HTML file confusion

[Gjest]

I used an html converter and now have three files I don't understand.
The first is an "index" folder containing "x0000..1-5.htm"; second is
"people" containing "p000..1-10.htm."; third is "surnames.htm." They
contain different views of similar information.

I want to use Dreamweaver to build the site and created a local view
only; will put in the remote view when done. The "index" file has a
bunch of name indexes, which further confuses me in terms of creating
an index page for the site.

Any tech wizards out there who can enlighten me?

Thanks.

digi

[Steve Hayes]

On 7 Jul 2005 19:33:02 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

I used an html converter and now have three files I don't understand.
The first is an "index" folder containing "x0000..1-5.htm"; second is
"people" containing "p000..1-10.htm."; third is "surnames.htm." They
contain different views of similar information.

I want to use Dreamweaver to build the site and created a local view
only; will put in the remote view when done. The "index" file has a
bunch of name indexes, which further confuses me in terms of creating
an index page for the site.

Any tech wizards out there who can enlighten me?

Just upload the pages to the site as they are, and use Dreamwaver to create
links to the entry pages (the surname and index files). The softwate you used
will have created links between the family history files, and trying to edit
them will just mess things up and make more work for you in the long run.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Gjest]

Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!

Best,
Digi

[Steve Hayes]

On 8 Jul 2005 21:30:49 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!

I used GED2HTML quite a long time ago to generate pages for my web site,
adequate to enasble people interested in the same families to find me. But it
is rather difficult to update them.

A lot depends on what you want to do. Some genealogy programs generate web
pages, including the free ones, PAF and Legacy, but I must admit that i
haven't tried those features yet.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Don.]

Steve Hayes wrote:

On 8 Jul 2005 21:30:49 -0700, [email protected] wrote:


Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!


I used GED2HTML quite a long time ago to generate pages for my web site,
adequate to enasble people interested in the same families to find me. But it
is rather difficult to update them.

A lot depends on what you want to do. Some genealogy programs generate web
pages, including the free ones, PAF and Legacy, but I must admit that i
haven't tried those features yet.


I have one database with 34,000+ names and find that GED2WWW works best

for that application because you can choose to display up to 20 families
per html file. GEDPage has an index but displays the data as an LDS
Family History Sheet and I use it for all other databases (10).

I don't know how well these *old* DOS programs work on WinFX and for
that reason alone I stick with Win98SE.

--
We use Thunderbird and FireFox,
have you considered using it?

http://www.mozilla.org

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[Hugh Watkins]

with any of these auto generated sites
to manage them

edit the gedcom not the site

then delete the old site and upload the new

which is how world connect and FTM sites work
all updating is automated

Hugh W


On 7/9/05, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> wrote:

On 8 Jul 2005 21:30:49 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!

I used GED2HTML quite a long time ago to generate pages for my web site,
adequate to enasble people interested in the same families to find me. But it
is rather difficult to update them.

A lot depends on what you want to do. Some genealogy programs generate web
pages, including the free ones, PAF and Legacy, but I must admit that i
haven't tried those features yet.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

--
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lapham
one-name study with over 2000 LAPHAM amongst 3800 individuals and 1000 marriages

soc_genealogy_britain_moderated
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sgbm?hl=en

My new photo blog
SNAPS http://slim2005.blogspot.com/

[Don.]

My techniques are automated too, just that I'm the robot. *lol*

Hugh Watkins wrote:

with any of these auto generated sites
to manage them

edit the gedcom not the site

then delete the old site and upload the new

which is how world connect and FTM sites work
all updating is automated

Hugh W


On 7/9/05, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> wrote:

On 8 Jul 2005 21:30:49 -0700, [email protected] wrote:


Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!

I used GED2HTML quite a long time ago to generate pages for my web site,
adequate to enasble people interested in the same families to find me. But it
is rather difficult to update them.

A lot depends on what you want to do. Some genealogy programs generate web
pages, including the free ones, PAF and Legacy, but I must admit that i
haven't tried those features yet.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

--
We use Thunderbird and FireFox,
have you considered using it?

http://www.mozilla.org

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[Paul Blair]

Steve Hayes wrote:

On 8 Jul 2005 21:30:49 -0700, [email protected] wrote:


Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!


I used GED2HTML quite a long time ago to generate pages for my web site,
adequate to enasble people interested in the same families to find me. But it
is rather difficult to update them.

A lot depends on what you want to do. Some genealogy programs generate web
pages, including the free ones, PAF and Legacy, but I must admit that i
haven't tried those features yet.

Some programs, like FTW, limit you to a set number of entries (2000 in
their case) and where you can store them (on their site only?). This is
not much use to most folk.

I use phpGedView, which is a bit more roundabout to set up, but a breeze
to update. Details at http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net/

But to precis this: when an update is needed, create a GEDCOM, upload it
to your site, change a few pointers. I've got about 7000 entries, an
update takes about 10 minutes.

Paul Blair
Canberra

[Hugh Watkins]

tehpoint of world connect on Rootsweb is it does just that

cousins find each other all the time

Google only partially indexes most sites

Hugh W

On 7/9/05, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:
On 8 Jul 2005 21:30:49 -0700, [email protected] wrote:


Thanks, Steve--your quick response is really appreciated.

I think I need to use another html converter. My problem was with
Ged2Web, which seems to only generate lists and charts without any
other data. Converting ged to html and/or generating a decent website
is not a "user-friendly" process, as confirmed by other messages on
this site!


I used GED2HTML quite a long time ago to generate pages for my web site,
adequate to enasble people interested in the same families to find me. But it
is rather difficult to update them.

A lot depends on what you want to do. Some genealogy programs generate web
pages, including the free ones, PAF and Legacy, but I must admit that i
haven't tried those features yet.



Some programs, like FTW, limit you to a set number of entries (2000 in
their case) and where you can store them (on their site only?). This is
not much use to most folk.

I use phpGedView, which is a bit more roundabout to set up, but a breeze
to update. Details at http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net/

But to precis this: when an update is needed, create a GEDCOM, upload it
to your site, change a few pointers. I've got about 7000 entries, an
update takes about 10 minutes.

Paul Blair
Canberra

--
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lapham
one-name study with over 2000 LAPHAM amongst 3800 individuals and 1000 marriages

soc_genealogy_britain_moderated
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sgbm?hl=en

My new photo blog
SNAPS http://slim2005.blogspot.com/

[Mal]

I created a web enabled database application to contain my family tree,
history and photographs on the Internet. Many hitherto unknown family
members have found it and added new sections, photographs and
information.

http://www.weller.org.uk/cgi-bin/Family ... wFamily.pl

Let me know if you are interested in a copy.

[Hugh Watkins]

"Mal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

I created a web enabled database application to contain my family tree,
history and photographs on the Internet. Many hitherto unknown family
members have found it and added new sections, photographs and
information.

http://www.weller.org.uk/cgi-bin/Family ... wFamily.pl

Let me know if you are interested in a copy.
Published by Malcolm Weller. (remember tosign your stuff please)

a good idea to put a safety copy on rootsweb.com

I upload my stuff as gedcom to wc.rootsweb.com

but yours is a nice site

Hugh W