Re: [Gramps-users] Website options for genealogy sites

[Billie W. <bil...@sw...>]

On 12/12/2011 09:45 AM, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> I converted my site to Joomla some while ago, but the script which
> generates family trees has a problem at the moment. I've tried Joaktree,
> and it's good, but won't work on the free hosting that I use. I can't
> justify paying for hosting for a hobby site, so I'm looking at other
> options, such as Tribalpages.
>
> I do have my trees on Ancestry and GenesRe, but I don't update them as
> often as my own site, and only have free membership with them.
>
> How are others publishing their trees online?
>
> Dianne


I have my personal genealogy site [ 
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/index.html ] 
on Rootsweb Freepages. [ http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ].

Upside, virtually unlimited free space.

Downsides, Limited bells and whistles, ancestry advertising on your pages.

I create my pages and upload with FTP. They also have an editor and file 
manager if you need it.

Gramps creates a nice looking set of pages but [ IMHO ] they aren't 
particularly human editable. Pretty much have to create a whole new 
website when you make changes. Way back when I first created my site I 
used a program called GED2HTML [ DOS/Windows ] to generate the pages 
from a gedcom. Simple and clean pages, easily edited when you need to 
make changes. You might be able to find it somewhere online still. There 
are many others that do the same thing. Google is your friend.

PAF [ http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/ ] works quite well under Wine 
and makes a fairly nice set of pages. Kind of plain but easily edited. [ 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okcslsa/genealogy/horsley/index.htm ]

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