While these are excellent help files about creating web pages within Legacy, the OP’s question was about publishing his already created web pages or using Dropbox. And as much as I like these help files, there is very little info about how to get web space in order to publish the files. For example, the help files sort of gloss over this concept with the following statement:
1. Before you try putting your Web ages (sic) on the Internet, contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your ISP will make certain that you have server space for your pages and will tell you what directory to use. The problem with that statement is that very few ISPs actually provide free web pages anymore like they used to in years past. And even the ones that still offer “user pages” as they call them, most of the time you are limited to 20-50 megs. If your family file has more than 10,000 people in it, it is doubtful than any report generated in Legacy will ever fit in the limited space given to you. And if you plan to include any pictures with either the detail or master sources, forget about it. So one simple solution to publishing your Legacy web pages to the web is to browse for free or inexpensive web hosting. Sometimes the inexpensive ones will also include a free domain name so that once your pages are published, the URL that you give to all your friends and family members would look something like “www.smith-family.com”. There have been many previous discussions about the pros and cons of which web host to choose, static or dynamic web pages, cheap vs. free --- and I don’t wish to rehash any of that again. If the OP is interested in publishing to the web, then I’d suggest he start with googling “free web hosting” and let his learning experience begin. Brian in California From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:24 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Uploading webpages Please see the articles in our Knowlege Base on publishing web pages to the internet at http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00399 http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00965 Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 9:34 AM, gerald <g...@representative.com> wrote: I seem to recall something about this topic some time ago, but wasn't ready to do it them. Now I am I have created the webpages, according to the menu in Legacy, which look good in my browser. Of course, nothing has been uploaded yet for anyone else to see! I read the directions about using some FTP program. I have done that many years ago, and really don't want to do that now. All I want is to post these files on Dropbox. Is that possible? How? Or is buying space on the internet and using FTP the only way? G. 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
