Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Society of Genealogists19 January 2008
Teresa PaskUridge, Euridge One-Name StudyPask, Paske One-Name Study
www.uridge.org, orwww.pask.org.uk
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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Introduction:
If you can e-mail, upload files, and use a genealogy softwareprogram, then you have enough knowledge and experience tocreate and maintain a Family History web site.
The hardest part is deciding what method you are going to use!
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Introduction: Presentation Approach
Overwhelming number of options
Focus is on a selection of options available:Easy Option - BlogGEDCOM-based PublishingPHP-based WebsiteTailor-made Website
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Introduction: Evaluation
Technical Skills:+++ Challenging, large learning curve may need additional support++ Fairly easy, up and running within an hour+ If you can create e-mails you can do this
Maintenance Effort (For each update)+++ Allow more than one hour++ Less than one hour+ None, or very little
Maintenance Cost*+++ Monthly outgoings of over £3 less than £5++ Monthly outgoings of over £1 less than £3+ Free
Advantages
Disadvantages* Maintenance Costs does not include thefamily history program
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Why Publish to the Web?
Advantages
Virtual presence1980 – 2001: 20 contacts by letter, or Family History Meetings2001 – 2007: 150+ contacts due to website & search engines
Shares your research with others & encouragement to othersto share with you
Disadvantages
Increase efforts – maintaining the data, and the increase indata received
Possible increased costs (for some methods)
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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Easy Option: Blog
A weB LOG isyour easy-to-useweb site
You can quicklypost researchnotes, interestingsnippets, interactwith people, andmore.
All for FREE
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Create a Blog - Using Google www.blogger.com
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Step 1 of 3: Create a Google Account
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Step 2 of 3: Name Your Blog
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Step 2 of 3: Choose a Template
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Step 3 of 3: Start Posting
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Create the Post – Title & Content
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Instant Results – Perhaps Not Quite Right
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Customize: Choose New Temple
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Results: Still Not Quite Right!
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Customize: Choosing a New Element -
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Configure Labels & Final Results
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Customise Page Element: Blog Posts
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Easy Option: Blog
Don’t know any disadvantagesDisadvantages
If you can create an e-mail, youcan use this method
So easy to use
Can be linked to your website toprovide a dynamic update
Very customisable – lots oftemplates, different choice ofmain layout
It’s FREE!
Advantages
Technical + Maintenance + Cost +
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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GEDCOM-based Publishing
Publishing your family tree online can be easily done byuploading a GEDCOM to:
RootsWeb World ConnectAncestry World Tree now Ancestry Member TreesFamilySearch Pedigree Resource FileGeneaNetGenes ReunitedGenCircles now called MyHeritage. . .
Alternatively, use a GEDCOM converter to HTML to upload toyour own website:
GED4WEB©GedHTreeLogicmill. . .
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Test it Before Deciding www.myheritage.com
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One-time installation – Active X
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Search Results from 1103 Databases
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Face Recognition - Images
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Administration Pages
Work through, particularlyPrivacy and Genealogy
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Administration: Privacy
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Administration: Content
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Administration: Genealogy – Additional Tags
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Administration: Genealogy Ä GEDCOM
Not yet available, but useSummary in Family TreeSection
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Administration: Genealogy Ä GEDCOM Settings
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Smart Matching: Compare
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Smart Matches Compare Trees
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Smart Matching: E-Mail Notification
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GEDCOM-based Publishing: My Heritage
It is different from other "world" tree type web sites because itallows you to interact with your data and with othergenealogists in new ways.
Through their Matching technology, it analyses yourgenealogy to help you find other genealogists to work with.
And the best part, it's FREE!Alternatively Silver, Gold, or Platinum is available
BUT in infancy – previously GenCirclesFamily Tree in beta version
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GEDCOM-based Publishing
Some sites are very difficult tochange or delete your data onceyou have provided it
Some sites provide data to others
DisadvantagesQuick to learn, easy to use
GEDCOM – HTML converters canbe easily incorporated into yourown web site
MyHeritage has an excellent FAQsection, covering most questions
Advantages
Technical + Maintenance + Cost +/++
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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PHP-based Website: Using PhpGedView
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PHP Websites: Technical View
PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of itssyntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple ofunique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of thelanguage is to allow web developers to write dynamicallygenerated pages quickly.
It normally requires the following to be present on your website:
1. PHP (a scripting language, 4.0 or higher preferred)2. MySQL (a database, 4.0.1 or higher preferred, but will also work
on earlier versions back to 3.23.0)3. You may also need an FTP program
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PHP Websites: What Does That Mean to a FamilyHistorian?
It is a powerful way to manage and display your genealogy data onthe internet, all without generating a single page of HTML. Instead,your information is stored in MySQL database tables anddynamically displayed in attractive fashion with PHP.
It stores your data on your server instead of on your own hard drive.Alternatively, you can create a GEDCOM, and upload it from yourwebsite
You can make it private so that only you can see the data. Or youcan give access to a few other family members, or everyone. Youcan also allow other people to add information.
