Previously Brian you wrote: "Actually there is a third means of getting your Legacy created web pages out. After the creation process completes in Legacy, simply burn the entire web contents to a DVD and send a copy to your friends and relatives. All they have to do is point their browser to the main "index.html" file on the disc, and then they end up looking at a "web site on a disc". Hey, it works!"
That's what I was asking about because if you can get a file from a DVD and open it up in a browser, you should be able to do the same thing if you retrieve it from Dropbox ***if the files are identical*. But I never tried to create web pages in Legacy since I use TNG, so I guess I'll check it out to see for myself. Thanks for the comments. Jerry Boor MerriamFamilyTree.org On 3/24/2015 3:26 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > > I don’t use Dropbox, Google Drive, or any such similar sites but the > short answer to your question is “I doubt itâ€. And when you say “share > such a fileâ€, I assume you mean to share all of the web pages created > by Legacy. You can certainly share your family database file (.fdb) > but unless they have the Legacy program, then can’t open it. You can > certainly share a GEDCOM file (.GED) but once again unless the other > person has a GEDCOM viewing program, they can’t open it. And the whole > idea is to create web pages within Legacy and then to share them > somehow allowing anybody with a web browser to open and view everything. > > Without sounding too geeky, merely sharing a complete set of Legacy > created files on Dropbox or other sites would most likely fail for two > reasons. The first is that the Dropbox server knows nothing about HTML > language. The seconds is due to “relative addressing versus absolute > addressingâ€. In other words, others could certain open up your main > index.html file but within that index.html file, there are links to > other people, links to photos, links to other pages, etc . and all > those links look something like this, “/graphics/image.jpgâ€. For > example, in my own web pages that were created by Legacy, here is a > typical line which shows relative addressing in use. Notice the > slashes in the link to the image source (img src). This addressing > tells the web server where to go to find that picture. > > <br clear=right><a > href="./pictures/a2_1_lightfoot,_frank_sr__-_1985.jpg" > TARGET="_blank"><img > src="./pictures/a2_1_lightfoot,_frank_sr__-_1985.jpg" align=right > width="200" height="300" border="0" vspace="10" title="Franklin Lee > Lightfoot, Sr. (6328 KB) > > That is relative addressing which Legacy uses because it assumes that > all the files are together on one root folder with subfolders all on a > hard drive, even if that hard drive is on your own computer or a hard > drive on a web server. Drop Box is not a web server but rather a file > server. So maybe if you went into your Legacy created web pages and > changed all the paths to something like > “http://www.dropbox.com/smith/sources/1940_census_surprise_arizona.jpgâ€, > it would be a monumental task that I’m fairly certain just won’t work > unless your files reside on a web server that was configured to > …well…serve up html pages. > > See more info about “Relative addressing vs. Absolute addressing at > http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/absolute-vs-relative-pathslinks/. > (Warning: Geek stuff ahead.) > > HTH > > Brian in CA > > *From:*Jerry in Michigan [mailto:bearjerca...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:23 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Webpages on the Internet > > Question for you Brian. I use TNG on the web because of the ability to > make immediate changes that show up instantly. Still wishing Legacy > could be available as a web-based product, but I doubt that will ever > happen. But your point about making a DVD for family intrigues me. > Just wondering, is it feasible to share such a file on Dropbox, Google > Drive, etc., so you don't have to mail DVDs to anyone? > > Thanks, > Jerry Boor > MerriamFamilyTree.org > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
