Nice looking web site. I enjoyed touring around. You must have eagle eyes
to read anything with a resolution of 1400x1050!! I can read it fine at
800x600. Others might try increasing the text size with Internet Explorer
by clicking on View, then Text Size and then picking a bigger size.
Looking forward to it going public.
Martin Gauthier - Iberville
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Hayden" <ehayden(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: <LAGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: RE: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
Hi, thanks
I will see what I might do about the font size. One thing about it is
that
it is very adaptable to different screen sizes and setups. What screen
settings do you have now? What ever it is, try changing it to something
standard like 800x600, a setting that many (probably older) systems use.
I am using a setting of 1400x1050 on a fairly small screen and the font is
definitely tiny, but the pages look good on the screen. When I change it
to
800x600 the formatting stays supprisingly good, although of course there
is
less information on the page.
You will see that the site can adapt to what ever settings a user needs in
order to use the site.
Edward
-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Allen Geoghegan [mailto:anniegms@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:05 PM
To: LAGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
Ed,
I really like it. One thing you need to do though for us half blind folks
is
make the font bigger! That is one thing I have always liked about the
current website as compared to some of the other states I work with is
that
our font is easy to read!
Other than that, I love the new look and layout!
Ann Allen Geoghegan
The Carrolls, Morehouse and Red River
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Hayden" <ehayden(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: <LAGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: [LAGENWEB] New experimental proposed LAGenWeb website
>
> Ok, now for the information concerning the new website.
>
> First, let me say that it is not near ready for public use. I just want
> to
> present it to the parish coordinators for an early view and show you how
> you
> can benefit from the new site format. I have filled it with mockup
> stories
> and news items along with real information. I will be working on it for
> a
> couple of more weeks before it will be ready for public access.
>
> The site is located at
www.lagenweb.net/lagw/ Of course our current site
> will continue to be available at
www.lagenweb.org and
www.lagenweb.com. I
> will gradually move everything from the old site to the new one before
> even
> considering removing the original site. Of course, at that time the .org
> and .com names will join the .net name at the new site.
>
> Again, I remind you that it is partly a mock up for now and no particular
> formatting in it is set in stone. I will try to get the LAGenWeb logo on
> it
> over the weekend if I can.
>
> First you probably will notice the "Newsletter" formatting with the news
> items and newsflashes. Space for these articles will be available for
> each
> coordinator to use for making announcements which pertain to your
> parishes.
> You can announce new items on your site, events occurring in your
> parishes,
> what ever would be of interest to visitors to your parish or parish
> sites.
> You will have a logon name and password so that you can write your own
> articles at your convenience. Articles can even have start and finish
> dates
> so that you can write an article today about an event 6 months from now,
> have it be visible to visitors 60 days before the event, and disappear on
> midnight the day of the even. So announcements won't sit there outdated
> until someone remembers to remove it.
>
> There will be a calendar available which you will be able to use to post
> events pertaining to your parish. And I have a few more ideas including
> possibly having an online genealogy database where people could enter
> their
> Louisiana ancestors which others can search and even add names to.
>
> The FAQ section will have the articles concerning Louisiana research
> procedures and techniques, Available resources, etc. Again, any parish
> coordinator would have the right and ability to contribute articles to
> the
> FAQ section. Probably won't call it FAQ, but Louisiana Research Aids or
> something.
>
> The Links page will have a number of categories and everyone, parish
> coordinators as well as general visitors will be able to contribute links
> to
> the page. Your links will be posted immediately, non-LAGenWeb volunteer
> contributions will be posted after I review them and approve them. This
> is
> the case with almost everything on the site. This feature makes the site
> potentially a very dynamic site which will have something new on it all
> the
> time.
>
> Go to the site, look around and visit all the areas on the site. You
> will
> find some which I have not customized at all. And others that will be
> incomplete, but I think you will get the idea of the potential for the
> site.
>
> Register as a user when you visit the site. It will then notify me that
> you
> have registered, and then I will manually upgrade you to a level which
> will
> allow you to contribute information to the site.
>
> Actually, I believe after you register, you can submit articles, links
> and
> other information to the site which will be held in limbo until I approve
> it, then it will be released to the public. The upgraded permissions I
> would
> give you would allow you to submit articles without my approval, which
> makes
> the site even easier to keep up to date.
>
> Check it out and let me know what you think. I invite all your comments
> and
> suggestions.
>
> Oh, I have setup another site, my personal one, at
www.edwardhayden.com
> which is a little more fully developed than the LAGenWeb site. You can
> visit
> it to see some of the features which I have not yet installed on the
> LAGenWeb site.
>
> Thanks for your interest in this new project. I think you will see even
> more things we can do with this new site to encourage interest and
> participation of Louisiana Genealogy Researchers.
>
> There is a lot more to discuss and I hope we are able to do so over the
> next
> few weeks. Unfortunately, as nearly all of us are, I have been and will
> continue to be pretty busy at work, but I should be able to spend a few
> hours on the project each evening until it is complete enough to present
> it
> to our visitors.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Edward
>
>
> P. O. Box 7165, Pasadena, TX 77508
> PH: 281-471-0816 FAX: 877-389-9232
>
www.edwardhayden.com
> ehayden(a)sbcglobal.net
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