Home Sweet Home Pages

Getting Started

• Cyndi’s Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit

<www.cyndislist.com/construchtm> Links to resources for all stages of Web publishing.

• National Genealogical Society

<www.ngsgenealogy.org/aboutcontent/committees/gene5_stan.html> “Netiquette” for family history Web pages.

• YourFamily.com

<www.yourfamily.com/making_hp.shtml> Site organization tips.

HTML How-Tos

Learn the language of Web publishing.

WEB SITES

• Bare Bones Guide to HTML

<www.werbach.com/barebones/>

• Basic HTML Reference

<www.homepagehelp.com/htmlhelp.html>

• Beginning HTML Links

<html.about.com/compute/html/msublearnhtml.html>

• HTML Tag Library

<html.about.com/compute/html/library/tags/bl_index. html>

• Introduction to HTML and URLs

<www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/intro. html>

BOOKS

• Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page by Paul McFedries (Que)

• Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified by Ruth Maran (IDG Books)

• HTML for Dummies by Ed Tittel and Steven N. James (IDG Books)

• HTML: The Complete Reference by Thomas A. Powell (Osborne McGraw Hill)

• Learn HTML in a Weekend by Steven E. Callihan (Prima Publishing)

WYSIWYG Software

With “What You See Is What You Get” programs, you can design Web pages without knowing HTML.

• Claris Home Page 3.0

<www.claris.com/products/hp_home.html> PC/Mac

• Hot Dog PageWiz

<www.sausage.com/hotdog/> PC

• Ixla WebEasy

<www.ixla.com/main.htm> PC

• Macromedia Dreamweaver 3

<www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver> PC/Mac

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000

<www.microsoft.com/frontpage> PC

• NetObjects Fusion 5.0

<www.netobjects.com/products/html/nf5.html#> PC

• Netscape Communicator

<www.netscape.com/computing/download/index.html?cp = homo3X4> PC/Mac

• Symantec Visual Page

<www.symantec.com/vpage/> Version 2.0 for PC, Version 1.0 for Mac

You’ll find links to more WYSIWYG and HTML editors — including shareware and freeware — at <www.webdesign.about.com/compute/webdesign/msubeditors.htm?iam=mt>, <www.davecentral.com/htmlwys1.html> and <www.tucows.com>.

Free Web Space

Don’t pay for server space — free hosts abound! You can compare dozens of free Web servers at Freeservers.com <www.freeweblist.freeservers. com>.

GENEALOGY HOSTING SITES

• Ancestry.com Online Family Tree

<www.ancestry.com/share/surname/oft/what.htm>

• Genealogy.com

<www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/php_welcome.cgi>

• GeneaVillage

<geneavillage.com>

• GenWeb

<www.genweb.net>

• RootsWeb FreePages

<www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/FPhistory.html>

GENERAL HOSTING SITES

• About.com

<membership.about.com/pwp.htm?PM=59_0503_T>

• Angelfire

<angelfire.lycos.com

• Homestead

<www.homestead.com>

• Tripod

<www.tripod.lycos.com>

• Xoom

<xoom.com/webspace>

• Yahoo! GeoCities

<geocities.yahoo.com/home/>

NATIONAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

• AmericaOnline

<hometown.aol.com>

• AT&T World Net

<www.att.com/home/>

• Earthlink

<www.earthlink.net/benefits/6mb.html>

• MCI WorldCom

<www.mciworld.com/server-Java/HandleAndro/>

• Microsoft Network

<free.msn.com>

Check the Yellow Pages under “Internet Access Providers” for local ISPs.

GEDCOM to HTML Converters

• GED2HTML

<www.gendex.com/ged2html>

• GED2WWW

<www.lesandchris.com/ged2www/>

• GEDPage

<www.frontiernet.net/-rjacob/gedpage.htm>

Privacy Filters

• GEDCIean

<www.raynorshyn.com/gedclean/>

• GEDLiving

<www.rootsweb.com/~gumby/ged.html>

• GEDPrivy

<members.aol.com/gedprivy/index.html>

• ResPrivata

<www.ozemail.com.au/~naibor/rpriv.html>

FTP Programs

Transfer your pages from your desktop to the world.

• CuteFTP

<www.cuteftp.com/download/>

• Fetch

<www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html>

• FTP Explorer

<www.ftpx.com/>

• FTP Express

<www.intellisys-mn.com/>

• FTP Voyager

<www.ftpvoyager.com/>

See <personalweb.about.com/internet/personalweb/cs/ftpfileupload/> for more.

Search Engine Submittal

Use these free registration services to promote your Web site.

• Submit Express

<www.submitexpress.com> 40 search engines.

• Add Me!

<www.addme.com> 30 search engines.

• Submit Plus

<submitplus.bc.ca 110 search engines.

• Cyndi’s List

<www.cyndislist.com/faq/submit. htm>

• Genealogy Toolbox

<registration.genealogytoolbox.com>

Your Own Domain (Name)

• Network Solutions

<www.networksolutions.com>

• My Internet

<www.mydomain.com>

• Domain Direct

<www.domaindirect.com>

• Register.com

<www.register.com>

Family Web Site Services

These password-protected online gathering places offer your family a pre-designed site with built-in features such as a calendar, photo album, address book and chat.

• MyFamily.com

<www.myfamily.com>

• Family Shoebox

<www.familyshoebox.com>

• Family Point

<www.familypoint.com>

• Family Buzz