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From: "Tina S. Vickery" <>
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Announcement: USGenWeb Project sites hosted onTGN/RW ("RootsWeb")
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:52:34 -0500
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David,

All USGenWeb Project pages hosted on TGN/RW.

Tina

----- Original Message -----
From: "W. David Samuelsen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Announcement: USGenWeb Project sites hosted on
TGN/RW ("RootsWeb")


> Tina,
>
> Omitting the signature - the Flag and eliminating the 3 dots between
> Free and Genealogy?
>
> Will the banner be restricted to home page only, not on every page on
> each County site, each Project site?
>
> W. David Samuelsen
>
> Tina S. Vickery wrote:
>> Please forward to all USGenWeb Project lists.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> To All USGenWeb Project members who host sites on TGN/RW ("RootsWeb"):
>>
>> TGN/RW ("RootsWeb") has implemented a policy change in
>> which banners are to be placed on all TGN/RW hosted
>> websites. The USGenWeb Advisory Board contacted RootsWeb
>> in regard to their plan to install banners on their
>> webspace and have negotiated a banner specific to The
>> USGenWeb Project that will be placed on the national pages
>> of The USGenWeb Project. While these negotiations were
>> ongoing, TGN/RW postponed applying the banners to sites of
>> the USGenWeb Project to work on the concept of USGenWeb
>> having a custom banner.
>>
>> The banner that we have negotiated identifies the USGenWeb
>> Project as being hosted by RootsWeb and RootsWeb as a
>> community of The Generation Network.
>>
>> The banners are viewable here:
>>
>> http://www.usgenweb.com/images/rootswebbanner/default1.jpg [default one]
>> http://www.usgenweb.com/images/rootswebbanner/default2.jpg [default two]
>> http://www.usgenweb.com/images/rootswebbanner/default3.jpg [default
>> three]
>> http://www.usgenweb.com/images/rootswebbanner/custom.jpg [custom to
>> USGenWeb Project]
>>
>> RootsWeb intends to begin the placement of the banners
>> beginning on or about March 15, 2008. The
>> generic/freepages banner will be included on the server
>> side [TGN/RW], and will not require any involvement from
>> the webmasters. Any USGenWeb Project site that wishes to
>> have the USGenWeb Project specific banner instead of the
>> generic/freepages banner will be supplied with code to
>> insert on their pages in order to cause that banner to
>> show up when their pages are viewed. The line of code
>> they will provide us is not a replacement banner. It will
>> simply include a parameter on the page that the server can
>> read when rendering the banner that will tell it to render
>> the customized USGenWeb [Project] banner instead of the
>> default one.
>>
>> The Board has made it very clear to TGN/RW that they
>> should be the ones to implement the custom banner on
>> Project pages. TGN/RW understands how editing each
>> individual page could be a concern for account holders
>> with a large number of pages. Most solutions they have
>> looked at for doing this involve significant initial or
>> ongoing development or operations work, but they are still
>> brainstorming to try and find a good solution. They will
>> get back to the Advisory Board this week after they have
>> been able to investigate further.
>>
>> The Advisory Board has strived to maintain a balance of
>> TGN/RW business needs as our host, while being mindful of
>> the Project's paramount mission and goal to provide free
>> genealogical data to our visitors and the USGenWeb Project
>> community as stated in our bylaws.
>>
>> As National Coordinator, I want to thank all involved for
>> their patience and input as we have worked to achieve this
>> balance.
>>
>> In tandem with this, and perhaps more importantly, the
>> Advisory Board is discussing a hosting agreement with
>> TGN/RW. While that hosting agreement is confidential in
>> nature, due to business concerns of our host, the Board is
>> working to insure that the work of our many volunteers and
>> contributors is protected.
>>
>> We welcome any of your questions/concerns as we all work
>> together to finalize this negotiation process.
>>
>> Tina Vickery
>> National Coordinator
>> USGenWeb Project
>>
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