Hi All, Welcome to this new group which I hope will be of particular help to those Legacy users who are taking the first steps into creating web pages. I hope...
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dickrichchas
Apr 23, 2007 10:08 pm
Hi all ... looks like I'm returning to YAHOO after many years ... My website addy is http://www.harbornet.com/folks/dick/SchweissFamilyHistory2.htm ... Page...
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Ron Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 23, 2007 10:50 pm
Hi all, Thanks for coming along especially those who found the site despite a bad URL! As you will probably know by now the correct one is: ...
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wayneboian
Apr 23, 2007 11:07 pm
Ron, Thanks for getting the site up and running. I am sure it will be helpful for a lot of people. Wayne...
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Ron Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 23, 2007 11:16 pm
Hi Mary, Your comment about including the header and footer in Legacy interested me as I do the same. I note, however, that you were wise and did not nest the...
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taug2006
Apr 24, 2007 3:10 am
Hello Everyone, Thank You Ron for starting this group. I am looking forward to learning. Debbie Freeman...
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Mel Morris
melsm_ca
Apr 24, 2007 6:36 pm
Well I'd like to ask a web question which has puzzled me. I know that only the preferred picture attached to an individual shows up on the web page. Then I...
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Jim Liddil
jliddil
Apr 24, 2007 6:49 pm
Could you be more specific as to which individuals? I looked around and did notice you have some very large (9-10 meg) jpg birth certificates (william bailey...
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Mel Morris
melsm_ca
Apr 24, 2007 8:34 pm
Sorry, forgot one thing, if you look at Matthew Fenton page 1935, you will see the sort of image I am talking about, for him, because I knew that marriage...
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emcham13
Apr 25, 2007 1:28 am
Many thanks Ron for setting up this forum. I prefer the Legacy Pedigree pages - like being able to choose colours and I think the format is easy on the eye....
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Mary Young
scullomie168
Apr 25, 2007 8:46 am
Isn't this a strange quirk/annoyance in Legacy itself? As I recollect, pictures attached to "vital" events i.e. BMD do not print in reports, you have to use...
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Mel Morris
melsm_ca
Apr 25, 2007 2:47 pm
You may well be correct Mary, I don't print reports as a matter of rule - I usually just enter data for my own satisfaction and put out on the web for anyone...
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Jim Liddil
jliddil
Apr 25, 2007 3:06 pm
Here is the code for Fenton on your site: <a href="../pictures/matthew_fenton_and_hannah_hartley__dsc01980.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img ...
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Mel Morris
melsm_ca
Apr 25, 2007 4:30 pm
Thanks for that Jim, but I use Legacy to create over 5000 pages for my webpage which I update on average, 3 or 4 times a month. There is no way that I will be...
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dickrichchas
Apr 25, 2007 6:47 pm
This group is only a few days old, but I'm already seeing signs of one of my "pet peeves" ... that being the unwillingness to change the SUBJECT line to what...
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Mary Young
scullomie168
Apr 25, 2007 9:51 pm
Oh, mea culpa, I will try to do better! Regards, Mary Young [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Ron Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 26, 2007 7:43 pm
Hi Min, I'm glad that Mary suggested PSPad to you it is a really great program for HTML editing. To batch edit you first need to Create a project using...
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Debbie McCoy
dmccoy44
Apr 26, 2007 7:52 pm
Mel, I think that is just the way Legacy works. In reports, I cannot get a picture to show unless it is attached to an individual or to an event. I love...
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Jim Liddil
jliddil
Apr 26, 2007 7:56 pm
Look at your directory structure. The picture for Mathew is in /pictures/. For th eother folks make sure that the path points to this directory if that is...
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Ron Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 26, 2007 7:58 pm
Hi Debbie, I think you are right on this I believe an issue has been raised with Legacy, so hopefully something will be done about it. Ron Ferguson ... get a...
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Mel Morris
melsm_ca
Apr 26, 2007 8:31 pm
Yes, I'm sure you are right Debbie, but then my question still remains - what's the point of allowing you to attach the picture if you can't display it in any...
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Dick
dickrichchas
Apr 26, 2007 8:43 pm
Ron None of these have anything to do with "correct url" topic ... can you do something to stop this practice of not having the SUBJECT match the MESSAGE? ...
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Mel Morris
melsm_ca
Apr 26, 2007 8:49 pm
Jim, I think you are misunderstanding, it's not that the pictures are unfound or in the wrong directory, Legacy is choosing not to include these pictures at...
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Ron Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 26, 2007 8:55 pm
Hi Dick, You are, of course, correct and I should have changed it when I replied - so my apologies. Ron Ferguson ... you do something to stop this practice of...
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Ronald Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 26, 2007 9:01 pm
Hi All, Just changing the subject header - will members who wish to reply please to the subject please use this email. Thank you. Ron Ferguson Mel Morris...
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Min Chambers
emcham13
Apr 26, 2007 9:58 pm
Thanks for your response Ron. I'll follow your instructions and will let you know how I get on.. Your help is much appreciated. Min Ron Ferguson...
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Jim Liddil
jliddil
Apr 27, 2007 3:28 pm
Ron, thanks for the clarification since I have yet to create a web page in Legacy. So that begs the question are there other freestanding tools to do this? Do...
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Ronald Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 27, 2007 5:34 pm
Hi Jim, I do think that many of us expect Legacy to do too much for us not only in the creation of web pages but also in reports etc. Let's face it, it is a...
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Stuart
sgregory43
Apr 28, 2007 3:29 pm
Greetings to the list and Jim, I have been using PhpGedView for several months now. My intial thought was to continue to use Legacy as my main database and...
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Ron Ferguson
ronfergy2000
Apr 29, 2007 8:51 am
Hi Stuart, I also feel that in future Php will probably be the way to go, but by compiling directly from the Access database which Legacy uses for its fdb...
