If I'd have asked a pros and cons question or a vs question about a competitor I'd understand the hostility. But, I did not. My OP stated I was looking for info. on the best partner products to be used with Legacy. Thanks for bringing it back around to that.
So, yes, what I'd like to get a feel for is why one would use the GEDCOM upload vs the roll your own site approach. Seems like comments along the lines of 'ancestry does a better job uploading a Legacy GEDCOM than Roots Web because ...' or vise versa would be fair game. Or perhaps a 'hey, have you heard of this hosting site made by a big fan and user of Legacy that is the best tool you'll ever integrate with' tip would be great too. It could be that Legacy does nothing whatsoever to help with moving data online. It's left as an exercise for the user of Legacy. That's fine too. I'm just trying to find the best way to use it. Thanks, ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 2:05:40 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy with Ancestry.com or other online > programs > > Tony, > > Let us start by clearing one or two things up, for us to discuss how to > download something from the web using Legacy or how to to use Legacy to > upload something to the web is usually perfectly OK. The line drawn by > Sherry was actually one between discussing Legacy and discussing its > competitors. > > Your final paragraph seems to sum up what you are really after, and do > correct me if I am wrong, which is to take your data, currently in Legacy > and upload it to the web. There are two ways of doing this, 1) create a > GEDCOM and upload it to one of the Commercial sites, such as Roots Web or > Ancestry. Legacy can create the GEDCOM, and it is in order to discuss that > process of creating a GECOM on this list, or 2) by using Legacy's > Internet>Create Web Pages facility to make your own. Perhaps you can tell us > which is your intention, and where your problem is. > > As the owner of the WUL list, to which Sherry referred, this was designed > as a list which could go into more detail on the creation and coding of 2) > but discussions on any problems relating to 1) would be perfectly in order. > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > New Tutorial: Embed Blogger RSS feed into your Website > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > ____________________________________________________ > > > Tony Tubbs wrote: > >> Note that I also wrote " Unless it's on how to incorporate data from > >> Ancestry (or any other website) into Legacy....." > > > > > > Yes, I caught that. I replied by saying I want to do the opposite of > > that. I'm still not clear. The tone sounds very hostile to me, but > > the use of "unless" seems to be opening the door a little. So, if > > you please, could you give me in plain English if talking about how > > best to get my info. out of Legacy onto the internet is a banned > > topic for this list. Obviously that will necessarily include > > discussion of products not written or sold by makers of Legacy. > > > >> The "third-party products" which are acceptable to discuss are those > >> specifically sold by us as add-on programs. You can find a list of > >> them on the website under the Add-Ons menu. > > > > > > Well, that is clear, and very limiting. The friendly exchange of > > ideas in the use of the Legacy products in my mind would include how > > best to get the info. out and shared online, what the best partner > > products for doing so might be, etc. However, I read your statement > > that any post mentioning third party products not sold by the Legacy > > coop are unwelcome. It's your sandbox, your rules, so fine. That > > just wasn't made clear in the guide to me. > > > >> You are free to discuss how to create web pages in Legacy.... > > I don't. I have many years experience writing software, including > > web sites and applications. What I want to know is the best way to > > use Legacy to help manage, maintain, create and otherwise integrate > > with an online presence for my genealogical info. This is something > > I have no experience with. > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived > messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived > messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To > unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
