Thank you, Ward, for your reply. I had not realized that Google was not appropriate. Ron Ferguson just advised me of that, too. I wish the various FAQs had some of that info in them; I wouldn't feel nearly as computer-inadequate :)
Regards, Lorraine On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Ward Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Lorraine, > > I also considered Google Sites recently (as I had to migrate some pages > from the defunct GeoCities). After some digging, I discovered that there is > no way to upload more than one page at a time to Google Sites. Thus it is > not suitable for a family tree. > > After investigating a few other free web hosting sites, I decided to pay a > small annual fee for a paid web hosting site (www.FatCow.com). There are > many others to choose from, and several sites are dedicated just to > reviewing them. One bonus is that you can be registered for one domain name > as part of the deal. Sites like this are designed so that people > knowledgeable about web servers can use the raw tools, but there are also > some user-friendly tools to automate common tasks. For access control, > rather than having to invite people, like with Google Sites, you can create > passwords for files and folders. > > Good luck. > > Ward > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Lorraine <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 1:27 PM > *Subject:* [Bulk] [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 > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >
