I appreciate this post, I was not aware that anyone had worked on updating the webpage creation. Thanks at least for trying. Syble
>________________________________ > From: Mark Lang <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:33 PM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Webpages > > >For those unaware, I am a beta tester and the author of The Legacy Family. As >Ron knows well, I tried to have the Legacy webpages updated to a fresher look >back in November 2011. The results of which are still available on my site at >http://www.easygensolutions.com/concept/index.htmlif anyone is still >interested. Kathy Thompson's comment about spending 4 weeks to do the code was >not far off the mark. I spent 2-3 mths tinkering with this just at a concept >stage which still show all manner of bugs; but the purpose of it was to show >the idea quickly. > >This post is simply a reminder that not everything falls on deaf ears, some of >us do try to help make Legacy that little bit better. > >Kind Regards, >Mark > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:45 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Webpages > >Cheryl, > >Sorry, but it is not unrealistic. It is not too difficult to do, and I suspect >a lot easier than dotting all the "i's" and crossing all the "t's" >for the RTF report outputs. > >It seems to me that those of us who produce web pages are usually prepared to >go the extra mile themselves to get the result which they require, and hence >shout less than those who are into reports or books. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: singhals >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:45 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Webpages > >Perhaps not unreasonable, but probably unrealistic. I once ran a webpage >through one of the verifiers and it detested each and every one of my alt-img >tags; the page passed verification ONLY after I changed all the alt-img tags >to "eye candy". That was the last time I used a verifier. > >Cheryl > >Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Gene, >> >> I do agree with you, and I do not expect Legacy to produce a fully >> furnished website, anymore than I expect it to act as a word >> processor. >> >> However, I do not think it unreasonable to expect the web output to be >> bug free in exactly the same way as we expect the rtf output to be. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gene Young >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Webpages >> >> >> I am still amazed by the number of people that believe that a >> genealogy program should also be a state of the art, do everything for >> me, web designer. If you want a pretty web page, learn how. There >> are plenty of sites available to learn enough to achieve that end. I >> prefer that my genealogy program concentrate on genealogy and set >> their programming resources to that end. >> >> For my web pages I "massage" the Legacy pages with some simple and >> basic HTML and they come out acceptable. I do believe in content >> first, fluff a distant second. >> >> >> Gene Young >> Researching Young, Harer, Cox& Sallada With Legacy Family Tree >> http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm > > > > >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 > > > > > > > >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 > > > > 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
