Hi Chris, This discussion is on-going. At this time we are focusing on the implementation of the HRE core. It is unclear as to which solution would be practical and viable. It is the question of allocation of resources. John Cardinal has the expertise in making genealogical website tools. However, you make a good point that website builder to HRE tool would be more time efficient than the use of an external tool. It is not a simple question to answer at this time. One of the major problems in the use of an external tool is, like all uses of GEDCOM, it strangles the scope of data transfer, thus the website is likely to have no way to represent all the data featured in the database. [BTW: An internal HRE website builder tool might could use the HRE Commit Log to only update the previous web site by examining which records have been updated since the previous website was created. This would significantly reduce the website updating time.] RobinL On 18-Nov-17 09:16 AM, Chris Sackett wrote: > On 16 Nov 2017, at 16:02, John Cardinal <[email protected]> wrote: >> I will not be adapting Second Site to work with HRE. As mentioned in this >> thread, Second Site reads the TMG database directly and it's not practical >> to adapt it to the HRE database format for several reasons. >> ... >> While GedSite is intended primarily for use with GEDCOM, it's possible to >> adapt it to other data formats. However, I think it is unlikely I will adapt >> it to read an HRE database directly. There are several issues involved and I >> think it makes more sense for HRE to export a GEDCOM file. When an HRE >> GEDCOM export is available, I'll configure GedSite to load it. > I’m getting a bit confused, and a bit worried, about what I might need to do about TMG, SS, and HRE. > > The most important thing I do with my genealogy is publish a website, using SS output from TMG. I am constantly adding to my database and I update the website at least once a month with a complete upload of the whole site to FHH. I have not looked in detail at GedSite as it was clearly stated that SS is the better option for TMG. > > After reading the current thread, out of interest, I exported a GEDCOM from TMG. It took 48 minutes. I don’t know how long it might take with HRE but, however long it is, this is going to be a significant extra step every time I update my website. I always review changes in a local version before uploading, and I always find changes/corrections I need to do. This is not that big a deal when it takes about 7 minutes to re-make the site. But it will become a serious PITA if I have to export to GEDCOM every time as well. > > The possibility is mooted of HRE having its own website generator. Perhaps it’s too early to ask, or to know, but is this likely to have all the goodies we’ve been used to with SS? > > My fear is that I’ll be faced with the dilemma of sticking with TMG, which is running out of time, in order to continue taking advantage of SS features, or switching to a future-proof HRE, but in the process either losing a bunch of brilliant features or having to go through the additional hassle of making repeated GEDCOM files. > > Chris Sackett > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Robin Lamacraft, Adelaide, Australia