Freepages - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Cemetary Lists/transcriptions

WelshGen — 7 Jan 2008 12:23:22 GMT

Hi, I have a few hundred photos from cemetaries in my area of headstones and others of just views of the whole cemetary.
Suggestions for the best way to use a free Rootsweb account for listing these would be appreciated. Should I use an online photo album or maybe transcribe the photos to a text listing using "Excel". It would be easier for me if there was a programme available to use for either the photos or the text listing but I haven't actually come across one yet.

Hugh Wallis's IGIBatchNumbers lookup pages

mde176 — 12 Oct 2008 9:42:28 GMT

Does anyone know what has happened to this invaluable resource, still listed in a search of the RootsWeb site but apparently no longer available at the URL freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/ (which now seems to be forwarded to freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com) ?

I regularly use these to check which records (if any) for a particular parish can be found on the IGI, and know of no alternative. It would be a great shame to lose all the research Hugh and his colleagues did to compile this information.

Mike

Excess Data being uploaded

SportsFilmer — 18 Jul 2008 7:23:04 GMT

I am using a program called My Heritage Family Tree Builder to create a GEDCOM file of my family tree. Upon uplodaing the file I found that a series of numbers and letters are displayed on the rootsweb page that I don't want there. How do I delete this excess data?

This is a sample of what it looks like on the page:
Birth:
_UID: A2E84ADC-3D7B-41E1-A3F5-C1C7375B4592
RIN: MH:IF137 ABT 1843
Death:
_UID: 988E2739-6FC1-4D92-9718-C87A4D10F40C
RIN: MH:IF138 1903
RIN: MH:I69
_UID: E781CC53-CF36-4454-B517-1C801ADBD899

Thanks,
A Robison

Freepages server move 18 August 2008

mi2early — 18 Aug 2008 6:35:34 GMT

On RootsWeb's Help Page today:

"Freepages:
"2008-08-18
"We will be moving the freepages server to new hardware today. We need to shut down ftp and file manager in order to get a final copy of the data. You will be unable to upload or edit pages on your Freepages site until this move is complete -- we apologize for the inconvenience.
"Est. downtime: 1 day(s)"

Totally Frusterated

sleeplessinnevada1 — 15 Aug 2008 4:01:05 GMT

Have I just forgotten or has something changed?

I'd like to update or even delete my family tree at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markblais/...

It seems no matter what I try I can't do a thing with it.

Can anyone help me out? Walk me through it?

Problem uploading to website

ShirleyYorkAnderson — 14 Aug 2008 8:36:56 GMT

Since I am not a member of the RootsWeb Help mailing list, I am putting this message on the board. Two things, I want to thank Pat Asher for the answer and let others know the problem and what solved it.

I have a web site on homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and the other day was the first time I had tried to upload anything since the URL changed to include Ancestry. I use WS_FTP95 LE for uploading.

It has always worked just fine before, but this time it didn't.

At first there was a message:
"150 Here comes the directory"

After a while the message changed to:
"accept: Blocking call cancelled.
DoDirList: returned 0"

The frame that should have included the "Public HTML" folder was blank.

The solution that Pat Asher gave was:
On the first screen when I opened WS_FTP95 LE, I clicked on the "advanced" button, which opened "Advanced Profile Parameters". I checked the box next to "Passive Transfers", clicked OK to go back to the previous screen and clicked "Save".

Now everything is working just find.

So thank you again, Pat.

refused

PriscillaR — 18 Feb 2007 12:46:15 GMT

Just curious, I requested an account & was refused.

I have my own paid for genealogy pages which will be up until I can't afford to keep them there....just thought it might be nice to have my material available when I can't afford the paid site any longer.
Priscilla

can't delete folder in /genealogy_html

goobertoo — 19 Jan 2008 1:12:25 GMT

(I use CuteFTP to access my freepages account)

I created a folder today under /genealogy_html, changed my mind and tried to delete it. I get "request denied";

550 Remove directory operation failed.
ERROR:> Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access).

I have deleted folders in /genealogy_html before - has something on the freepages server changed?

thanks, beth

Suggestions

JudyFlorian — 8 Nov 2007 11:30:37 GMT

Well, on the Help Page, it says to use this Board for "suggestions" for Freepages Accounts.

1. I thought the Guestbooks were now more protected from spam. It doesn't seem like there is any more protections in place though.

2. After removing a Guestbook entry, the page informs the user the items have been deleted. It would be NICE however if there was a "Go Back" link, to go right back into the Edit page of the same guestbook. Instead... gotta sign back in all over again!

Judy

Freepages website, liink to ancestry.co.uk tree

dawn_orange5 — 29 Oct 2007 7:45:59 GMT

I have a freepages website, and cant be alone!
I have a link to my tree at Ancestry and updating it these days, is such a slow process.. Since Ancestry have introduced the new "My Family Tree", Im concerned that anyone viewing it via freepages website, will be able to alter the information....Can anyone advise,, is it safe!!

Question about adding link to freepage

bamafann07 — 28 Oct 2007 1:45:05 GMT

I've almost got my family tree website done. I know how to do the hyerlink and all of that. I'm using microsoft frontpage to create my website and now I'm trying to add a section of my favorite websites for genealogy. I've typed the the title of the site and tried to do a hyerlink and can not. I'm also trying to do that with my online family tree that I have on ancestry.com and I can't do that either. Can someone give me some advice on what I'm doing wrong? Thank you.
Jamie

Help! I'm a Freepages Newbie!

Lori_Hunt_Zierden — 31 Aug 2007 9:07:08 GMT

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I've created my homepage & it works just fine - but now I can't figure out how or where to upload photos & other files. Any help is greatly appreciated and please make instruction simplified - I'm under the influence of toddlers & teenagers!!!!!!!
Thank you,
Momma Z

Garbled Freepages webpage

joni4ta — 27 Aug 2007 11:19:18 GMT

HELP!
I constructed my page with MS Outlook 2007 a while back and it's been totally fine, up until last night.
I am using Coffee Cup Free FTP for uploading to the rootsweb host. Thinking that software was wreaking havoc, I also tried using the program SmartFTP, and had nearly the same results.