It is installed on a web server (that has a MySQL database)Use a PHP Family History Program:
PhpGedViewThe Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding©
Does setting up a web server sound too complicated?
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PHP-based Family History Program
A much simplier way is to use a web-hosting solutionProvides web hosting services and products focused andspecialised in collaborative genealogy
Ourroots.info5,000 individuals - $4.95 / per month + Optional adds on5,000+ Advanced Package $9.95 / per month + Optional adds onPGVhosting5,000 individuals - $5.95 / per month (includes options)5,000+ Advanced Package $8.95 / per month
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PGVHosting Signup
Submitted: Tue 02/Jan/2007 19:36Notified ready: Wed 03/Jan/2007 01:20
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Administration Control Panel
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Step 1 of 3: Upload GEDCOM (Admin)
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Step 1 of 3 continued: Upload GEDCOM
PGVHosting uploads the first GEDCOM, you can overwrite this.
Use this method to update if you maintain your data on your local computer
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Step 1 of 3 continued: Confirmation of GEDCOM Upload
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Step 2 of 3: Access and Privacy Settings
This is used if you decide tocreate accounts for users
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Step 2 of 3 continued: Edit GEDCOM Privacy Settings
General Privacy settings,also Privacy settings byUser [ID] is available
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Step 3 of 3: Configuration of Main Page
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PHP-based Hosted Website
Website name ishttp://uridge.pgvhosting.com/
GEDCOM import only providesbasic information – not detailednarratives (as in Second Site)
If you decide to maintain onlineyou will need broadband
DisadvantagesIf you can upload a GEDCOM youcan use this method to produce avery sophisticated dynamicwebsite
Amazingly quick to set up – theydo all the work for you – website,PHP settings, latest techologywithin 4 hours
Provides a collaborativecommunity (optional)
Authorisation concept excellent -you are in control
Very customisable for you, andthe person viewing your site
Advantages
Technical + Maintenance + Cost ++/+++
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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How Do I Do It?
Static Pages, with very little change
Surnames, Narratives, ListsFrequently updated
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Individual Website: What Do I Use?
Personal Usage2 x One-Name Studies 5,000+www.uridge.orgwww.pask.org.uk
Web Editing ToolsDreamweaver 8.0.2Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
Hosting – www.uk2.netUK Domain 2 years - £7.602500MB Web Hosting, CGI, MySQL2 years - £90.43Without CGI MySQL 2 years –£56.265 e-mail addresses2500MB use 127.86/409.19 MbTransfer Maximum 100 Gb / monthCosts per month £2.66 / £4.08
Genealogy ToolsThe Master GenealogistSecond Site – generatesweb pages (500+ pages)
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Creating the Narratives Web Pages: Second Site
Automatically transforms your genealogydata into web pages quickly and easilywithout knowing any HTML.
All the files are generated and pagescompiled with all the hyperlinks toindividual narratives, graphics, charts,lists, indexes.
The files are included in one folder.
This folder is uploaded to your website, orto a CD/DVD for distribution
You can create as many subsets of yourdata as you like.
Significant support and Rootsweb mailing list
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Results: Main Page
Can be the front pageon your website if youdo not want to use aweb editor
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Results: New or Changed Narratives
Tree icon depictsrelated to Teresa Pask
Picture icon indicatesthere is a picture of
the person
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Results: Individual Narrative
Relationship, and Tree Icon
Descendancy Chart Link
Sentencesfrom TMG
Children
Sources
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Results: Master Index / Surname Index
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Results: Master Place Index / Place Index Detail
Drill down on aCounty/Town
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Tailor-Made Website Using Dreamweaver & Second Site:Evaluation
Initial design setup of your ownwebsite, and the learning curve ofthe web editing software can bevery high and challenging
Dreamweaver [or other editingtool] is expensive
Initial outlay for domain & hosting(2-year contract) is expensive.
Secondsite only works inconjunction with The MasterGenealogist
Your content may need someinitial data cleanup
The uploading process to yourwebsite can be time consuming
DisadvantagesVery customisable – look-and-feel of narratives section can bealso be unique
Second Site is very quick to learnand easy to use. The results are“award winning”
The publishing direct from yourdata reduces data maintenancesignificantly
Requires best-practices –maintaining sources, andsentence construction
Advantages
Technical +++¹ Maintenance +++² Cost ++/+++
¹ Refers to website/domain setup
² Includes FTP to website
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Upload to Website: Transfer folder
Folder containingSecond Sitegenerated pages
Folder containingWebsite onpersonal computer
Second SiteFolder is
transferredto website
folder on pc
WebsiteFolder is
transferredfrom pc to
website
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File Transfer Protocol – FTP Options
“FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used to connect two computers over theInternet so that the user of one computer can transfer files and performfile commands on the other computer.”
