Earlier today I requested help in making a link from my website at freepages.rootsweb.com/~desmarais to the RoostWeb home page. I had toruble linking (I thought) because my own address kept appearing in fornt of the RootsWeb URL. Well, I had two incidents of my browser open to check my work and that may have had something to do with it because the link works fine now. Phew! I also found the link to Dr. Watson's on the freepages help pages, so am now able to check my html and links. Thanks, Barb Desmarais _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

First of all, thanks to all of you who are on this help list. Your correspondence has helped me learn so much about html. Now to my question: I've created a simple website at www.freepages.genealogy.com/~desmarais and want to link with the RootsWeb home page. I'm doing this via File Manager. I don't know how to create the link without a part of my freepages site address becoming attached to the RootsWeb address. I don't actually enter parts of my own address. Perhaps there is a default that does this? Also, I recall reading not too long ago about a site that checks the code for errors. I don't seem to have it bookmarked. Does someone still have that URL? Thanks again, Barb Desmarais _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

I recently had to have my hard drive cleaned and relaoded. I backed up my Cute FTP program and Cute HTML program and re-installed them both. Cute FTP works fine, but I am having trouble getting the files in FTP to go to my site. I type the files in HTML, code them, correct errors, and then FTP them, but the ones I have corrected are not making it to my web site. I view them from within Cute HTML or Cute ftp and the corrections do not show. I do have the new version of Cute HTML 2.3, but it was doing this before I downloaded it. HELP! Please. Barb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Which is worse," they questioned me, "Ignorance or apathy?" Stumped, I felt no urge to share; I don't know, and I don't care. C.Hopper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Barbara Pike Hruza 1616 'E' Street <PikeGirl@hamilton.net> Aurora, NE 68818-2826 (402)694-2025 Hamilton County coordinator <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nehamilt> NEGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/index.html> ====== Owner of Nebraska Hamilton County List (for information on subscribing please contact me)

Hi All, I just heard back from the Help Desk about homepages: "The Homepages server is down temporarily. The techs will bring it back on line as quickly as possible. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Rel@ively, Patrice

There are some internet wide problems today. At least one of Rootsweb's servers is affected. There are phone line problems for many ISP's, too. Some pages might be hosted on a different server such as a guestbook. You can have your site monitored by services such as the one at internetseer.com; they will let you know when it's back up via email. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Hanson" <ananah@home.com> > My pages are missing too; is it something Rootsweb/Myfamily is doing that > will be fixed? A new server perhaps? Or what?... Curiously, my guestbook > is still there... > > I hope we hear something soon. > > Anna Hanson, who hopes she still has this URL: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kalitsu >

Same here, can't pull up my home page either. Mary Ann At 11:56 AM 11/6/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Hi All, >Does anyone know what happened to the homepages directory? Has Ancestry >cancelled those home pages? > >Tim Spence Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html CONVERSE MAIL LIST Adminstrator TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

Hi All, Does anyone know what happened to the homepages directory? Has Ancestry cancelled those home pages? Tim Spence Quote for the ages: "Those who would sell their "LIBERTY" for "SECURITY deserve neither "SECURITY" nor "LIBERTY"". Benjamin Franklin Timothy & Valorie Taylor Spence Genealogy Page: S.E. KY. BRANCHES http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~twspence/sebranch.html KyGenWeb County Coordinator for the Counties of: Clay COUNTY GENWEB http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclay/clay.html CLAY ARCHIVES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/clay/clayar.html Owsley COUNTY, GENWEB http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyowsley/owsley.html OWSLEY ARCHIVES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/owsley/owsleyar.html PERRY ARCHIVES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/perry/perryar.html

Hi all, This morning when I logged on, none of my surname pages would come up. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/wood/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/harvick/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/mccurry/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/pevehouse/ I get the message:� "Not Found The requested URL /~gary/wood/ was not found on this server." They have been working since I started them a year ago.� Is anybody else having this problem?� Is Rootsweb changing something, or they just took them off without notice? Thanks, Bettie� <>< -- One Nation, Under GOD,� Indivisible... Viva La Bosque--Beautiful Bosque Co., TX http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~garichmo/ �

Well, they seem to be back now. Still wonder what happened... Anna Hanson wrote: > My pages are missing too; is it something Rootsweb/Myfamily is doing that > will be fixed? A new server perhaps? Or what?... Curiously, my guestbook > is still there... > > I hope we hear something soon. > > Anna Hanson, who hopes she still has this URL: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kalitsu

