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From: "W. David Samuelsen" <>
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Comments on banner
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:59:26 -0700
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you mean EVERY page of the USGenWeb Project county sites? Even Archives?

David Samuelsen

Tina S. Vickery wrote:
> 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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