Hello, all,
I urge everyone whose sites are hosted on RootsWeb to insert the
special code that will place a USGenWeb banner on your pages instead
of the generic banner.
Thanks,
Vivian
At 04:24 PM 5/15/2008, you wrote:
> From: tsvickery(a)gmail.com> To: usgenweb-discuss(a)rootsweb.com;
state-coord(a)rootsweb.com; board(a)rootsweb.com;
usgenweb-all(a)rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:09 -0400>
Subject: [STATE-COORD] Update on mastheads for pages hosted on
RootsWeb> > *Please forward to all USGenWeb Project lists*> > I am
forwarding this at the request of David Graham, Sr. Product>
Manager RootsWeb.com> > Tina Vickery> National Coordinator>
USGenWeb Project> > -----------------> > Dear USGenWeb
coordinators, > > For those of you with pages hosted on
RootsWeb.com we wanted to give> you an update on our plan for
including a small masthead at the top of> hosted pages on RootsWeb.
We love being able to host your page and> other pages that help the
family history community so much, and adding> this small masthead
to acknowledge our hosting service allows us to> continue to be
able to offer this free hosting service as well as> other
services.> > The mastheads will be included on pages as early as !
May 21st. The> standard masthead can be viewed here:> >
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rootsweb/samples_mastheads/masthead_Gene...
> As a USGenWeb coordinator you will also have the option to use
a> USGenWeb specific masthead. It can be viewed here:> >
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rootsweb/samples_mastheads/masthead_USGe...
> > To get the USGenWeb masthead on your page instead of the
standard one> all you need to do is place a file named
"banner_select" in your> public_html directory. It should contain
the text "USGENWEB" (all> caps and without the quotation marks) and
nothing else. > > Thanks for your support on this minor change. We
love hosting your> page and this allows us to continue to offer
this free hosting> service. > > On another note, we also wanted to
let you know that in the coming> months we will be releasing a new
feature that will make it easier for> you to make sure that other
people can find your page on RootsWeb. It> will let you enter som!
e information about your page to get it included> in a new search feat
ure built to find pages hosted on RootsWeb. For> hosted pages
related to the USGenWeb Project, we will also create a> specialized
page that will surface all of the pages that are> associated with
the project. We hope to be able to link to this> listing of hosted
USGenWeb pages from the RootsWeb homepage. As this> project comes
closer to completion we will let you know more about it.> > >
Thanks, > > DAVID GRAHAM> > Sr. Product Manager RootsWeb.com> Part
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