Hello there, I seem to have gotten myself all tangled up in a MailMerge form... and my limited knowledge of html is not getting me untangled... I have borrowed the html code for theFamily Group Sheet form offered by Patricia (?) Asher at http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/fgs.htm I tried to adapt it to work on my RootsWeb site, using a variety of "help" pages (all RootsWeb-related)--but I just can't seem to get it right. (Maybe it only works for FreePages?) I suspect it's something fairly simple, and I hate to bother you all with it, but I need help. (Please.) Here is the URL for the FGS form on my site (it's not actually linked to the rest of the site, since I'm still "test-driving" it): http://www.rootsweb.com/~inschs/familygr.htm And here's the address for "my" (Sullivan County Historical Society) site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inschs/ Oh yes, the name of the Family Group Sheet Template is "groupsheet.tmp" and I uploaded it to the "public_html" part of my site (as "text" using Fetch). Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Kathleen (Kathy) Larson, Webmaster Sullivan County Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~inschs/

At 04:09 PM 10/11/01 -0400, Kathleen Larson wrote: >I have borrowed the html code for theFamily Group Sheet form offered by >Patricia (?) Asher at >http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/fgs.htm > >I tried to adapt it to work on my RootsWeb site, using a variety of >"help" pages (all RootsWeb-related)--but I just can't seem to get it >right. (Maybe it only works for FreePages?) Nope -- MailMerge is installed on all RootsWeb servers. *BUT* the path to the MailMerge routine is different on some servers. For using MailMerge on the WWW server, you can refer to the Basic Mail Merge page at http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/wizards/basicmm.html >I suspect it's something fairly simple, and I hate to bother you all >with it, but I need help. (Please.) > >Here is the URL for the FGS form on my site (it's not actually linked to >the rest of the site, since I'm still "test-driving" it): > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inschs/familygr.htm The first problem (and there may be more than one) is your FORM tag. You have this: <.form action="http://www.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~inschs/groupsheet.tmp" And what is needed is this: <.form action="/cgi-bin/local/mailmerge.cgi/~inschs/groupsheet.tmp" Now, you can include the 'http://www.rootsweb.com' stuff if you want to, but it's not necessary. It will be assumed since that's the server that your form is sitting on. >And here's the address for "my" (Sullivan County Historical Society) >site: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inschs/ > >Oh yes, the name of the Family Group Sheet Template is "groupsheet.tmp" >and I uploaded it to the "public_html" part of my site (as "text" using >Fetch). Pretty good -- but there are a couple of problems with the template. 1) You've got some carriage returns in the middle of the TITLE. You have to put the whole thing on a single line. Same problem with the ADDRESS. 2) The period ending the OUTPUT_FORM section is not the first character on the line. It must be.

Does anyone know what is going on with the Archives for the Rootsweb Mail lists? I have browsed several lists on Rootsweb which I know have had recent activity and find nothing past September 10. Thanks. Sherri Hessick