I updated the page last night (added more pictures and text), and have uploaded my page several times overnight and today; both the index.html file and all the photos. The "index.html" file went into the main "genealogy" directory folder, and all the image files went into a subfolder that says "index_files."

I thought maybe the images needed to be in the main "genealogy" folder, so I uploaded them into that folder as well. It didn't fix the problem. All images in the "index_files" folder are numbered (EX: image001.jpg), there are no personal names. Do I have to upload the pictures with names as well maybe? For instance - if image001.jpg is actually called jonipicture.jpg, do I need to have both in the folder at the FTP space? If so, what folder do they need to be in? The main "genealogy" folder with the "index.html" file or in the "index_files" folder with all the other images??

Here is my page link - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joni4ta/

My webpage keeps coming up visibly wrong in my online browser (Internet Explorer 7), with photos showing up in places they don't belong. For instance, if you go to my page and look on the right side about 3 mouse wheel turns down, you see where it says "Document proving parents of Francesco Capuano and Rosa Giallombardo, Click the picture." That picture is supposed to be of a small document that links to a larger one I have in full size at flickr.com (just like the other two documents to its left). Instead the picture is of my father, myself and mother - which is supposed to be further down on the page!! And there are several instances of this kind of error - pictures in the wrong spot, throughout the page. However, when I open the "index.html" file that's on my local machine into my browser, everything looks totally perfect. Same when I open the local file in MS Outlook 2007.

I have deleted all files off the rootsweb server and re-uploaded every single one of them SEVERAL times, and no two times does the page ever look exactly the same! Pictures are in the wrong places throughout the document. I do not know what I am doing wrong. As far as I can tell I have not changed my upload process from the times I have uploaded the webpage and successfully done updates on it in the past.

Suggestions anyone???

Thank you very much!
Joni
If it's easier to email me directly, you may do so at joni4ta[at]yahoo.com

In re: to Garbled Freepages - still need help - FTP file list here

joni4ta — 28 Aug 2007 4:46:09 GMT

I seem to have fixed SOME of the issues from this post:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.rw.freep/1210/mb.ashx

Instead of using CoffeeCup FTP or SmartFTP software, I went and uploaded my files item by item at the Rootsweb File Manager/Online Editor here:
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/fileman/file_manager.cgi

And STILL there are two photos that won't straighten up!

My main directory ("genealogy_html") shows these two files:

index_files (which is a folder/subdirectory)
index.htm (last edited Aug 28th, 2007, and file size 152089 )

Under the "index_files" folder are these file names:

File name, *view*, Date last modified, file size (bytes)

colorschememapping.xml View Aug 28th, 2007 314
filelist.xml View Aug 28th, 2007 4047
image001.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 2214
image002.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 2914
image012.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 4292
image014.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 56782
image017.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 35411
image019.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 12762
image021.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 14263
image023.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 431
image024.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 625
image029.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 2240
image035.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 1333
image045.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 1702
image046.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 44472
image048.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 1847
image067.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 3068
image070.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 21541
image072.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 2341
image074.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 22040
image080.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 15101
image087.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 25849
image089.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 2516
image091.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 2135
image099.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 1515
image103.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 105887
image108.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 1925
image110.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 4677
image112.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 5595
image113.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 3216
image114.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 61431
image115.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 21805
image116.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 26352
image117.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 9809
image118.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 21570
image119.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 6904
image120.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 16620
image121.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 5428
image122.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 3740
image123.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 17487
image124.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 219639
image125.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 9897
image126.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 16397
image127.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 25820
image128.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 19176
image129.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 195000
image130.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 6613
image131.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 220272
image132.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 6484
image133.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 3970
image134.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 65537
image135.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 18982
image136.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 120342
image137.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 31309
image138.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 118647
image139.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 24560
image140.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 101595
image141.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 29382
image142.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 48530
image143.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 18523
image144.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 48984
image145.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 22388
image146.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 7053
image147.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 226305
image148.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 18019
image149.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 24987
image150.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 18375
image151.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 20919
image152.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 17254
image153.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 247880
image154.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 20724
image155.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 13050
image156.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 13034
image157.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 48347
image158.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 8344
image159.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 30713
image160.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 33473
image161.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 206278
image162.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 28436
image163.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 159458
image164.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 8301
image165.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 198788
image166.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 37701
image167.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 156903
image168.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 20562
image169.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 26472
image170.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 97496
image171.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 16239
image172.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 12406
image173.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 25439
image174.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 12696
image175.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 215319
image176.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 17571
image177.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 67292
image178.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 14266
image179.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 85840
image180.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 16733
image181.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 3246
image182.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 28728
image183.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 19173
image184.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 17338
image185.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 4162
image186.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 53019
image187.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 7407
image188.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 39828
image189.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 5535
image190.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 105174
image191.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 13965
image192.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 450468
image193.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 10384
image194.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 74183
image195.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 9837
image196.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 6264
image197.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 638452
image198.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 38117
image199.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 3412
image200.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 21090
image201.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 716144
image202.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 23447
image203.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 5144
wann_family.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 209727
lines_blue_006.gif View Aug 28th, 2007 2914
churchlascari.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 14263
stmich_church.jpg View Aug 28th, 2007 12762

So does anyone see anything wrong with this?
Here's my webpage link again:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joni4ta

Now, if you look down the page, about 4-5 mouse wheel turns down, in the paragraph under the 3 coats of arms, it says,

"Below are two photos of the local Catholic Church located at Piazza Del Popolo in Lascari. The name of the church is St. Michael the Archangel, where undoubtedly our ancestors were parishioners; were baptized, received Holy Communion, Confirmation and were married, etc. The church was built in the 18th century, as the town was formed."

And under that paragraph are two photos that are NOT the church!!!! The funny thing is, these same two photos are further down the page in their rightful place under the WANN surname heading.

WTH is going on here!?!?!?!?!?!

