Thank you. I will sign up for the other group too; sounds like the FTP "step" in the process is my next research task. On one hand, I feel like "this should be easier!" but on the other, I am eager to gain some new knowledge. I will check out your website too as suggested. Kathy
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy, > > Yes you have got the basics 1GB of freespace is an awful lot for an ISP to > offer, but there we go! Whilst I know of that company I do not know how it > works, but you will need an FTP program to load your site onto their server. > (FTP - File Transfer Protocol). You will find may by using Google some free, > some expensive. I have used several and currently use the free WinSCP. > > If you wish to discuss details on these then I suggest that you register > with the WUL help group which specialises in web matters using Legacy at > http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/WUL/ > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > And the Fergusons of N.W. England > ____________________________________________________ > > > Kathy Meyer wrote: >> Thank you. I'm not sure about this but I'm assuming the amount of >> space is only a part of the decision of which web service to use. >> Maybe I'm wrong though? I have comcast broadband internet service and >> they give you 1gb of free space but I can't figure out how to actually >> import the Legacy web page I made. Not asking for help with that, >> just mentioning that I'll bet different services might be easier to >> work with; I will have to check around and ask friends, etc. I guess. >> >> I created one page and it displays in my browser and I like it just >> fine :-) I created one in "pedigree" format for one branch's ancestry. >> I'm assuming that what I do from here is create different pages for >> each branch (if that's what I want to do) and that I can actually >> import multiple web pages created through Legacy into whatever >> webspace I end up with. I just have to figure out all the particulars >> about getting it from Legacy into XYZ website. >> >> Does that sound like I'm understanding the process correctly? Thanks >> again for all the expert help! Kathy >> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 2010/08/19 23:14, Kathy Meyer wrote: >>> >>>> So when I have prepared my website through my Legacy program, how >>>> much "space" will I need for it? i.e., is it unreasonable to expect >>>> that a free service would have enough "space"? What should I look >>>> for in deciding where to place my website? >>> >>> The amount of 'free' space given by any ISP is bound to be variable. >>> For example, my ISP only gives 20Mb in which to house a website. >>> This is inadequate for my purposes (I develop free software for >>> FreeREG) and I manage with Google. >>> >>> As for the services that off free web-hosting, you are best doing >>> your own research, but don't expect to get something for nothing :-) >>> >>> I'll leave Ron to deal with the rest of your post. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Mike Fry >>> Johannesburg >>> >>> > > > > > 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 > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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
