I also have a "dummy" individual in my Legacy database where I paste my frequently used links (html code) in the General notes field.
On 14/03/06, Julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use the following in Legacy (in Notes, Events, Sources): > > Source site: «a HREF="http://www.isphording.info"»Link to my site«/a» > > Other person in this site: «a HREF="12666.html" target="main"»(Link to > this person)«/a» > > The stuff just before "a" and at other places is critical, don't know > where it is on my keyboard, so I copy/paste it. like << and >> > Play around with these links, generate a html report and you can view > the results and click on the links to see if it works. I find linking > via a click able text to another person in the same genealogy is handy > and illustrating. > > The html guru's here may be able to give more detail. > > Example of links to census images can be found here: > http://isphording.info/html/genealogie/maindatabase02/5189.html > > Julian > > > On 14/03/06, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Don, > > > > I know of no other way of doing this other than the one which you are using, > > with the results you are getting. However I save the census as a jpg and put > > it in Detail Source Picures so that I always have it available with out > > having to use Ancestry again. > > > > Ron Ferguson > > _______________________________________ > > > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > > View Individual Trees > > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ > > _______________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Donald A. Yarbrough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [LegacyUG] Linking census web pages to Legacy sources: how to > > >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:15:02 -0500 > > > > > >I would like to add a link on my sources linking back to the original web > > >page were I obtained the source. > > > > > >For example, I could put a link on a census as a source linking back to the > > >ancestry.com page where I obtained the census page. This same method should > > >work for any link to web content. > > > > > >I tried out one method: I copy the web address for the census page from my > > >web browser and paste it into the Comments section > > >of the source. Then to when I am later viewing the source in Legacy and > > >want > > >to see the original census, I copy and paste the address back into the > > >internet browser and I go right to the original census page. > > > > > >My question is there a more elegant solution than all the copying and > > >pasting? For example, is there a way to embed or otherwise set up a section > > >of the source with something like "click here to see original census" > > >instead of having three lines of a gibberish web page address in the > > >sources? > > > > > >And is there a way to tell Legacy that I want to engage the browser when I > > >click on the pasted links so that I do not have to manually engage the > > >browser? > > > > > >Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > > >Don Yarbrough > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! > > http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ > > > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 > > Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > > > Legacy User Group 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 > > > > > -- > Julian Isphording > http://www.isphording.info > -- Julian Isphording http://www.isphording.info