Freepages - many problems....so confused....

valleycem — 1 Aug 2007 4:54:30 GMT

I have been experiencing multiple problems when working on my Freepages site, and I use Mozilla Firefox 5.0. I am wondering if this browser is not causing some problems. I have tried using Internet Explorer, but it is so slow it does not even load. I use Windows XP. My problems:

1) In using the WYSIWYG editor, it randomly decides to not give me any "save" buttons below the editing box. There is nothing more to scroll down to past the bottom of the editing box. Can't work on my page if I can't save it!

2) In using the WYSIWYG editor, it randomly decides load my text in HTML and not give me a toolbar at the top of my editing box. In contacting the helpdesk, they tell me that there is a toggle switch to turn off HTML. This is NOT the problem, as I am not getting ANY toolbar with any buttons!

3) When I want to insert a picture or a web link (using WYSIWYG), it won't allow me to go in and insert the link normally. If there is a cursor blinking in the URL field, and I insert the address, it won't insert it into my webpage. I won't even be able to cancel out of that window, I have to use the "X" at the top right of the box. I will have to continue saving my page over and over until that cursor disappears. I then try to insert the text (which I know I can't, as it won't allow me to enter text in the URL field), a box will come up telling me I have to enter the URL, and only then will I be able to enter the address into the URL location and it will post into my page. Confusing? Annoying? YES!

So...what am I doing wrong, what settings do I need to change to make it so I can work on my web page normally??? Help!

Locking up when pasting HTML

m_shonkwiler — 29 Jul 2007 3:05:19 GMT

Recently I seem to be having a problem copying my HTML from Frontpage into html editor. My browser locks up and shuts down. I have tried this with 2 different computers and I get the same result. HELP any suggestions?
chelle

Freepages Request?

FeenyDev_1 — 21 Jun 2007 12:43:17 GMT

Hi,
I requested a freepages account a couplle days ago but haven't heard anything since. Should I have gotten a confirmation email or something to say they received it?

Cheers,
Rob

THE FUTURE

darkentry — 7 Jun 2007 8:38:27 GMT

I see this messageboard getting almost no posts any longer.

I see somebody mumbling about being REFUSED a site for genealogy.

I drove up when the subject matter here could be your flower garden or pet frogs.

Ancestry.Com

The web pages there they gave a 1 day notice..pay or gone...

Here ??

I try to assume anything left here is only here to support the 'big database'.

I'm not trying to knock Ancestry.Com but not a little TOO HEAVY as to profit?

I even try to find a 'library edition' of their membership and read something about even the LDS Church cut off their relationship whatever that was.

A QUESTION ?

Is this place going to vanish?

Everybody should always back up their work but many still don't.

Password Problem

buttons101 — 27 Jul 2007 4:02:02 GMT

I have been emailing the help desk for my password and I still have not received it.. Its been about a week now.I believe I am using the correct password but it is not letting me in... The account would be under Edward McIntosh

Mailmerge Help

RonaldLJohnston — 27 Jul 2007 3:01:50 GMT

I've read all the help files as well as searching the archives but am unable to determine if it's possible to send a forms output to more than one email through mailmerge. If there's a listing of all the "commands" possible I missed it but I would think it must be possible to use more that one "To" command or possibly a "CC" command for the email header? Thanks!

There's an info bar missing from my freepages site - where'd it go?

joni4ta — 24 Jul 2007 10:08:26 GMT

I did some updating, adding pics and stuff to my freepages space today and now I am missing the Rootsweb advertising bar that was always at the top of my webpage. I don't believe that is something I can control but now I am curious, how do I get it back???

Here's my website address:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joni4ta/index.htm

Is there a MB limit to my freepages webspace?

joni4ta — 24 Jul 2007 10:09:37 GMT

Curious... I don't know if I am reaching the limit or not.

PSP-5 Photo descriptions lost

Mary_J_S — 29 Jun 2007 3:50:23 GMT

I scanned and saved pictures for my freepages account using PSP-5. My computer crashed and I lost the descriptions I had attached to each photo. The pictures were saved on CD's, so they're OK. When I go back and re-enter the descriptions in PSP-5 again, is there a way to save the descriptions & pictures together somehow? I'm sorry if this shouldn't be posted here, but cannot find the answer elsewhere. Hoped the PSP users here can help.

Thanks very much,

Mary

shorter freepages address

griot16 — 7 Jul 2004 10:40:21 GMT

Is there a way to shorten the address for my freepages website???

Collaborative genealogical projects using Wiki on Freepages

JimChumney — 29 Mar 2007 1:15:52 GMT

A fellow researcher and I are collaborating on a genealogical project, and we would like to open the project up soon to collaboration with other researchers. A Wiki would be ideal, but it doesn't appear that Freepages are equipped to handle a Wiki because of the lack of database access (MySQL in the case of Media Wiki http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki).

Does RootsWeb have plans to support collaborative Wiki-enabled freepages soon? If so, could we go to the front of the line with our project?

In case it's pertinent, we are creating a Pre-1830 census for Henry County, Alabama. The county's 1820 census was destroyed. The county was formed in 1819, and the Pre-1830 era is very important to those of us whose ancestors migrated there before 1830. We expect the Wiki to have a maximum of 600 Wiki pages.

Jim Chumney

Uploading Pics to freepage

wthdshus2 — 25 Feb 2007 3:19:02 GMT

What format does a picture have to be in to upload to my rootsweb freepage. I'm trying to upload from C:\MyDocuments/MyPictures/landreth_lindy.jpg. When I click upload I get an error message and have to sign in again. Thanks

Question about adding word documents to webpages....

bamafann07 — 15 Feb 2007 4:40:00 GMT

I have tried using the WYSIWYG but I'm still having some trouble with it. So I decided to create my background, pictures, etc with microsoft word. I've got my background like I want it, I have my clipart pics where I want them and my headings placed. I got my lines, banners, and buttons all lined up and my paragraph writing about my family tree. Everything seems done, I have saved it in doc. format to make sure I don't lose anything but I have noticed you can save the word document as: word doc, XML doc, single file web page, web page, web page, filtered or document template. I tried saving it as a web page then adding it to the WYSIWYG program and all that came up was the lettering, no pictures. I tried saving it in the document or ways so I could transfer it to my free webpage like it was in the microsoft word document but I couldn't do it. I think there is a way but I must be missing something. Can somebody lead me in the right direction?