My pages are missing too; is it something Rootsweb/Myfamily is doing that will be fixed? A new server perhaps? Or what?... Curiously, my guestbook is still there... I hope we hear something soon. Anna Hanson, who hopes she still has this URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kalitsu "Bettie WOOD <><" wrote: > Hi all, > This morning when I logged on, none of my surname pages would come up. > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/ > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/wood/ > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/harvick/ > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/mccurry/ > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/pevehouse/ > I get the message:  "Not Found > The requested URL /~gary/wood/ was not found on this server." > They have been working since I started them a year ago.  Is anybody else > having this problem?  Is Rootsweb changing something, or they just took > them off without notice? > Thanks, > Bettie  <><

At 04:32 PM 11/3/2001, Rich Holler wrote: >Pat, >I have made the changes you requested and still get the "internal >error or misconfiguration" error. Took out all extra spaces, >uploaded both input and template files as ascii. Renamed >template file as "query.tmp" ... still no success. I'm sure I'll >be embarassed when a super-simple solution is found ... but for >now, can you assist once more? >Rich Hi Rich, I gave you a bum steer on the path for your FORM ACTION tag. The one you had should work just fine, i.e. FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~holler/query.txt" or "query.tmp" if you prefer. You can use almost any extension for your template EXCEPT "html". The template looks good now, except it still appears that the file transfer itself was done in binary mode. Are you uploading using File Manager? You can not upload your template in File Manager as it only transfers in binary mode. Your template MUST be uploaded in ASCII mode. Pat Asher >Pat Asher wrote: > > > > At 02:01 PM 11/3/2001, you wrote: > > >Having difficulty getting MailMerge to email guestbook entries to > > >me. Here's the pertinent line in my template file: > > > > > ><FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~holler/query.txt" > > >METHOD="POST"> > > > > > >This is written for the "homepages" server ... my template file > > >is straight ascii named "query.txt" > > > > Hi, > > > > The path at Homepages should be > > /cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/u1/~holler/query.txt > > > > Once Mail Merge finds your file, however, it's going to complain about your > > template :) > > > > Remove all the tab indents on the left margin, then the white space > > following the dot/period section delimiters. Save the file as plain > > text. Then upload in ASCII mode. The current online file was uploaded in > > binary mode, and that will prevent it from working. > > > > Pat > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Pat, I have made the changes you requested and still get the "internal error or misconfiguration" error. Took out all extra spaces, uploaded both input and template files as ascii. Renamed template file as "query.tmp" ... still no success. I'm sure I'll be embarassed when a super-simple solution is found ... but for now, can you assist once more? Rich Pat Asher wrote: > > At 02:01 PM 11/3/2001, you wrote: > >Having difficulty getting MailMerge to email guestbook entries to > >me. Here's the pertinent line in my template file: > > > ><FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~holler/query.txt" > >METHOD="POST"> > > > >This is written for the "homepages" server ... my template file > >is straight ascii named "query.txt" > > Hi, > > The path at Homepages should be > /cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/u1/~holler/query.txt > > Once Mail Merge finds your file, however, it's going to complain about your > template :) > > Remove all the tab indents on the left margin, then the white space > following the dot/period section delimiters. Save the file as plain > text. Then upload in ASCII mode. The current online file was uploaded in > binary mode, and that will prevent it from working. > > Pat _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

At 03:39 AM 11/03/2001 -0600, Rich Holler wrote: >Having difficulty getting MailMerge to email guestbook entries to >me. Here's the pertinent line in my template file: > ><FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~holler/query.txt" >METHOD="POST"> Actually, this line goes into your web page, not the template. >This is written for the "homepages" server ... my template file >is straight ascii named "query.txt" I couldn't load query.txt into my browser, but I did find query.tmp. >I've checked the helplist archives but don't find the help I >need. Can someone confirm this is the correct syntax for this >form? Yep - it's the right syntax for the form. But you need to get the template file name correct. Regards, Elsi

