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From: "Ann Allen Geoghegan" <>
Subject: Re: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 21:05:21 -0500
References: <200506050118.j551IRBl005075@mail.rootsweb.com>


Ed,
I really like it. One thing you need to do though for us half blind folks is
make the font bigger! That is one thing I have always liked about the
current website as compared to some of the other states I work with is that
our font is easy to read!

Other than that, I love the new look and layout!

Ann Allen Geoghegan
The Carrolls, Morehouse and Red River
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Hayden" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website


>
> Ok, now for the information concerning the new website.
>
> First, let me say that it is not near ready for public use. I just want to
> present it to the parish coordinators for an early view and show you how
> you
> can benefit from the new site format. I have filled it with mockup stories
> and news items along with real information. I will be working on it for a
> couple of more weeks before it will be ready for public access.
>
> The site is located at www.lagenweb.net/lagw/ Of course our current site
> will continue to be available at www.lagenweb.org and www.lagenweb.com. I
> will gradually move everything from the old site to the new one before
> even
> considering removing the original site. Of course, at that time the .org
> and .com names will join the .net name at the new site.
>
> Again, I remind you that it is partly a mock up for now and no particular
> formatting in it is set in stone. I will try to get the LAGenWeb logo on
> it
> over the weekend if I can.
>
> First you probably will notice the "Newsletter" formatting with the news
> items and newsflashes. Space for these articles will be available for
> each
> coordinator to use for making announcements which pertain to your
> parishes.
> You can announce new items on your site, events occurring in your
> parishes,
> what ever would be of interest to visitors to your parish or parish sites.
> You will have a logon name and password so that you can write your own
> articles at your convenience. Articles can even have start and finish
> dates
> so that you can write an article today about an event 6 months from now,
> have it be visible to visitors 60 days before the event, and disappear on
> midnight the day of the even. So announcements won't sit there outdated
> until someone remembers to remove it.
>
> There will be a calendar available which you will be able to use to post
> events pertaining to your parish. And I have a few more ideas including
> possibly having an online genealogy database where people could enter
> their
> Louisiana ancestors which others can search and even add names to.
>
> The FAQ section will have the articles concerning Louisiana research
> procedures and techniques, Available resources, etc. Again, any parish
> coordinator would have the right and ability to contribute articles to the
> FAQ section. Probably won't call it FAQ, but Louisiana Research Aids or
> something.
>
> The Links page will have a number of categories and everyone, parish
> coordinators as well as general visitors will be able to contribute links
> to
> the page. Your links will be posted immediately, non-LAGenWeb volunteer
> contributions will be posted after I review them and approve them. This
> is
> the case with almost everything on the site. This feature makes the site
> potentially a very dynamic site which will have something new on it all
> the
> time.
>
> Go to the site, look around and visit all the areas on the site. You will
> find some which I have not customized at all. And others that will be
> incomplete, but I think you will get the idea of the potential for the
> site.
>
> Register as a user when you visit the site. It will then notify me that
> you
> have registered, and then I will manually upgrade you to a level which
> will
> allow you to contribute information to the site.
>
> Actually, I believe after you register, you can submit articles, links and
> other information to the site which will be held in limbo until I approve
> it, then it will be released to the public. The upgraded permissions I
> would
> give you would allow you to submit articles without my approval, which
> makes
> the site even easier to keep up to date.
>
> Check it out and let me know what you think. I invite all your comments
> and
> suggestions.
>
> Oh, I have setup another site, my personal one, at www.edwardhayden.com
> which is a little more fully developed than the LAGenWeb site. You can
> visit
> it to see some of the features which I have not yet installed on the
> LAGenWeb site.
>
> Thanks for your interest in this new project. I think you will see even
> more things we can do with this new site to encourage interest and
> participation of Louisiana Genealogy Researchers.
>
> There is a lot more to discuss and I hope we are able to do so over the
> next
> few weeks. Unfortunately, as nearly all of us are, I have been and will
> continue to be pretty busy at work, but I should be able to spend a few
> hours on the project each evening until it is complete enough to present
> it
> to our visitors.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Edward
>
>
> P. O. Box 7165, Pasadena, TX 77508
> PH: 281-471-0816 FAX: 877-389-9232
> www.edwardhayden.com
>
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