One other thing, I made a background with paint shop pro 7 in a file size of 1280 x 1024 and saved it in jpg and then opened it up in WYSIWYG and saved it in html. I sent the file to the free webpage and open the file in there in the WYSIWYG and the background was not fully covered like it was with the PSP 7 program, there was a small white line all around the background. I can't figure out how to fix that either. I know how to get the plian background but I was wanting something with a little texture to it.

Thanks for any help with this.

Jamie

scans & webpage width

Mary — 21 May 2006 12:13:18 GMT

Before requesting a Freepages account, we hope to find out if/how this project can be done.

How wide can our webpages actually be? Has anyone else scanned an old school newspaper to put on the web -- and viewers can actually read the wording? If so, can you please share some tips?

We plan to make one scan of the top of the original newspaper page "above the fold" and make a 2nd scan of the bottom half. Width of the (legible) image online is the question. Surely the scans will be wider on the right than the Freepages banners. Yet, if they're narrower, cannot be read. Does it matter if the scans are wider than the banners?

Physical size: Each original newspaper section we would scan is 12 inches width by 9 inches height. Original full page is 18 inches height, but most are torn in half across at the fold line.

Thanks very much for any help.

Passwords now OK?

Mary — 11 Aug 2006 5:57:18 GMT

Hi,

Are we really allowed now to use passwords on Freepages? If so, do we use this same company Password Pro?

http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~btphelps/roster...

Thanks

550 permission denied

DBQuinn — 19 Jan 2007 8:45:41 GMT

I am updating my pages which I have not done in almost a year. I can log on and most of my changes are made. When the changes are finished loading, I get the message 550 Permission denied. All of the text changes uploaded and the links work. Many, but not all, of my new pictures have not uploaded. I have tried deleting the pictures and reinserting them, but that does not work. I have disabled my virus checker and my firewall. What else should I try?

Two of the pictures not uploading can be found at the bottom of this page.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bryanquinn/Quinn-Wi...

Directory Help for Newbie

VReckert — 28 Oct 2006 9:08:26 GMT

I am new at making webpages so please be patient with me.I have a 2 part question.

I have started my webpage for my mailing list and I created a guestbook for it. Well I forgot to make a subdirectory for it and it is in the list for my index. Is there a way to move it to a subdirectory? I have looked around the help pages and in here searched but I don't think I am searching right.

My second question is, I have tried to upload a couple of .jpg photos but when I am in the directory where I want them to go and click upload it comes back with an error message and I have to sign back in again. Could some kind soul tell me what I am doing wrong? The error message is Can't open file : No such file or directory.

Sincerely,
Valeria

Yearbook pics size on Freepages

Mary — 5 Sep 2006 8:32:12 GMT

Need advice on sizes when scanning and putting high school yearbook photo's on a webpage. These are the small black and white individual pictures of graduates in a 1950-era yearbook.

We scanned each photo in "greyscale" for "web-viewing" and each picture comes out to be abt 30K. Photo sizes are all about 164 x 186 pixels.

As a trial to see how they looked with some shading, we also scanned some of these pictures in color even though the pictures are black and white. Those were about 90K each.

We have about 200 pictures total just like this. Thought of putting 5 pictures in a row with maybe 3 or 4 rows per page.

Will try for a simple table to put them in.

Just not sure if we are supposed to compress each photo and just how many K is generally acceptable per photo.

Thanks very much for suggestions.

Mary

rootsweb counter

kbates1957 — 4 Oct 2006 2:55:56 GMT

I just uploaded my web site and everything is working except for my rootsweb counter. What did I do wrong? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batesmillerhistory/...

Looks depend on the Browser?

Gaylan Walli — 2 May 2006 9:53:49 GMT

I'm new to webpage development... using an older FrontPage 2002... keeping it very simple, using the "drag and drop web publishing"... which couldn't be easier. ie...

http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/dragndrop.ht...

But my webpages look different when I look at them with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Pictures positioned differently... Even bodies of text with a different font size and different spacing between lines. And, sometimes the Rootsweb leading and trailing banners appear in or over some of my text.

Do I need an newer "FrontPage"?

Is there some other reference material available that might help me develop webpages that are more consistent across different browsers?

Thanks, Gaylan Wallis

my website under construction is...

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elks/

Basic Questions... Counters, Ads, etc.

WilmaBacigalupo — 15 Jul 2006 8:17:44 GMT

Hello!

My web pages are almost done, but I don't have a freepages account yet -- I'm trying to get it all under control! Right now, my questions are....

Counters:
Is it possible to use counters from another site (such as SiteMeter), or are only RootsWeb counters allowed?

Can a RootsWeb counter be placed on more than the "home" page?

Ads:
I've been looking at how other freepages sites are set up and came across one that has Google ads on it. Are Google ads allowed?

I thought no ads were allowed, except for RootsWeb or Ancestry sites -- so, for example, would an affiliate link to Ancestry be OK?

MailMerge:
I would like to have a "feedback" form on my site that sends the info to my email address. I found two places on RootsWeb where MailMerge is explained:

Basics of MailMerge
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/wizards/basicmm.html

Using MailMerge on FreePages
http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~elsi/free-mailmerge...

But, I'm still kind of confused. Which one of these would you recommend that I use and/or is there another page that is really simple to understand?

The RootsWeb community is fantastic! I'll really appreciate any assistance with these questions -- which may be the first of many. :)

Thank you!

Wilma

website search engine for freepages?

JACoddington — 9 Mar 2006 3:24:27 GMT

Is there a way to offer the visitor a search function for just the pages at one's own freepages website, e.g. within
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~NameOfWebsite/
Google domain searches don't work, picosearch cannot be installed on a freepages site, etc.
Or is this impossible?
If I want a search engine, I have to move to a domain that allows it, right?
Jonathan

Probz with Header & Footer Banners

SeumasR — 21 Apr 2006 5:35:35 GMT

I've recently changed to a new web template incorporating CSS but it gets upset over the freepage banners. The banners get screwed up also!

Any clues?

See: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland/ind...

