If you are able to insert php into your web interface, you can use this to have your date automatically update to the current year: <p style="text-align: center">Copyright © 2009 - <?php echo date('Y'); ?> I use Joomla and use the Jumi extension to insert php. On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:35 PM, cmproctor1@frontier.com < cmproctor1@frontier.com> wrote: > Dee Dee and all, > I am grateful for people like you who watch out for people like me. Your > experience and wisdom is very much appreciated. I can always learn from > this list. > > Happy New Year. > > Cheryl Proctor > Southern Indiana > > > ________________________________ > From: "Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist" < > king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> > To: Transitional Genealogists forum < > transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 12:27 PM > Subject: [TGF] Thoughts for 2013 > > Today is a good day to add 2013 copyright notices on my websites. This > started recirculating some observations from the last couple of months. > > The most prevalent way we "see" up-and-coming professionals these days is > electronically through their social media posts and their websites. > > Our website should make us transparent, not create ambiguity. We all need > to be careful with how we word the content. We all need another set of eyes > to proofread. Here are a few things that convince me a person would not be > on my go-to list. > > A couple of pages of terrible spelling, worse grammar and punctuation, and > misuse of words or terms stops me from looking any further. > > It's better to clearly list memberships than to say "numerous memberships" > without being specific. It makes me suspicious to see that kind of broad > statement accompanied by references to organizations to which, upon further > checking, the person does not belong. Is this just a lapse in good content, > or an attempt to create the perception that the website owner is actually a > member of an organization when they are not? > > I REALLY question motive when the person has copied and pasted to their > website whole blocks of text from other organizations in what is apparently > an attempt to make it appear the person is a member of, is endorsed by, or > that the person adheres to the philosophy of that organization. > > Oblique references to credentials are especially irksome. The genealogist > has "certifications and accreditations." However, none are listed and the > content includes references to ICAPGen or BCG. The name doesn't show up in > member rosters and no credentials follow the name. Lapse or intent? > > Affiliates and affiliations. Several websites I've looked at recently used > affiliates when the owner meant affiliations. We're affiliated with or > affiliates of APG, Ancestry.com, Family Tree DNA, etc. These are not our > affiliates. > > Some websites really overstate qualifications and experience. "Our > experience and education makes us uniquely qualified" for this particular > specialty. No education or experience is defined on the website. I keep a > running list of folks I'd never ask to help on a project because queries > about education and experience showed the folks had not been honest in > their self-promotion. Red flags go up when the site obviously has hype > written about the genealogist, BY the genealogist. > > Taking credit for someone else's work or position. A couple of months ago > some friends and I found a website in which a person made it appear they > were a lead genealogist "working with another genealogist" to solve a > military repatriation case. The "other" genealogist was actually the > credentialed sub-contracting genealogist who asked this person to do ONE > vital record retrieval.... The person also published private info shared by > the sub-contractor genealogist to make it easier for the person to retrieve > the record. > > These are things that can really hamstring a potential career. And tarnish > a reputation among colleagues. Most folks on this list are probably > snickering, "Someone would REALLY do these things?" Yep, real examples from > real websites. > > best regards and a prosperous New Year, > > Dee > > > > -- > Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 > Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch > Co-Director, Forensic Genealogy Institute > http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html > Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 > Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 > www.forensicgenealogyservices.com/NavyCasualty.html > www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist > > Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists®, conferred to associates who consistently > meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed > evaluations every five years, and the board name is registered in the US > Patent & Trademark Office. > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >