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| Welcome |
| Author: clare_midgley Date: 29 Mar 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Welcome to the Freepages Help Board. Please try to be specific when you ask your questions, but we understand what it's like to be new and confused so we're patient. |
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| web page structure |
| Author: SWIGHT Date: 06 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| The list has talked about this many times, but I am still not getting it right. Here is what I attempted to do:
C:
awebpage
freepages
genelogy_html
index.html
graphic
general
photos
people
stu... |
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| web structure |
| Author: SWIGHT Date: 07 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Yes, I could make them load by putting everything in one folder, but that is just what I am trying to get away from. It becomes just to confusing.
If I have a graphics folder and a people folder shou... |
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| Login |
| Author: leigh compton Date: 22 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| There are two problems with your approach:
1) RootsWeb does not allow you to place any CGI programs on its servers.
2) RootsWeb does not supply a CGI program to do this for you.
Now, there might be... |
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| Re: Login |
| Author: howiegenealogy Date: 22 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Elsi,
Thanks for the info. I visited but to be quite honest, I was absolutely lost within a few seconds. I don't need any input from the visitor, just a blank email, then of course a bit of html to en... |
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| Re: Login Script |
| Author: howiegenealogy Date: 22 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Jim,
What is ASP?
Personally, I agree with you, but I want visitors to feel that any information they can provide to the site is at least a little secure.
"http:// freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~how... |
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| File error |
| Author: rjm66 Date: 11 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| The URL is
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs.cgi/Freepages/Freep?read=26 |
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| My web page mess |
| Author: Denise_Sisson Date: 12 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Can someone please take a look at my page and tell me what I did wrong with:
A: My guestbook
B: Counter
I used UFT to create my page, then imported it into FrontPage 98-uploaded with FrontPage. My gr... |
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| Guestbook |
| Author: joanrootsweb Date: 12 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Denise-
For one thing in viewing the source code for your page I don't see the HTML for your guestbook at all. All I see is the code for the graphics.
Please see the instructions here: http://resour... |
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| Guest book |
| Author: Denise_Sisson Date: 28 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Joan,
I copied the code on to a new page-viewed it and it looks ok. My problem what do I do to link it to my homepage. I uploaded the graphics-which no longer show up anywhere. I am loading through F... |
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| Links |
| Author: pasher44 Date: 20 May 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| If you want to know how to write a link to a file in a subdirectory --
If the subdirectory is in the same directory as the page you are linking from, the link would be
a href="subdirectory/filename.h... |
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| UFT |
| Author: Bill Burgess Date: 12 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Denise, I use UFT and would suggest a different approach to posting your webpages.
If you are interested after you look at my site
http:// freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~burgessgen/
let me know - ... |
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| UFT |
| Author: Bill Burgess Date: 13 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Hi Denise
Fist go to the following site
http://www.ws-ftp.com/support/WS_FTP/index.html
and you can download your free FTP client.(That is if you do not have one already)
When you open this program yo... |
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| UFT |
| Author: Bill Burgess Date: 15 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| A few messages back Bill told how to put the UFT "web" pages on Freepages.
Now that would make setting up my web pages much easier, but I have a few
questions.
I understand you FTP's you UFT HTML fil... |
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| Style Sheets |
| Author: Von Date: 23 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Happy Easter to all who celebrate it!
You may have already seen a letter I wrote on the List-serv. But maybe not. Thus I am also writing here in hopes that my problem can be solved.
When I first put... |
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| Re: Style Sheets |
| Author: leigh compton Date: 23 Apr 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| The problem is in your statement. You've coded this:
Note that (1) you've omitted one of the slashes between http: and freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
Also, you don't specify the genealogy_html di... |
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| Counter on Home Page |
| Author: R H Dietz Date: 04 May 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Does anyone know how to insert a cgi counter on the
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com\\~xxxx Home Page?
Thanks in advance.
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| Getting Started |
| Author: pasher44 Date: 11 May 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Peggy: You need to create your pages on your own computer, or using the FreePages Online Editor, and then you need to upload them. Start with the FreePages FAQ's page at http:// freepages.rootsweb.com/... |
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| Guestbook |
| Author: Mary Date: 18 May 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Thanks Joan. Write after I sent this message I received the latest edition of the freepages digest and the answer was there as well. Thanks again. |
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| Lost my password |
| Author: PReplogle1558 Date: 15 May 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| I am trying to upload some files to my web page (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~preplogl/ ) via FTP. The FTP program asks me for the password for me (preplogle@home.com) on users. freepages.rootsweb.co... |
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| Uploading files |
| Author: pasher44 Date: 22 May 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| If you're using the on line File Manager to create your pages, when you SAVE them, they are automatically uploaded to your account at FreePages.
If the files are on your own computer, you can upload ... |
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| Cant find my page after uploading |
| Author: Sarah Touchet Date: 05 Jun 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| I uploaded my family page to http:// freepages.rootsweb.com/~sarah I clicked on Family on cuteftp to upload them to it. Now how do I find my page??? And how do I sign it in a "Family"???
Sarah |
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| TITLE |
| Author: pasher44 Date: 05 Jun 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| You can put anything you like as the TITLE of your page as it appears in the META tags. However, it will be indexed in the Freepages community list under the first letter, with the exception of *A* or... |
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| Index vs. Title |
| Author: pasher44 Date: 06 Jun 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| These are apples and oranges. To appear in the FreePages directory, your home page in each community (genealogy, pets, arts, etc.) MUST have a file name of *index.htm(l)*. It is indexed in the directo... |
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| Confused Again |
| Author: Sarah Date: 06 Jun 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Topics > RootsWeb > Freepages |
| Pat would you please check my page again. I went to the html and changed the (index) to (Family) on my index page in the html head. Do I need to go back and put it as index???? It is my index page wit... |
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