Ron, CE, Though I too agree with you and also use the web to display my family tree, however, I do believe this should not affect those RIN and MRINs already in your database, since the only RINs being renumbered would be the incoming file and since the duplicates would be merged into the main they would retain the main file’s numbers and only the added people would end up with the higher re-numbered IDs. Russ
From: CE WOOD Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare I can't agree more!!! It is incredibly frustrating when people renumber; the url entered becomes totally useless. There is absolutely no need, beyond OCD, to renumber. Sites that do not are the sites of choice! CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:30:16 +0100 > > Ron, > > There is one very good reason for *not* renumbering RINs, if one creates > Pedigree Webpages. These pages use the RIN for the file name eg. on my > website the URL for myself is http://www.fergys.co.uk/genealogy/1.html > (actually I use the .php extension, but for this illustration it does not > matter). > > All search engines, such as Google, use the URL to identify the page > location, i.e. if someone is searching for me they will find that page > (sooner or later!) at the above URL. If the RINs are changed then all > bookmarks which people have made will be rendered invalid, before a search > engine can register the new URL there will be a delay (which may be a long > delay), and thus all the effort which one should have put in promoting the > site and contents will end up being a waste of time. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
