Create a web page to keep in your computer, Send it to a file name (just like reports sent to Preview) then look at the size of the files. Double the total. Tell the possible provder those numbers. This way you know how big your file is. Anyone elses numbers are useless. Good luck Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy website > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 2:14 PM > Please don't say this is off-topic > :-) Many of us "novices" to > website creation will be interested in the answers from you > more > experienced people and you know who you are. In the > last few weeks, > the question was answered that you can create the website > from within > Legacy but in order for it to be posted online for people > to view, you > need to have a website through another entity. Some > ISPs provide a > certain amount of free space for that purpose, other places > provide > sites for various fees. > > So when I have prepared my website through my Legacy > program, how much > "space" will I need for it? i.e., is it unreasonable > to expect that a > free service would have enough "space"? What should I > look for in > deciding where to place my website? > > I'm asking in this forum because you experienced guys know > what the > pros & cons are specifically for a family tree website > created by > Legacy. If you have some specific recommendations, > that's fine too, > but at least a general idea of what things to look for in a > good > website provider that will keep me happy for awhile. I > don't want to > have to recreate because I didn't realize something wasn't > going to > work well. > > I'd like to have my tree, including as much of my > information & > sources as possible, available to my family. I would like > to be able > to include pictures. Pictures don't necessarily have > to be attached > to the individual in the tree although that's good too; I > think I'd > like to have a separate section with pictures if > possible. Or maybe > you have better suggestions. > > Thank you! Kathy Meyer > > -- > Kathy Meyer > "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must > do things > you have never before done." > --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May > 1990, 74 > > Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and > expecting > different results. ~ Albert Einstein > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