SmartFTP, multiple threads and KBps/Thread

JACoddington — 20 Mar 2006 9:17:28 GMT

I use SmartFTP to FTP files to freepages, but it seems to be smarter than I am. Specifically it has a "transfer queue" that allows multiple threads and variable KBps per thread. This seems like a good feature...if you could have multiple threads going at high KB per sec, everything would be faster!
But it doesn't work. SmartFTP seems to think everything is uploading furiously, but nothing shows up on Freepages.
Drag N Drop with this program works fine. so basic connection settings are OK. Does Freepages not allow this sort of thing?
Jonathan

New web page user

christiriley — 1 Mar 2006 10:13:17 GMT

How do I get started in adding data to my web page?

server index

Jan Van Genechten — 18 Feb 2006 1:27:00 GMT

When we upload a number of pages to the server without an "index.htm" file, the server itself will make up and show a neat and complete index of all the files on our location.
Is it possible to view such a server index of locations that do contain an "index.htm" or similar basic file?

Web site at freepages

Thelma Moye — 4 Feb 2006 8:03:37 GMT

I missed a day working on my web site and when I started to work on it today I noticed the print is very much smaller then usual. I know I'm getting older but I can hadley read the fine print. I checked every place I could think of but no mention of any changes. Is this going to change back to the "normal" size print or do I have to try and get used to it? The What you see is what you get new thingy was a good idea altho I haven't tried it yet ( I am so used to working with the old way) Is the fine print also somthing new????PLEASE someone let me know. After a few hours of work my eyes get sore. Thelma

Upload to Freepages

Don Conley — 21 Jan 2006 11:09:48 GMT

I use FP 2000, I am trying to add to and change the page I already have up there. I have turned off FP exstensions and have turned off my virus program (Norton) I have turned off my firewall. I keep getting the following message when it is about a fourth of the way uploaded; "The server unexpectedly closed the connection."
I cannot seem to get around this message. I am using Verizon DSL.

HELP

Don Conley

No FTP into Freepages today?

Jillaine_Smith — 5 Jan 2006 3:45:49 GMT

Anyone else having trouble FTP'ing into freepages today?
I can't get in. FTP not finding or successfully connecting to freepages. (It doesn't even get to the processing pwd part.)

-- Jillaine

GuestBook Link: Software Error: Unmatched [ before HERE mark in regex m/[ << HERE img src/ at /u1/guestbook/public_html/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi line 38, <SPAMLIST> line 559.

AllenWheatley — 15 Dec 2005 6:33:51 GMT

The link to
resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/publis_guestbook.cgi?gb=3773&action=view
fails with software Error:
Unmatched [ before HERE mark in regex m/[ << HERE img src/ at /u1/guestbook/public_html/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi line 38, <SPAMLIST> line 559.

It seems that this started about the time that Microsoft Updates were being installed on 12/14/2005 to my XP with all available fixes applied.

SinceI do not have access to the offending code on ~guestbook, is there something I need to do in my code to preventthis problem?

Relationship terminology

wwdpsw — 4 Dec 2006 4:40:14 GMT

What is the correct terminology for my husband's aunt's uncles and aunts? Great uncles and aunts or grand uncles and aunts? Thanks!!

HTML problem fixed

mrobins3 — 23 Nov 2006 9:47:42 GMT

I redesigned my page and started from scratch, so it's fixed, although I would still like to know what happened.

HTML problem - extra ancestry search form at top of page

mrobins3 — 23 Nov 2006 9:47:42 GMT

Help! I recently made some formatting changes to my freepages homepage and now, for some reason I cannot fathom, there are TWO (2) of the forms at the top of my page that say "Discover Interesting facts about your family".

These appear in either IE or Mozilla. Can anyone help me?

When I was editing the HTML page, I had tried adding a graphic background but couldn't make it work so I went into the page source and deleted the <body background=...> line. I am afraid I inadvertently edited out something that was supposed to be there.

Any help would be appreciated!
:)
Margaret

How do I log into a new account

KarenBucklew76 — 9 Jan 2006 6:15:03 GMT

I just got the confirmation on my new freepage with all my info but no where can I figure out how to login, the must be some sort of way to get started and I am just not seeing it. HELP

Broken Link on My home page

Thelma Moye — 8 Nov 2005 4:55:02 GMT

Now that my pages are back I find I have a Broken link from my home page to the rest of my pages. I can open them from my directory but not from my homepage itself. This makes it look like I only have one page.How do I fix this? I have tried different things but something is not connecting.

Home page for Thelma Moye at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tmoye11444

What happened to my web pages?

Jim Brennan — 1 Nov 2005 5:35:28 GMT

Was wondering why my web pages have not been available for several days?

Homepage of Jim Brennan

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brennanohio/index.h...

It is not even listed in the index anymore?

I saw the previous messages but everyone elses pages seem to be working?

Thanks
Jim

Freepages offline?

Lori — 29 Oct 2005 10:40:47 GMT

I cannot find any of my webpages on freepages currently except through the cache on google. What is happening? Is the server down or have we lost service?

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~eidse/

is my homepage

Web space terms and conditions

ReesapRees — 6 Jan 2006 9:25:32 GMT

Where can I find the answers to the following questions?

What bandwidth is allowed for each sub domain on your website?
What telephone or other support is there? Is it 24/7
What file types can be uploaded?
What links are allowed?
Are emails external or internal?
What is your average up-time?
What software do you supply?
Do you support MySQL?
Is it a WIndows server?
Do you offer stats?

Adding content to my webpages

Janie — 29 Jul 2008 3:10:29 GMT

I have a website with genealogy information on the area where I live and a couple of old yearbooks online. I attended the class of 1960 reunion last night and wanted to know if it would be okay if I added that to my website? I was already going to do the yearbook for that class. Thanks. Janie

Redirection to freepages

Robert Howey — 13 Sep 2005 7:11:55 GMT

I've considered purchasing an inexpensive domain name and redirecting traffic from that domain to my freepages genealogy site. Is that considered acceptable?
Thanks,
Bob

How much space at Freespace?

Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough — 30 Sep 2005 7:12:44 GMT

Could someone kindly tell me how much space is available on a Freespace (personal web space) account? I am interested in creating a repository for people to add and share early images of their ancestors with others for a particular county within New Jersey. I'm trying to anticipate how quickly the site would run out of space. Should I be applying for a county-related account?

Please advise. Thanks,

Timing to Add Pages After Signing Up

WilmaBacigalupo — 9 Sep 2005 8:45:23 GMT

Hello,

I'm in the process of creating my genealogy web site. I haven't applied for a site yet, but would like to know -- after I get confirmation that I have a freepages site, how soon do I have to load the pages? And/or what happens if I don't load the pages immediately.

Thanks!
Wilma B.

help getting my family tree onto my webpage

simontracey — 9 Sep 2005 5:14:41 GMT

Hi, I have spent almost the whole day trying to get my webpage up and running but I just cant seem to get my family tree onto the page, it just sits in the file manager area...I have waded through the help section but still cant figure out what to do...I have ended up going around in circles. Am I supposed to put my family tree somewhere else on the internet and provide a link to it? I know I must sound thick but it just seems to be beyond me...as far as I know my files uploaded just fine, but now I dont know how to move them onto the page.

How to Retrieve Guestbook Entries

@@cburke1@kc.rr.com — 28 Jul 2006 7:58:48 GMT

I put a Rootsweb Guestbook on my site and perhaps I did something wrong. I am not sure how to access the entries. All it shows on my site is the blank boxes for the person to enter their name and email and the box for their comments and then the place to click to submit. I did two test messages but the only way I see them is after I click on submit and it redirects me to Rootsweb. There, I see the two test messages but not on my site. Do I have to go to Rootsweb to see them? Also, if I get any inappropriate ads or messages how can I delete them?
Thanks for the help!

So Confused!

@@cburke1@kc.rr.com — 28 Jul 2006 7:58:48 GMT

I have built all of my pages from scratch and have them stored on my computer. I have my Rootsweb user ID and password already. My entire site is ready to upload but I have absolutely no idea how to do it. I am finding the "instructions" very confusing. Can someone give me a step by step procedure and lay this out in a somewhat easy to understand manner? I thought I was doing well by teaching myself HTML to make this site and now I am wondering if I will ever even get it online!!

Banners

cdmaddox — 27 Jul 2005 9:48:36 GMT

On my webpage I have built 3 frames and each one of them has the banners. I don't mind having the banners, but not on each of the frames. Is there a way to get rid of the banners on 2 of the frames?

website is at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maddoxetc/

Thanks, Denise
denise@denisemaddox.com

guestbook spam

Kerry — 17 Jul 2005 11:27:30 GMT

How about some internal coding to auto delete or moderate all guestbook messages containing http links? Rarely a day goes by where I don't have to log in and delete one or more messages out of my guestbook trying to sell me something. I know others are having the same problem. This could be done in a few lines of code and would save on server resources as we wouldn't have to keep logging in to delete the garbage.

Uploading Photographs

NCCCHA — 26 Jun 2005 4:42:52 GMT

After hours of following the woefully inadequate instructions online I managed to upload one jpeg photograph to my Photographs subdirectory. Now it does not work at all. I am told something about file not identified and asked to log back on. This is very frustrating as I am just building my site.

Any advice would be most appreciated. I am using Coffee Cup as my html editor. Here is my URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frederickfamily/
but there is not much to see. I can't get anything to work properly.

Rick

Uploading Documents

NCCCHA — 26 Jun 2005 5:30:35 GMT

I have created a lengthy memorandum analyzing the Frederick family of Person County, North Carolina, using Word. I then saved the file as html using that function in the Word program. However, when I upload it, it is a real mess that will take me hours of editing to make look acceptable.

Is there a better way? I am using Coffe Cup but am new to it.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frederickfamily/

Thanks a million.

Rick

Bulletin Board Compatability?

TreeHugger_2 — 9 Jan 2006 1:52:20 GMT

Are there any types of bulletin boards compatible with RootsWeb GenWeb County sites other than the MailMerge type? I'm more interested in a forum-type board that can have numerous topics and categories for posting. Are the GenWeb sites compatible for PHP bulletin boards? Is the RootsWeb webserver a SQL database server? And finally, where can you find this technical server information posted online for RootsWeb?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Uploading to FTP

Pam — 15 Jun 2005 12:55:09 GMT

I have used Ancestry Family Tree to create my web page. It takes hours to upload when I want to update it. Does anyone know of a faster and easier way?
Pam

Freepages???

MM — 28 Apr 2005 12:20:38 GMT

Can some one please tell me what is freepages??? I just ran across it??? THANKS

Guestbook becomes ads-muckhill

TilmanB — 20 May 2005 8:35:22 GMT

Hi,

I'm searching for a solution with my guestbook - this one isn't the pre-fabricated one but one I did myself using the mail merge options. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brandlsurname/guest...

The guestbook is increasingly being flooded with advertisements, mainly for hotels I believe (I have never tried one of the links since I can't trust them...)

Sofar I have that page registered with ChangeDetection.com and whenever I get a notification I just go there and delete that scrap, at least once a week, often even twice. I'm pondering over whether I shall disconnect it from the guest-book entry page. Doesn't make too much sense anymore.

Has anybody of you similar experiences and maybe an idea on how to handle this?

Thanks
Tilman

ftp connect failure

judy — 12 May 2005 1:03:56 GMT

I have ws_ftp and I can't log on to rootsweb. All I keep getting is a connect failure. This has been going on all week. I can get into my site using the online uploader, but I like using FTP.
This is what I get:
Finding Host users.freepages.rootsweb.com ...
Connecting to 66.43.18.23:21
Connect failure

Main pop up on wsftp states this:
Your network connection is down.
The host address is incorrect.
The server you are attempting to connect with is not available.

I'm using: ( Host ) users.freepages.rootsweb.com
User name is correct
Password is correct

Is the server too busy? Is this maybe a firewall problem?
PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Website

caledoniasdaughter — 3 Jan 2005 12:20:24 GMT

I am totally lost! Please bear with me as I am nearly 80(I didn't think I was senile but this has changed my mind.)
I have a Free Page website provided.
I have gone through editor.
Now I want to do all the goodies.Surnames,information etc.
It seems to me I need to get a program to even start doing this. I downloaded a WYSIWYG free program but what do I do with it? Why can't I just start writing?
When I want to start lists(surname,etc) How do I do that?
I know this is all explained on the FreePages Help but I don't understand a word of it.
Would someone spend the time with me and start me with step # 1 and then to step # 2 ad nauseum?
Believe it or not I went to college(in the dark ages I know but
I admit this has got me stumped.
E-mail should be:xb2_xje not as above.

Color of links on my homepage

trialsz — 29 Apr 2005 2:44:54 GMT

On my freepages website I have one color (sometimes two colors) of fonts for the regular text. For the links, they are a different color. It is also set up to display a different color of font to show what links have already been clicked. When I go to my homepage (index page) sometimes the links are the "previously looked at" color - the pages I've looked at directly from the web, not my html editor. My question is: when/how often is the freepages server re-set or refreshed? Sometimes the "clicked-on" links revert back to the original color and sometimes they keep the "clicked-on" color for a long time. Can someone explain why this happens? And is there a way I can view my own page from the web without the "clicked-on" font colors after I've clicked on them with my own computer?

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilypages/famil...

Counter won't center on my page

Mike Webb — 9 Apr 2005 3:13:50 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to get my counter to center on my webpage.

alphabetizing directory

DonnaCooper20 — 24 Mar 2005 9:26:20 GMT

I wonder if someone can tell me how to alphabetize my directory of freepages. I have looked through several suggestion sites but can't seem to find that issue addressed.

Thanks, Donna

can not get the email on my index page to work

Billie Nichols Bennett — 12 Mar 2005 5:34:16 GMT

I am beginning to build a webpage and I can not get the email to open so someone can send me a message. When I used Word, when I typed it into the page it automatically worked.

This is my page location:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nichols1836/

You will see that I have the email address typed in, but it does not work.

I am using Netscape Composer
My browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer
I used the FTP through MS Explorer
I have a Yahoo account that I want to use... txgen2000@yahoo.com

If someone can help me I would appreciate it.
Billie

music

Maugham_Leland — 29 Aug 2005 7:11:56 GMT

My music no longer works on my site can any one tell me why?? has worked right along till now

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maughamleland

can some one look and let me know why PLEASE
Yvonne aka BigAppleMamma
and e-mail me
THANK YOU ALL

OneBigAppleMamma@hotmail.com

Problem with Freepages Servers?

MacoupinILGenealogy — 11 Feb 2005 5:44:24 GMT

I have never had this problem before, but I can no longer access and view my pages in one particular file. The main page and two other databases are accessible. Recv this message:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~ilmacoupin/MtOliveObits/ on this server.

Any advise?
S. Viehweg
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoupin/

Remote directory - still messed up

T. A. Driggs — 9 Feb 2005 7:00:55 GMT

My remote directory is still messed up.
I checked it earlier this afternoon, and it all LOOKED normal, so uploaded a few things. One graphic was missing, so looked, and it was not in the folder. Everything else seemed to be okay.
Well, I got back on here around 10:30 P.M. and the Remote Directory was messed up again.
It should have my site name after genealogy_html/, and in the window below, show the graphics folder with all my web pages listed underneath it.
It isn't.

Just thought I should let somone know.
Thanks for your help.

How do I purge the alien folders from my Remote Directory?

Teddie Anne — 6 Feb 2005 5:47:53 GMT

I opened my FTP program and noticed two alien folders in my Remote directory. When I tried to delete them, I got a message that "permission denied".
My remote directory address has been altered and I cannot see how.
Is there some technical problem going on at Rootweb? When I opened the HELP window, it said to report it to my web server. Can rootsweb remove these folders and restore my directory address?
Hope someone out there can help. I need to upload new pages and I fear my security may be in danger.
Thanks
Teddie Anne

Freepages down?

Bill — 27 Jan 2005 1:46:06 GMT

I can't get any page to work. Is the Freepages server down?

Data protection

chuckgaish1 — 19 Dec 2005 1:33:24 GMT

I have my site at Freepages but I have never shown the living am I able to show the names of the living without their permission as long as i do not show any other info?

FTP'ing with Net Object Fusion?

agthorn — 16 Oct 2006 4:04:53 GMT

I am new to Freepages and trying to find my way around. I note that many methods of FTP'ing are discussed and supported so I figured my web softwares FTP capability should work as well (if front page works, anything should work! ;-)

However, I am not able to get the fields just right for some reason. Anyone else out there use NOF?

I can publish locally and I guess use WS_FTP to move the files but that seems like one step too many.

Any advise appreciated.

Question on Installing Multiple Web Pages

Wes Klang — 4 Dec 2004 1:03:06 GMT

Up to now, I have had a web page for my maternal family lines and have used the recommended structure for naming the top web page:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myname/index.html

If I were to rearrange my freepage directory to support two web pages: one for my maternal lines and one for my paternal lines, would the structure shown below work or must I have an inex.html at the level just below my name?

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myname/Smith/index....

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myname/Jones/index....

STOP STOPdon't need help with a book

dsegelquist — 13 Dec 2005 4:06:32 GMT

Thank you all with all the grate help and with all the good info now I'll be able to find my way.
Thanks again grate work to all.
Dennis Segelquist.

Need help with a Book

dsegelquist — 13 Dec 2005 4:06:32 GMT

I know I may not be at the right board but I need help I started a book about 25 years ago and never fished it but now I would like put it on the net a few pages at a time.It's on a little town in Kansas and it's mostly Family storys from their News Papers and of a lot of the towns History. I don't want my own web page and I can't seem to be able to find the right web site. I NEED HELP.

program links

deckie49 — 30 Apr 2005 4:41:57 GMT

hello group,
i am a newbie to web site hosting. am trying to understand as much as i can before building my site.
i have read the rootsweb policy and think i understand most of it. but, i have a couple questions.
1. i would like to share a list of my favorite programs and websites. i know i cannot have commercial links or banners, but is there any other way to do this??
2. is it possible to have on my site links to specific surname based discussion boards?
3. what is a good web site building program for someone with no experience?
thanks for any input and advice you have.
deckie49

I still need help

SharonMyers6705 — 31 Dec 2005 7:25:00 GMT

It must have been beginner's luck, because now it doesn't work. Okay what is the proper order of doing the anchor in html?

