Geoff, that sounds like a very well thought out and effective way to correct the issue of the export. Well done.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Geoff Rasmussen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave and I met about this yesterday and have some ideas. > > First of all, one of our great challenges when developing the SourceWriter > was to ensure that no information is lost when sharing via GEDCOM. Because > the GEDCOM standard does not have specific fields for the specific > SourceWriter fields, Legacy has to "break apart" the nice EE-style citations > into the source fields as accepted by GEDCOM, namely title, author, > publication, etc. So, while no SourceWriter information is lost, the > formatting is not retained when exporting. > > But...the SourceWriter citations are so nice :) that it'd sure be great if > when publishing to the web, such as to TNG, WorldConnect, and other > GEDCOM-based publishing cites, that Legacy's SourceWriter citations were > preserved. > > Therefore, we have some ideas about adding a new GEDCOM Export option. When > you go to the GEDCOM Export screen, we could add new choice under the > "Produce File For" drop-down list called "The Web" or "GEDCOM-based > publishing" or something like that. With this option selected, when the > GEDCOM is uploaded to the site of choice, the entire citation will read as > it is displayed in the Footnote/Endnote Citation of the output preview. This > new export option would also set certain privacy defaults and others. > > If this makes sense to any of you, would this solution be adequate? > > Thanks, > > Geoff Rasmussen > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> > =========================== > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Nestor > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:41 AM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output > > Do you happen to find yourself in the following three categories? > > 1) You use Legacy v7 sourcewriter and have converted some/all of your > sources > 2) You publish to the web using TNG > 3) You strongly desire to have these sources formatted according to > Evidence Explained > > If so, please note that the gedcom output from Legacy does not lend itself > to formatting the same way the web site as it does in Legacy reports. I was > so excited that Legacy came up with sourcewriter and that we could finally > format our sources the way that the professional genealogy field does. The > sourcewriter tool is easy to use and I think it's going to help many people > get over a fear of sourcing. > > This is all great! However, for those of us who publish to the web, all is > lost in the translation to gedcom. This is a huge disappointment to me! We > must either find a way to get TNG to re-format the gedcom data or find a way > to have Legacy export the sources in the same way they are presented on the > screen. > > I am at a loss on how to proceed. I have converted 3/4 of my census data > to the new source format, but on my TNG website, these sources are still a > mess. If you would like to respond off-line, I would sure love to have some > fellow collaborators on working out this issue. > > Thanks, > > Gail Rich Nestor > Smyrna, Georgia > www.roots2buds.net > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<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
