Carolyn, I will forward your question to Tom. stay tuned <g>
Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Caflisch" <ccaflisch(a)cvtv.net>
To: <WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] Query Manager system
Caflisch Responds Tina S Vickery
I tested Toms site and his Query Manager System. It seems that Tom has
all of the queries on his own server. I am sure it is reliable but how
are the queries backed up? You see with CCHELPER, I have backups of all
of the queries that are sent to my site. If Toms server gives up on him,
how do we get the queries back. Is there a way we can obtain a copy of
all the queries for our county? Also, could he magically take my 500+
queries and get them in the database. I can submit a file to him to have
him take a look. I see where he must be a programmer - techie
genealogist.
End of Caflisch Response
> Hi all,
>
> This is a resource that many of the County and Local Coordinators
> (Town Coordinators) in the MEGenWeb Project and throughout the
> USGenWeb Project use. It has served the MEGenWeb Project well. I asked
> Tom Raynor, USGenWeb Coordinator for Cumberland and York
> Counties Maine, who developed the program, to share this resource
> with all of you.
>
> Below is a description of the Query Manager System. Thank you Tom, for
> writing this description and sharing this resource with all of us.
>
> Sincerely,
> Tina S. Vickery
> ASC MEGenWeb Project
> SC WIGenWeb Project
>
> [Please feel free to share with appropriate Project lists]
>
> _______
>
> The USGenWeb Query Manager system has been around since 1997, and
> is available free for use by any USGenWeb Town, County or State
> Coordinator.
>
> One of the original cornerstones of the USGenWeb Project was to
> provide a place for on-line genealogical queries, similar to what
> you might find in the back of a genealogical society's magazine.
>
> In the beginning, visitors e-mailed their queries. Coordinators
> copied, reformatted and pasted the queries to display on their web
> pages. The Query Manager (QM for short) was created to automated
> this process. Using QM, visitors submit their own formatted
> queries, which are stored on a database for instant search and
> retrieval by other visitors.
>
> Using QM, visitors to any participating site can enter or search
> queries for that or any other area. Each participating site is a
> "window" into the entire system.
>
> QM does not try to "steal" visitors from your USGenWeb site. Page
> headings and default values are customized to give the appearance
> that the visitor has never left your site. All "return to home
> page" links direct the user back to the your site. Rather than
> sending them away, QM can actually bring more visitors to your
> site. In addition to every other participating USGenWeb site, QM
> data is searchable via the GENDEX genealogical index. Visitors
> from that system may never have heard of USGenWeb until they follow a
> query to your site.
>
> The same search tools available to end users allow you, the local
> coordinator, to monitor queries submitted at - or about - your
> area. Most coordinators check new queries once a week or every few days
> to see if there are any new ones they can help with.
>
> To use QM, you just copy a few links to your web site. The links
> tell QM the area your site covers, and the address to send your
> visitors back to when they are finished. You don't even need to
> know any HTML; there is a QM setup page which will create the links for
> you.
>
> To learn more about QM, visit the following page:
>
>
http://www.raynorshyn.com/MEGenWeb/QMAbout.html
>
> That page can get you up and running on QM in minutes, or you can
> click the link to the QM FAQ page from there.
>
> - Tom Raynor
> USGenWeb Coordinator
> Cumberland and York Counties, Maine
>
http://www.raynorshyn.com/ContactUs.asp?Addressee=USGW
>
>
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