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Subject: Re: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 23:15:03 -0400
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Nice looking web site. I enjoyed touring around. You must have eagle eyes
to read anything with a resolution of 1400x1050!! I can read it fine at
800x600. Others might try increasing the text size with Internet Explorer
by clicking on View, then Text Size and then picking a bigger size.
Looking forward to it going public.
Martin Gauthier - Iberville
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Hayden" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: RE: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
>
> Hi, thanks
>
> I will see what I might do about the font size. One thing about it is
> that
> it is very adaptable to different screen sizes and setups. What screen
> settings do you have now? What ever it is, try changing it to something
> standard like 800x600, a setting that many (probably older) systems use.
>
> I am using a setting of 1400x1050 on a fairly small screen and the font is
> definitely tiny, but the pages look good on the screen. When I change it
> to
> 800x600 the formatting stays supprisingly good, although of course there
> is
> less information on the page.
>
> You will see that the site can adapt to what ever settings a user needs in
> order to use the site.
>
> Edward
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Allen Geoghegan [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:05 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
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> 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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