On April 1st,
Ancestry.com installed a search engine for its site on the
banner at the top of the county and state pages housed on its server.
However, in 2008, we were given the option to use an alternate banner that
says USGenWeb on it without a search bar. Here is the information on how to
get that banner on your websites. Create a txt file"banner_select.txt with
only the word USGENWEB (all caps) in it and add it to your county
directory. Then re-name it banner_select (removing the .txt extension).
That is all you need to do.
If you have any problems, let me know and we will figure it out.
Shirley
Here is the information as it was sent to us in 2008:
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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.
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