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    1. Re: [TXFANNIN] So much good feedback!
    2. Beaurega
    3. Suzie, No problem. I found the original sites and pages. I figured they existed somewhere. Thanks you for all the work you are doing. I have a web page about historical flags with about 218,000 hits. I used to get 2-3 hits per day. On Sept 12, 2001, my hit counter shot up to over 150 hits per day. Taking care of 50-100 page is 'sort of fun'. Taking care of all your pages is impossible without some help as you stated. Your question led me to a link by random chance that resolved an issue on the Gunters of Texas. I thought Abner Gunter died and had no clue he was the actual one that remarried to Phoebe G Mabry and then died. I thought he died in Wood County in the mid 1850s and Phoebe married another Gunter brother. Thanks for the indirect 'help' and successful resolution of one more piece in the extended Gunter family I have researched for decades. I was just checking the links to see if they had a problem for you. I typed in Gunter just by accident and random chance. You said you didn't have an index. Well, your non-index site search did wonders for family history of Abner Gunter, Phoebe Mabry, and Henche P. Mabry. Your secret site search worked for me! Paul At 06:35 PM 10/30/09 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks for the helpful feedback. I thought we had taken care of all the IE6 >problems. > >ALL of the Biographical Souvenir pages on the "secret site" at Wilson-Moore >are sample pages and not the real links. That's why it's not an official >site and still a "secret". > >The Biographical Souvir is ALL linked to the Real Pages at >http://www.txfannin.org >and more specifically at: http://www.txfannin.org/book/index.html > >The Fannin Folks and Facts page even at http://www.txfannin.org direct you >back to the official TXFannin site at Rootsweb...but most of the pages are >actually on the site and can be reached from this index: >http://www.txfannin.org/book/folksnfacts/ffindex_a.html > > Hope this is a tiny bit less frustrating! > >Suzie > >On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Beaurega <beaurega@westol.com> wrote: > >> Hi Suzie, >> >> This is not a personal atack on you or anyone on this list. This is >> constructive feedback YOU ASKED FOR. >> >> The home page looks good in Firefox 2.0.0.20 and IE 6. >> >> However, when you go here on this link, there is a difference (or the >> Presley link). >> >> http://wilson-moore.com/TXfannin/cemeteries.php >> >> It looks fine in Firefox but the left part of the page is overwritten in IE >> 6. >> >> I tried the PREFACE page link. It was displayed fine. >> >> I tired the index page 1 to Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas. >> Page 1 was displayed fine in Firefox with the surname Abernathy at the top >> of the page. >> Under it is the default page for Souvenirs of the State of Texas also >> labeled as page 1. The default page starts out with "member of the Baptist >> Church". >> http://wilson-moore.com/TXfannin/book_souvenir.php?type_PG=Index&page_ID=1 >> >> I clicked on the page 6 link and that index page was displayed fine as page >> 6 but below it again was the default "sample" page which was also >> improperly labeled as page 6. >> http://wilson-moore.com/TXfannin/book_souvenir.php?type_PG=Index&page_ID=6 >> >> This appeared to be a problem but I think it would be nice to be able to >> display an index page above or below the page you are researching instead >> of opening a new tab in FireFox. >> >> Paul Beauregard. >> >> >> At 11:05 PM 10/29/09 -0500, Suzie Henderson wrote: >> >So many people sent info, I thought I'd send a new message rather than >> pick >> >one to reply to. >> > >> >I think the problem is NOT Vista...but Internet Explorer regardless of >> which >> >version of Windows you are using. >> > >> >I design on a Mac with Firefox as my primary Browser but also test with >> >Opera and Safari. >> > >> >I have access to IE at the Family History Center once a week and have not >> >seen the problems I saw tonight...so it may be that the screen resolution >> >may be what's causing the distortion. They do have a 24 inch monitor and >> >I've designed for a 15 inch screen to make sure the "poor folk" without >> >unlimited income to buy new monitors don't have to scroll left/right just >> to >> >see results. >> > >> >The "secret site" is secret because it is "not yet ready for prime time". >> >Your feedback will help me get it ready for prime time. It will move to >> >http://www.txfannin.org as soon as it is more complete and doesn't look >> >awful in IE7! >> >In fact, we are soon moving it to the txfannin server so the photos will >> >link and we can test that feature...but it will still not be >> public...we'll >> >have a new address for the secret site which I'll pass on to you. It will >> >likely be something like txfannin.org/txfanninnew.... >> > >> > The site that everyone likes (currently at txfannin.org) is the >> precursor >> >to the secret site BUT...on a good day...I was making 35 pages a day and >> it >> >would never be finished in my lifetime. The new "secret site" is a >> database >> >which builds it's own pages when someone asks for one. I just upload a >> >spread sheet and every page for every person in a cemetery is the ready >> for >> >viewing. It still takes time to get the spreadsheets ready (10 days for >> >Gober Cemetery) but it took only 3 hours to make every burial in Willow >> Wild >> >accessible once I uploaded the spreadsheet. There are about 2000 pages on >> >the txfannin.org site and already 25,000 on the "secret site". Ladonia >> and >> >Leonard are both nearly ready to post...including all the available >> photos. >> > >> >To show you how wonderful the new site will be....the Presley Infant now >> >died after his birth and not a century earlier: >> >http://wilson-moore.com/TXfannin/obits.php?per_id=6486 >> > >> >There WAS a plan for an new everyname index on the new site (hence all >> those >> >non-working links in the left margin) BUT the new "site search" on the >> >"secret site" will make the need for the every name index obsolete as the >> >site search will build the everyname index for the site on command. This >> >search will only find information currently ON the site and not every >> >cemetery yet....but will actually be better than the index on the original >> >site as it will hot link directly to the page you need. >> >Check it out: http://wilson-moore.com/TXfannin/sitesearch.php You can >> >search the entire site or specify what parts you would like to search. >> > >> >The Willow Wild Cemetery does have an office but I'm not at home to get >> >their number for you. If there is no death record at the family search >> pilot >> >site, I doubt there is a certificate on file. They were not required in >> >Texas until 1903 (and, in Texas, we are pretty independent and take the >> term >> >"required" to mean..."if you feel like it"...so lot's of >> times...especially >> >in the early years... the requirement was ignored. The Manager at the >> >Cemetery office is very helpful and willing to answer any questions you >> may >> >have. If "Information" doesn't have a phone number, Joyce, drop me note >> >next week and I'll find you a number. >> > >> >I THINK I replied to all the comments and questions. If not, rattle my >> chain >> >again! Thanks to all of you for the wonderful feedback. >> > >> >Suzie >> > >> >------------------------------- >> >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

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