OK, Lorraine, I have now looked at Google sites and it cannot accept HTML nor can you use FTP. In a nutshell it is not suitable for Legacy web pages.
Can we first consider your concerns about your ISP's site; you say: "couldn't trust that it would be completely private and it had little space available". Exactly what to you mean? Are you saying that you only want approved individuals to be able to access your site? If so it may be difficult to find a site which will offer this (although that need not be the end of the matter). And why is it too small, can you tell me how many MBs it is offering, the type of your web pages (Pedigree, etc.) and the number of individuals on your site? Given the above information I will know what to look for. Cheers, Ron _____________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed Blogger RSS feed into your Website http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ Follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/ronfergy ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorraine To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: 09 October 2009 18:27 Subject: [LegacyUG] [Legacy] Cannot Get FTP to Work for Created Web Pages Hi, listers, I have searched already the help, tip, user archives to help me get the exact help I need, but am just not getting it right. Perhaps it is a misunderstanding of the differences between "host," "ISP," and "website." As I spent some hours yesterday trying to do it again, I am feeling very frustrated and hope someone can give me step-by-step pointers. I want to place this family tree on a website that is both free and has invitation-only access, because it has many living people in it, and I want the other family members from this side of the family that is not documented to collaborate freely on adding their own data and pictures, as well as information about their/our direct ancestors. I have a family tree for my line up at Ancestry as a public tree, because those lines deal with people not living. My Legacy "create web pages" works just fine. I think. When I first tried to do this some months ago (yes, I am starting from the beginning, again), I set up an account with my provider, Cox Cable, for web space. Then I discovered that I couldn't trust that it would be completely private and it had little space available, and I deleted the account. For the short time it was up, I could get the FTP to work. I am using the Firefox FTP, because Mozilla Firefox is my web browser. I have already set up an empty private web site at http://sites.google.com/site/ that seems to be just what I needed. I think. But then I could not connect to the site using the FTP. I ended up deleting the add-on FTP, reinstalling it, deleting the account for the FTP, re-setting it up. Nothing works. All I get is "unable to connect." I was trying various versions of the website address as the host in the account, both with the complete web address name and with only the root address: http://sites.google.com/site/. Am I missing a complete step here? Do I need to first go through the service provider Cox to *get* to the host website at Google, or is the "website" not the "host"? I really hope someone can help this unsavvy-in-tech user!!! I have followed the steps in the helps from Google sites, from Firefox FTP, and from Legacy. It must be easy, right? Or so many people could not be doing it successfully. What am I missing? Thanks in advance, Lorraine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.8/2425 - Release Date: 10/09/09 08:10:00 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