At 02:01 PM 11/3/2001, you wrote: > >PLEASE help I am stuck. > > > >An error occurred while processing this form: > > > >/home/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/local/mailmerge.cgi: Specified log file > >'home0001/can/nsdigby/public_html/obituaries/signed.htm' does not exist. > >It must already be created and writable. > > > > > >Everything was working great then it stopped. Yes the page signed.htm is > >writeable. > > > >Not working Obituaries > > > >form http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/postaquery.htm > > > >writeable page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/signed.htm > > > >template http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/template.htm Hi, You have written your template in HTML. Remove all the HTML coding, save and upload as plain text. Pat Asher

At 02:01 PM 11/3/2001, you wrote: >Having difficulty getting MailMerge to email guestbook entries to >me. Here's the pertinent line in my template file: > ><FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~holler/query.txt" >METHOD="POST"> > >This is written for the "homepages" server ... my template file >is straight ascii named "query.txt" Hi, The path at Homepages should be /cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/u1/~holler/query.txt Once Mail Merge finds your file, however, it's going to complain about your template :) Remove all the tab indents on the left margin, then the white space following the dot/period section delimiters. Save the file as plain text. Then upload in ASCII mode. The current online file was uploaded in binary mode, and that will prevent it from working. Pat

At 04:19 PM 11/2/01 -0800, Patricia Bauer wrote: >I've tried to put the counter on my family genealogy web page with poor results. It ends up like this: > >"You are our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor -- thanks for stopping by!" (I did a cut and paste so there was no error there.) > >My family page is located at: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patbauer/ > >However, I've been able to put the same one on two other sites that >I am webmaster for and they work fine. These are at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~waccgs/ and http://www.rosietheriveter.net. > >Is there a difference somehow between the Freepages and those which >are the non-profit ones with no advertising? Any advice would be appreciated. Pat: The text only counter that you're using on your site at www.rootsweb.com is not implemented on the Freepages server. You'll need to use the 'gumby' counter. Information can be found at http://counter.rootsweb.com/ Regards, Elsi

Having difficulty getting MailMerge to email guestbook entries to me. Here's the pertinent line in my template file: <FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~holler/query.txt" METHOD="POST"> This is written for the "homepages" server ... my template file is straight ascii named "query.txt" I've checked the helplist archives but don't find the help I need. Can someone confirm this is the correct syntax for this form? Thanks in advance! Rich Holler _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

-----Original Message----- From: CathyLee <digbycountyns@hotmail.com> To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:17 AM Subject: [RW-Help] "MailMerge Gateway" >PLEASE help I am stuck. > >An error occurred while processing this form: > >/home/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/local/mailmerge.cgi: Specified log file >'home0001/can/nsdigby/public_html/obituaries/signed.htm' does not exist. >It must already be created and writable. > > >Everything was working great then it stopped. Yes the page signed.htm is >writeable. > >Not working Obituaries > >form http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/postaquery.htm > >writeable page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/signed.htm > >template http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/template.htm > >THIS WORKS: > >Researchers > >form http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/researchers/postaquery.htm > >writeable page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/researchers/signed.htm > >template http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/researchers/template.htm > > >CathyLee >Digby Genweb Coordinator >digbycountyns@hotmail.com >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/ >CAN-NS-DIGBY-L@rootsweb.com > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

I've tried to put the counter on my family genealogy web page with poor results. It ends up like this: "You are our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor -- thanks for stopping by!" (I did a cut and paste so there was no error there.) My family page is located at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patbauer/ However, I've been able to put the same one on two other sites that I am webmaster for and they work fine. These are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waccgs/ and http://www.rosietheriveter.net. Is there a difference somehow between the Freepages and those which are the non-profit ones with no advertising? Any advice would be appreciated. Pat -- Patricia McKee Bauer in SW Washington state

In message <3.0.5.16.20011030152856.2d5707f8@pop.erols.com>, singhals <singhals@erols.com> writes >Any ideas what I'm doing wrong with the animated gifs? I found one I >adored, and right-clicked Save Image As. I got only one frame of it. :( >This has happened before, but it's not consistent...sometimes I actually >GET the ani! (g) > >Clues welcomed. > >Cheryl >*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* >Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) > >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ >http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ >http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ >http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC) > >______________________________ Hi Cheryl, You may only be getting one as there could be some java code which switches the images. I am updating my pages just now with a piece of code which changes the image between two jpeg's when the mouse traverses the image. You could save both images by saving the complete page to your hard drive - but then you'll need to write (or copy) the code to your own pages. John John Gibson Chalmers - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk ... also at john.chalmers@us.abb.com Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/