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From: "Tina S. Vickery" <>
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Comments on banner
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:09:18 -0500
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All *.html* USGenWeb Project pages hosted on RW.

Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: "W. David Samuelsen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Comments on banner


> 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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