Kathy Meyer wrote: > 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, No it's not off-topic, although a discussion of the ins and out of file transfer programs or the relative merits of free sites would be. To find out how much space you will need for the *current* size of your website go to the folder in which it has been created and right click on it; this is the absolute minimum which you need. Only you know how big you expect it to grow, but it is best to future proof it by multiplying the size you currently need with how many times you expect it to grow ie. if it is currently 5MB and you think you will be doubling it in a year or two then a minimum of 10MB would be a good idea. The point I am making is create you site, see how big it is and work from there. You will find the folder for the site in ~/Legacy/web/yr_project-name/ Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ 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
