Question for you Brian. I use TNG on the web because of the ability to make immediate changes that show up instantly. Still wishing Legacy could be available as a web-based product, but I doubt that will ever happen. But your point about making a DVD for family intrigues me. Just wondering, is it feasible to share such a file on Dropbox, Google Drive, etc., so you don't have to mail DVDs to anyone?
Thanks, Jerry Boor MerriamFamilyTree.org On 3/24/2015 11:11 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > > http://www.the-lightfoots.com/ > > *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2015 8:52 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Webpages on the Internet > > I'd like to see some Legacy-created genealogy websites. Can some of > you post your urls?? > > I've uploaded .gedcoms to Ancestry and a bunch of little .gedcoms to > Wikitree, which I'm enjoying a lot -- espcially enjoying doing the > bios, but converting from a Legacy .gedcom to Wikitree takes some > doing -- in part because the idea at Wikitree, as you may know, is to > have each individual in only one time -- so there's a lot of merging > with other people's entries. > > Here's the url for my Wikitree entry: > http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prickett-122 > > Pat > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot > <br...@the-lightfoots.com <mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com>> wrote: > > The Legacy article about how to create and publish web pages is > straight-forward but the only thing that I would caution users about > is this statement: > > "1. Before you try putting your Web pages on the Internet, contact > your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your ISP will make certain that > you have server space for your pages and will tell you what directory > to use." > > I would now venture to guess that the majority of ISPs in the US no > longer offer free web space for its customers. It gets a little bit > complicated but you end up with two real choices. If they still do, > the amount of space is probably very limited and I've seen URLs that > end up looking like "www.userpages.wavecable.net/smith_genealogy > <http://www.userpages.wavecable.net/smith_genealogy>". > > The first alternative is to use some of the free web space offered by > many online web space providers (which have nothing to do with your > ISP). Just google "free web space" and pick one that suits you. Bear > in mind that your finished web site address will probably look > something like "www.freespace.com/smith_genealogy > <http://www.freespace.com/smith_genealogy>" or some other similar > name. This is because you do not own your own domain name and > therefore your web site has to be hosted by some other domain. In this > example, freewebspace.com <http://freewebspace.com> would be the > domain. "Smith_genealogy" is really nothing more than a folder on the > hard drive of that web server. The amount of hard drive space you get > varies widely and usually this free space comes at a price of having > advertising appear on your pages. Sometimes you can pay to remove the > advertising but then it's no longer free, is it? > > Another means of getting your web pages on the Internet involves you > actually registering your own domain name and then have some provider > host your domain on their web servers. For example, if you were to > register "Smith_Genealogy.com", and then paid money to have it hosted > on somebody's web server, your web pages would end up with a URL that > would look like this: "www.smith_genealogy.com > <http://www.smith_genealogy.com>". Looks a lot more impressive, > doesn't it. There are numerous providers of web hosting services. Just > google "free web hosting" or "web hosting". You'll find that the price > is sometimes so low, it makes it the only real way to go. For example, > look at www.hostmonster.com <http://www.hostmonster.com> which for > $3.95 per month you get a free domain name, unlimited web space, > unlimited email accounts, MySQL databases, CGI-BIN, PHP 5, and other > features. > > Actually there is a third means of getting your Legacy created web > pages out. After the creation process completes in Legacy, simply burn > the entire web contents to a DVD and send a copy to your friends and > relatives. All they have to do is point their browser to the main > "index.html" file on the disc, and then they end up looking at a "web > site on a disc". Hey, it works! > > If anyone has any specific questions about these processes, contact me > offlist and I'll be glad to assist. > > > Brian in CA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com > <mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com>] > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 6:41 PM > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Webpages on the Internet > > See the article on our website at > http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00965 > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:51 PM, <wedd...@gmail.com > <mailto:wedd...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Help! > > I have created my web pages now how do I put that on the Internet? > > Thanks for any help you can give me. > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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