Hi All.
I have nearly finished compiling my family tree using Reunion for
Mac. One of the distribution options is to create a website and
export the tree and all of the photo's, documents etc. to it. Reunion
can create a web folder using web reports saved in HTML and if I
use .Mac and iDisk (Which I think is now called MobileMe & iDisk) the
web folder can automatically be uploaded. If I don't use the iDisk
apparently I will need an FTP program to upload the files. (iWeb has
anyone used this for a family tree?)
I then read that a program called The Next Generation of Genealogical
Site Building V7 (TGN V7), "is a powerful way to manage and display
your genealogical data on the internet, all without generating a
single page of HTML. Instead, your information is stored in MySQL
database tables and dynamically displayed in attractive fashion with
PHP (a scripting language)"
I have no idea of the difference between HTML and MySQL, but the
websites constructed using TGN had a nicer appearance and seemed to
possess more options than the Reunion templates. Nor do I know what
FTP is. Then I read that there has been a massive problem with the
roll out of MobileMe.
So I am totally confused. Does anyone on the list host a family tree
site? Anyone aware of any examples of family trees put up from
Australia?
Can anyone give me any recommendations as to the best way to go as
regards to the best way to get a site set up, should I get a MobileMe
account and use the 20GB to host the tree? I did notice on MobileMe
pricing that "An Individual subscription comes with 20GB of combined
email and file storage, 200GB of monthly data transfer and full access
to everything MobileMe has to offer"
Now am I correct in believing that once I have created a website and
loaded all the photo's, doc's etc. to it, that when someone goes to
the website and looks through it, downloads from it etc. that the
download would be on their account not on mine? The "200GB of monthly
data transfer" seems to say that it is all on my account?
Or should I go to a hosting provider? Any recommendations?
Thanks
Matt Falvey
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