Ah! I just checked the web page export with "use short location names" checked and it works beautifully. I just love the versatility of Legacy! This gives me the best of both worlds. As Rob says, I do want the index to sort on the long, unglamorous, commas-and-all location names because it's very easy for me to find what I need. Now my pages will look pretty too!
Now it's off to go change many, many location names! Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Leading comma(s) before place names-workaround I can't comment on web pages, but I believe that the Short Location Name is intended to be used as Gail proposes. I put rigorous place names, complete with all commas in the Long name, so it is clear which bit's which. I then edit the Short Location name so that it looks good on reports and is readable, rather than lexically unambiguous. Only problem is that not all reports allow you to use the Short Location Name. Not sure how this affects any exports you may do. Rob On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:23:42 -0500, Dave Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21 Mar 2005 Gail Nestor wrote: > > > Okay, since only a couple of people sent back comments about my previous > > note, I > > assume having leading commas in place names on web pages is not really a > > problem > > for most people out there. > > It's not a problem for me because I don't have any leading commas on > my web pages!! > > If you don't add leading commas to your locations they won't appear. > > If I only know that a birth occurred in New Jersey then I'll enter > "New Jersey, USA". If I know the county was Hunterdon then I'll > enter "Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA". > > If I only know the birth occurred in "Metropolis" then I enter that > as a note until I discover the country/state/ whatever. > > My location list is sorted right to left. > > Cheers, -- Dave N. > -- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. > --- > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