HtmL
Head
Title
Body
Anchor? or where does the anchor go?

New to Free Pages

SharonMyers6705 — 31 Dec 2005 7:25:00 GMT

I am new to freepages and am working on an HTML document on the online editor. How do I link it to my homepage? [sorry, but I am not good at all of this! Thought I was doing well following the HTML code and now this!]

frontpage theme doesn't appear on my website

annmacey_1 — 20 May 2006 8:58:15 GMT

I used forntpage and had to try the whistles and bells - because they are there - but the theme I chose just doesn't make it to the finished pages and this leaves the banner and buttons looking like broken links when they work but don't look right.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gibbonfamily

When you explain could you use small words for this computer illiterate please - anything that is preceded by "in the html.. " will be laughed at and ignored cos my mind just panics and hides behind my eyes whispering "please don't make me learn something new, oh please!"
Ann
confused in Newport Gwent

Uploading Pictures to Freepages

Vickie Slogrove — 11 Nov 2004 10:47:44 GMT

Can anyone recommend a good software programme to enable me to post photos and copied documents to my Rootsweb Freepages website please . Something not too expensive. I would like one which also can reduce the size - thumbnails I think they are called and then with a click enlarge again.

Thank you Vickie

how to edit the html TITLE tag? to correct listing in the Rootsweb Index

Billie Nichols Bennett — 27 Oct 2004 8:44:03 GMT

My webpage is not showing on the Rootsweb freepages index where I would like.

I created the pages in Word2000. I named the file James Wilson Nichols. So it is showing in the "J" index.

I was told to edit the html TITLE tags. I guess it shows... but I am very new to this.

My question to anyone useing Word2000... how do I edit the html title tag?

I did go back and change the "James Wilson Nichols" on the TOC frame to "Nichols families" but it did not change in the Rootsweb Index listings. Does it take a while to change there or do I need to do something else?

Thanks
Billie Nichols Bennett

updated file will not show update information. Only original page

Billie Nichols Bennett — 24 Oct 2004 8:17:17 GMT

I have a webpage in Word 2000.

I loaded a copy before completely doing all the pages, with just the index to click to the pages. On the page it showed what was supposed to be there.

I now did the page, loaded it with the ftp drag/drop.

The icon on the ftp location... if clicked on shows the new page. But when I open the website only the old page shows.

On the directory listing page, when I click on the file, it shows the old version before I built the page.

On the ftp upload page it shows the new.
On the directory page it shows the old.

Can anyone help me here... I am new at this and have exhausted all I know to do.

Thanks,
Billie

Picture disappearing

geojack — 11 Feb 2005 1:47:44 GMT

When I upload a picture to my website it will be there. I can go back to it a few hours later and it is gone. What do I need to do to keep it there.

Please help me

ddperry72 — 16 Oct 2004 11:27:48 GMT

I'm getting so frustrated I'm ready to give up again. I went and bought Web Easy 5 Professional and built my web page on it, when i go to publish the page online it wants the host name or ips address. i typed in ftp://users.freepages.rootsweb.com/genealogy_html, then i typed in my user name and password. it tells me "unable to resolve host name".
i wish this all didn't have to be so difficult. can you help me?

Upload

Dawn — 15 Oct 2004 1:46:25 GMT

i've made some web pages on microsoft word 2000 and would like to upload them to my website. does anyone know how i can do this??
thanks in advance!
dawn

problem with password to login to use ftp

knzus — 6 May 2006 4:24:32 GMT

Long story short (haha)...I have been using an FTP program for uploading my pages for several years. Did the "usual" thing and had the password "save" so I wouldn't have to type it in all the time. Three weeks ago, my faithful computer gave out on me...couldn't save a thing unfortunately, including my best programs (thank goodness I always did backup for my files!). So anyway...I have a brand new shiny computer. But here I sit, having typed in my username (using my browser FTP now), and drew a complete blank on the password. *GROAN* Looked through all my papers and emails I had saved and couldn't find it anywhere. Is there anyone I can contact at RootsWeb who might be able to send me that password, or a new one? Already tried all the usual routes, including Password Central, but the email address I used long ago to get my freepages account is long gone, etc., etc.

Thanks so much!

Diana

How do I find my website????

LittleLadynRed — 16 Jul 2004 12:04:51 GMT

I recieved a free website but I do not know the web address to get to it. I also can't remember what I named it.
Please help! Thanks

PHP & MySQL

auviluyehara — 3 Dec 2005 5:10:07 GMT

Do the freepages @ rootsweb support PHP and MySQL? It's come to my attention that a much easier way to create genealogy websites that involve a large amount of ancestors has been created. The software is called The Next Generation (TNG), and it's website is here:

http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php

Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

ged2html

BShipley0170 — 24 Jun 2004 7:55:12 GMT

Is there any easy way to upload files created with ged2html onto my freepages? The documentation that comes with the program suggests using an archiver, and that I must have access to an unpacker on the server.

I'm sure someone out there can tell me how to do this.

Thank you.

Background Colour

chuckgaish1 — 19 Dec 2005 1:33:24 GMT

Hi, My freepages are up and running I have even added photos BUT I can not get a background colour to work my chosen background is uploaded to images I can see it it is there but its the only thing that don't work. I have looked at Freepages HTML help/tutor but it is all Gobblegook to me is their a way to do it that a computer illiterate can understand my files are uploaded to freepages from Ancestry Family Tree web page maker.????????

Now I am having just the opposite problem

bearyourfamilyhistory — 27 Feb 2006 3:28:20 GMT

I can see my pages online, but when I go in to the editor all I find are the items that have been updated. I don't see a link for a page 2 nor do I even know if there is a page two. How can I edit the current pages if they can't be found?

Charity

What happened to Freepages?

DCRussell — 28 May 2004 2:09:09 GMT

EVERY page I try to reach at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
gives me a Not Found error?