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		Planting Your Family Tree Online: How To Create Your Own Family History Web Site A BRAND NEW book by Cyndi Howells Creator of Cyndi's List Published by Rutledge Hill Press A Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. PO Box 141000, Nashville, Tennessee 37214
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Who Should Read This Book?
Chapter 1 - Why You Need a Genealogy Web Site: Publishing in Pixels versus Publishing in Ink; Always a Work in Progress; Leave a Trail for Your Cousins to Follow; Help Fellow Genealogists and Set an Example for Others
Chapter 2 - Find a Home for Your Web Site: What to Look For; Where to Look; Domain Name Registration and Hosting; Extra Tools and Features; What Is the Best Choice for You?
Chapter 3 - Plan Ahead for a Successful Genealogy Web Site: Who Will Visit Your Site?; How Should Your Site Look and Behave?; What Is the Purpose of Your Site?; Types of Genealogy Web Sites
Chapter 4 - Structure Your Genealogy Web Site: Folders and Directories; A Model for Web Site Structure; Let Your Ancestor Chart Be Your Guide; Duplicate the Organization on Your Computer's Hard Drive; Plan Ahead-Avoid Broken Links and Lost Cousins
Chapter 5 - Select the Contents for Your Genealogy Web Site: The Title; What You Should Include; What You Should Not Include; Food for Thought: NGS Standards and Guidelines
Chapter 6 - Create the Basic Web Pages: Using Genealogy Software; GEDCOM Web Page Conversion Software; Customizing the Software's Output; Displaying the Data without Genealogy Software; Using HTML Editors; Using a Text Editor to Write HTML Code Yourself; The Home Page and Index Pages; Checking Your Work; Getting Help from Friends and Professionals
Chapter 7 - Personalize Your Web Site with Color and Style: Remember Your Mission and Audience; Colors in Backgrounds, Text, and Links; Fonts and Formatting; Graphics: Backgrounds, Bullets, and More
Chapter 8 - Customize Your Web Site: Navigation Tools; The Common Footer; Disclaimers; Getting Search Engines to Notice Your Site
Chapter 9 - Enhance Your Web Site with Extras: Links and Bibliographies; Photographs and Scanned Documents; Downloadable Files; Multimedia; Automated Features and Forms
Chapter 10 - Guarantee Success: Common Web Site Dos and Don'ts: Web Site Title Follies; Purpose or Mission Statement; Contact Information; Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation; Location, Location, Location!; Broken Links; Background Graphics; Colors That Blind or Hypnotize; Anything That Moves; It Really Isn't Music to My Ears; Frames Are Evil; Things That Make My Browser Crash
Chapter 11 - Check Your Work and Give Your Site a Trial Run: Proofread and Review the Site; Validate Your HTML for Accuracy and Usability; Upload the Pages to the Web Server; Check Navigation, Verify Links, and Confirm Accessibility; Test Your Site in Various Web Browsers; Back Up and Archive Your Web Site
Chapter 12 - Make It Official: Publicize Your New Web Site: Strategies for Making Your Site Known to Other Genealogists; Genealogy Mailing Lists and Message Boards; E-mailing Other Family Historians; Online Genealogy Columnists and Editors; Genealogy Web Indexes and Search Engines; Surname Registry Sites; Internet Search Engines; Offline Announcements; Last, But Not Least: Stationery
Chapter 13 - Keep Your Web Site Alive and Kicking: Give It a Checkup: Why You Should Check and Update Your Site; Create a Maintenance Routine; What's New; Annual Maintenance; Share New Things You Have Learned; Reevaluate Your Research and the Purpose of Your Site
Appendix: National Genealogical Society Standards and Guidelines: Standards for Sound Genealogical Research; Guidelines for Using Records, Repositories, and Libraries; Standards for Use of Technology in Genealogical Research; Guidelines for Genealogical Self-Improvement and Growth
Glossary
Index

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