First Try at Creating Website

[kbb0927@cs.com]

Ray,

Thanks a lot, I am most appreciative.

Regards, 

Keith B.
rplummer at wvi.com wrote:

>Keith,
>
>If you want to set up a geneaology site, it is easiest to do with 
>geneweb program. There are Versions available for Windows, Linux, 
>and Mac. It is not hard to setup and there are good instructions on the 
>site. It will import a windows gedcom file also.
>
>http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/GeneWeb/
>
>Or....if you have windows, and have all your in a windows Geneaology 
>program, you can usually export the pages to html. Once thats done, 
>you can just FTP them to your server and setup an index page with the 
>proper links to the html pages. That will not allow anyone to work 
>online on the site as will Geneweb. 
>
>Or...again if you have windows.....you can get a program called 
>gedHtree. this will convert your gedcom file to static html pages and 
>produces a very nice linked tree. All you need to do is ftp the pages to 
>your site and set a link to the first page. (registration($20.00 US)
>
>http://www.gedhtree.com/gedhtree.htm
>
>finally, I would suggest you go to the following site and do some 
>reading. Everything you ever wanted to know about publishing a family 
>tree on the web.
>
>http://www.CyndisList.com/construc.htm#Tools
>
>Hope this all helps
>
>Ray
>
>
>On 18 Mar 2002, at 13:36, kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> First of all, I am a physician and not a programmer.  I am currently using
>> SuSE 7.2 as a fileserver, 7.2 gateway and the rest of the machines are
>> using SuSE 7.3 -- all Pro.  I have SuSEfirewall2 up and whizzing along on
>> a home network, with no ports open for incoming access, only masquerading
>> and forwarding.
>> 
>> I want to set up website on my server for my family to access a family
>> genealogy page/reunion page.  I am versed in Kylix and am familiar with
>> mySQL.  I know I need apache, which I will install.  Can anyone:
>> 
>> 1)  Give me a SXS on what I need to set up and suggestions as to how.
>>     I have downloaded the infon on .htaccess and apache from the SxS
>>     site.
>> 2)  Recommendations on database:  mysql vs interbase vs postgres SQL. 3) 
>> What ports other than 80 I will need to address and open in SuSE
>>     firewall2.
>> 4)  Can I do this without FTP access?
>> 
>> Hope this is not too stupid of a question.  I have never done this 
>> before from scratch.  BTW, I am on comcast.net and DO NOT plan to
>> set up a mailserver, just a site to access and leave information for
>> other family members with an old-fashioned BBS type feel.  Of course, I
>> only want linux due to it's stability and security. There will be no samba
>> access, although I am sure most of the family will be windoze users.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Keith B
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