Just thought that I'd chime in here about the downside of using hyperlinks in any sort of archival genealogical program or document, such as Legacy. The problem with invalid links is not necessarily due to the web site being taken down at some point in the future but rather a periodic reorganization and renaming of html files and folders that renders that static link invalid. The next time you click on any web link and get the infamous "page not found" error, try removing all extraneous path info in the URL except for the root domain name. You'll probably find the web site is alive and well and you might be able to navigate to the actual page that you wanted to get in the first place. This happens all too often with personal web sites with genealogical files on it. Whenever the owner generates a new set of files, the document names probably change or even worse, he renames or add folders, thereby rendering all existing links invalid. For this reason alone, any link in your Legacy file is probably not a good idea.
Brian From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christina Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:54 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0 I have a question about linking to websites. Wouldn't you be concerned about the link breaking because the website is taken down. If so, do you have to go back on your links and keep checking? Is there a warning that comes up when you access a file that would indicate a link is broken? Just a thought, Christina On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:41 AM, JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Linking to pictures at online locations is something I'd never thought of. Interesting. JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