www.wikipedia.org
Used to transfer files from your home computer to the hosting server
Publish personal websites, blogs and podcasts – although many havetheir own ftp inbuilt
Ideal for transferring all types of music, photos, and video files
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FTP Software
Macromedia / Front Page has inbuilt FTP
Other software available
A comparison is available at www.wikipedia.org
CuteFTP (GlobalScape)http://www.globalscape.comFree Trial CuteFTP Home $39.99
WS_FTP Homehttp://www.ipswitch.com/products/ws_ftp/home/index.asp$39.95
SmartFTP http://www.smartftp.com/Free
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Dreamweaver has built in FTP software
In Dreamweaver you can usethe Put function, orSynchronize
For one file, folder, or thewhole website
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CuteFTP Software: Connection Wizard
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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What is Print On-Demand?
Print on demand (POD), sometimes mistakenly referred to aspublish on demand, is a printing technology employed bypublishers in which new copies of a book (or other document)are not printed until after an order for them has been received."Print on Demand" developed only after the development ofdigital printing, because of the practical and economicdifficulties of printing single copies using traditional printingtechnology such as letterpress or offset printing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing_on_demand
What does this mean for you?Self-PublishingAn affordable and easy way to get a book into printNo initial outlayNo minimum orderEase of changing the contentDifferent types – Books, Photo Creations, Digital Media
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On-Demand Publishing: Printed / Online
If you can use Microsoft Word, or word processing softwareyou can publish your own family history
See http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/alts/word.shtml
Needs ability to create a PDFI use PDF-XChange (Standard)See http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfxchange_standard/
Hardest part is creating the publication
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#1 Self Publishing Website – www.lulu.com
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Lulu: What is Print On-Demand?
You can buy one paperback for yourself, or you can sell yourbook to the whole wide world. You’ll be amazed howinexpensive it is to self-publish a paperback book – and howquickly your 80% of all creator revenue can add up.
Set your own price - Lulu makes it easy to see exactly howmuch (or little) it costs to produce your book (for example, howmuch different paperback bindings cost), and just as easy todecide how much you want to earn from each sale
Get your own ISBN - and get distributed in more than 60,000retail locations, online and off
Build your own online storefront to generate direct links, andmore sales
Forget storage - when a book is bought, it gets printed,dispatched and delivered on demand
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Lulu: Needs Registration
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New Project: Step 2 – Choose Options
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New Project: Step 3 – Upload PDF
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New Project: Step 4 – Print-Ready File
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New Project: Step 5 – Design Your Cover
System defaults a templatethat can be changed
Front – spine – back coverneeds to be defined
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New Project: Step 6 – Review Your Project
System defaults a templatethat can be changed
Front – spine – back coverneeds to be defined
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My Projects: Update with New Project
Revisions possible byselecting Revise option
Publishing Your FamilyHistory to the Web
Evaluations: Tailor-made Website
Evaluations: GEDCOM-based Publishing
Introduction
Evaluations: PHP-based Website
Evaluations: Easy Option - Blog
Evaluations: Print On-Demand
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Summarisation
Free++Easy Option: Blogs
Free++GEDCOM-based Publishing
Free+++Print On-Demand
++/+++++PHP-based Website
++/++++++²+++¹Tailor-made Website
Method Technical
Maintenance
Cost
Technical Maintenance Cost
¹ Refers to website/domain setup
² Includes FTP to website
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Web Links
Criteria, Design & Choice of Tools:Guild Knowledge Store: General
http://www.one-name.org/members/wiki/index.php?page=One-Name%20Study%20Websites
Web publishing software programshttp://www.one-name.org/members/wiki/index.php?page=Web%20publishing%20software%20programs
Genealogy Web Creations - Website Design for the Genealogisthttp://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/
Second SiteSecond Site - http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/RootsWeb mailing list -http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/SECONDSITE.html
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)Comparison of FTP clients
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_clients
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Web Links continued
GEDCOM converters:GED4WEB http://www.ged4web.com/index.htmGEDHTree http://www.gedhtree.com/Logicmill http://www.logicmill.com/
PHP web-hosting solutions:http://www.pgvhosting.com/ http://www.pgvhosting.com/Ourroots.infohttp://www.ourroots.info/phpGedView
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Web Links – Teresa Pask’s Information
WebsitesUridge, Euridge One-Name Study http://www.uridge.orgPask, Paske One-Name Study http://www.pask.org.uk
Blogshttp://pask-paske.blogspot.com/http://euridge.blogspot.com/http://familyhistorypresentations.blogspot.com/
PHP web-hostinghttp://uridge.pgvhosting.com/http://paskfamily.pgvhosting.com/
MyHeritage websitehttp://www.myheritage.com/FP/home.php?s=301013
Lulu BooksPasks of Great Gonerby Lincolnshire [Black & White]http://www.lulu.com/content/1066006
Pasks of Great Gonerby Lincolnshire [Colour]http://www.lulu.com/content/1097485