The images are the same >ones I have used on previously uploaded pages. What am I doing >wrong? Any suggestion appreciated. To view the problem pages go to >www.rootsweb.com/~okbhs/how_to/howto.htm. Any help is appreciated. Your problem with the images is the capitalization. You have the coding for the image on page http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbhs/how_to/howto.htm with the first letter capitalized like: Image29.gif However, the graphic was uploaded with file name: image29.gif You can see this image if you use: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbhs/how_to/image29.gif <note the lower case "i" on image> Either change the name of the *.gif or change the coding to lower case. --- Susan SGTAYLOR1@att.net My Genealogy Website - sgt http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ - --------------------------------------------- USGW Mansfield, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/mansfield.html USGW New London, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/newlondon.html USGW Norwich, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/norwich.html USGW Windham, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/windham.html USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ ********************************************************* >Shari > > > >============================== >The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family >members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. >http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp

Hi Shari! It is because your page lists the image name as "Image29.gif" and it is uploaded to the server named "image29.gif". RootsWeb servers are case sensitive and the names must match exactly for them to show up. Betsy RootsWeb Staff At 06:37 PM 11/10/00 -0600, you wrote: >I'm having a problem with images. I use WS_FTP Pro. The uploaded images do not show on the web page. Occasionally one will show, however, generally they do not. This problem started yesterday. Before that, everything worked fine. I have reviewed the html source page and the codes are identical to the codes on the pages that have uploaded correctly. I have reuploaded with same result. The images are the same ones I have used on previously uploaded pages. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestion appreciated. To view the problem pages go to www.rootsweb.com/~okbhs/how_to/howto.htm. Any help is appreciated. > >Shari > > > >============================== >The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family >members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. >http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp >

A person has contacted me about her problem viewing my NYS Off-line Sources at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysource/ Her initial note stated: " It is impossible to read the blue print on the black background. Unfortunately, this section is useless because the title of the books is illegible. I had looked forward to reading it but it is impossible. Can the background be changed to a light color?? " Since I not using a black background, I her wrote back to her to see what pages, if not all pages, she had problems with, and this is her response: " I checked your Off Line site again, and everytime I found a listing of books under any category, there appears a 2 or 3 line box which must include the title and brief description of the book, all of which is illegible. The black bleeds into the blue print, making it all black. I think part of the title description is typed in black, but that of course can't be seen either. I also tried Otsego, Delaware, Essex, and Catt. Counties and New York City with the same result. The black box is usually two or three lines deep and almost all the width of the page. The box of a green-blue around the county choice is legible. " There is no color listed for background - all are .gif format images. Why is this happening to her and how does one correct the problem? I'm stumped, so will appreciate any help anyone can offer. Thank you. Melinda Cornwell Coordinator of NYS Off-line Sources

I'm having a problem with images. I use WS_FTP Pro. The uploaded images do not show on the web page. Occasionally one will show, however, generally they do not. This problem started yesterday. Before that, everything worked fine. I have reviewed the html source page and the codes are identical to the codes on the pages that have uploaded correctly. I have reuploaded with same result. The images are the same ones I have used on previously uploaded pages. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestion appreciated. To view the problem pages go to www.rootsweb.com/~okbhs/how_to/howto.htm. Any help is appreciated. Shari

Hmmm - thanks for the elaboration, Mike - I appreciate the information on "TARGET=" ! Gloria --------- At 06:11 PM 11/7/2000 +0000, you wrote: >Hi Linda > >I asked a similar question of a colleague recently and his reply >might be useful: > >============== > >I prefer TARGET="_new" which on appropriate pages (such >as one of links to other sites) I specify in the <HEAD> section >of the coding as <BASE TARGET="_new"> to save repeating it for >every link. That way it cuts down the amount of keying you have >to do and the size of the file (and therefore the download time). >You can still override it for specific links by keying those in >as TARGET="_self" which opens links in the same window as the one >you're currently using. It doesn't have to be "_new", it can be >any unique name you choose other than the special ones of _blank, >_self, _parent, _top. > >The reason I say this is that TARGET="_blank" will open every >link it refers to in a separate window, so you could end up with >quite a few, whereas TARGET="_(your unique name, such as new)" >will load the page you're linking to into a window of that name. >So, if you use TARGET="_new" for all your external links, they'll >all open up in the same second window called 'new'. > >============== > >Mike Hall >Powys FHS >Webmaster >Erwood >Powys >Wales > >Email: micronic@hallmark.kc3ltd.co.uk > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> >To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 07 November 2000 15:13 >Subject: I hate it when I'm stupid > > > >For the life of me I cannot remember the command to open a new >window when a > >hyperlink is clicked on. I know I've done this before and can't >even find in > >my own files <huge sigh>. I've been thru my html books and web >sites and > >still can't find it. > > > >Will someone take pity on me please and give me the code? > > > > > >Linda > > > >lhaasdav@mindspring.com > >Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > >Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion > >List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c > >Interested in Construction? Check out my new book - "The Scopes of >Work" at > >http://www.builderbooks.com/bbstore/index.icl > > > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Thanks to everyone for their help. I've tucked the answers away this time where I'll know where to find them next time. I knew I could count on all of you. Again, many thanks Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c Interested in Construction? Check out my new book - "The Scopes of Work" at http://www.builderbooks.com/bbstore/index.icl

Hi again, Linda A couple of points mentioned to me on using 'target' (assuming they are true): MSIE 2.0 or earlier, doesn't support it. Navigator 4 has a known bug whereby the second window opens up BEHIND the first, so you might not know it's there if you don't notice it appearing on your task bar at the bottom. Mike H. Email: micronic@hallmark.kc3ltd.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 07 November 2000 15:13 Subject: I hate it when I'm stupid >For the life of me I cannot remember the command to open a new window when a >hyperlink is clicked on. I know I've done this before and can't even find in >my own files <huge sigh>. I've been thru my html books and web sites and >still can't find it. > >Will someone take pity on me please and give me the code? > > >Linda > >lhaasdav@mindspring.com >Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas >Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion >List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c >Interested in Construction? Check out my new book - "The Scopes of Work" at >http://www.builderbooks.com/bbstore/index.icl > > > > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/