Hi Everyone, Below is a message from Pam Carey concerning the GenConnect Query System on the Greenbrier and Randolph County WVGenWeb Project Pages. They are upgrading the software to better serve our customers...YOU! :) Please stop by September 6 and see what's new! Enjoy! Valerie *************************************** We're preparing for the latest upgrade to the GenConnect System. There's a few things you need to know about this upgrade ..... The entire GenConnect system will be upgraded starting at midnight on Saturday September 5, 1998. This will require that we shut the system down. The reason is twofold ..... it's not just a patch .... it's a re-write of the program that runs the system. Also, the Global Search engine has been revamped and mega-enhanced, which will require a total rebuild. No new postings can be allowed during this rebuilding period. Downtime is estimated to be 8 hours max (yep .... it's a huge system now!). Below are some of the new features that the latest version (1.10) will contain. List of new GenConnect Features: Visitor Toys: ------------------- Separate entry fields for subject and surnames ..... allows more descriptive subjects (non-surname words won't matter) Main page of each board displays the list of surnames for each query, in addition to the subject .... allows for more surnames to be entered 'Print' option now expanded to include the entire thread (user's option) Surname page will be auto-generated, and auto-updated weekly (more frequently with admin intervention), and will now be alphabetized and hotlinked to the query in which it appears. Cookie support expanded to include "date ranges". Faster, sleeker search engine. Multiple-word surnames supported - including the capability of searching for them. New search options added to the Global Search ..... soundex (enhanced over previous version), partial word match, whole word match, wildcard searching. ***************************** Valerie Forren Crook email: [email protected] USGenWeb Coordinator for: Greenbrier Co., WV <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> Randolph Co., WV <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvrandol/> ASC for the WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> ListManager of the WVGREENB-L List WV Tombstone Project Manager <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/westvirg.html> PROUD RootsWeb Sponsor <http://www.rootsweb.com> Member: Greenbrier Historical Society & Carolinas Genealogical Society