Free Site Template Layouts for FrontPage 2003 and Sharepoint Designer 2007

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Patricia Geary
Site Templates for Expression Web, FrontPage 2003, and Sharepoint Designer 2007.

Site Templates

These FREE Expression Web Site Templates were previously announced on Expression Web Tips. They are available for all versions of Expression Web. They will also work in FrontPage 2003 and the free Sharepoint Designer 2007.

The set of twelve site templates are based on Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web produced by Webassit but no longer available. Each of the site template packages is complete with a linked style sheet and dwt and is commented in-depth so they are easy for you to use.  Included is a search box and contact form with instructions on how to use them and full instructions on working with these and other pages of the site. You can download all twelve of the templates at Expression Web Site Templates.

The Site Templates are available as:

  • One column, with top navigation, header, and footer
  • Two column, with left sidebar, top navigation, header, and footer
  • Two column, right sidebar, top navigation, header, and footer
  • Three columns, left and right sidebar, top navigation

Within each of the above four groups, you will find the following layouts available:

  • Fixed width to 800px
  • Fixed Width to 1024px
  • Liquid Width

Each package include the following pages with instructions on how to use them and why you should include them as part of your site.

Download the Expression Web Site Templates and remember they WILL WORK with both FrontPage 2003 as well as SharePoint Designer 2007. Tweak them by changing the colors and graphic images. Make them your own. This is our gift to you, the web design community.

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FamilySearch Genealogy Classes Offered On-line

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Patricia Geary

FamilySearch, a service provided by the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, is now making its popular genealogy classes available at FamilySearch.org for FREE. Anyone anywhere in the world can access them for when it is convenient for YOU. While the classes have been offered on-site in Salt Lake City for years, you had to be living in the area or visiting to take part in them. Offering the classes on-line will allow many more people to take advantag of them.

“Most people do family history whenever they can fit it in their busy lives, on evenings, holidays, weekends, and so forth. Whether you are a beginner or experienced researcher, you can choose subjects of interest to you from the available classes and watch them anytime and anywhere,” said FamilySearch Community Services Manager Diane Loosle.

According to Loosle, the free online classes are one part of the growing number of tools FamilySearch is building for its online patrons.

All of the classes can be accessed from the Family Search site www.familysearch.org by clicking on Free Online Classes on the home page. Included in the classes offered are:

  • England Beginning Research Series
  • Germany Research Series
  • Ireland Research Series
  • Italy Research Series
  • Research Principles and Tools
  • Russia Research Series
  • United States Research

You can watch the video online or download it to your computer to watch. You can also download the class outline in pdf format.

Visit the Research Series Classes Online.

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West Virginia Offers Online Access to Vital Records

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Patricia Geary

I have just spent the past two days making use of an upgraded database available through the West Virginia State Archives which gives access to more than 5.7 million vital records. The database provides not only lists or indices of vital records BUT the actual image files. West Virginia’s searchable database also is free. The records can be searched by name, date or county.

You can read the entire article on the database http://www.wvculture.org/history/vitalrecordsarticle.pdf and then head on over to the West Virginia online vital records database to start your research.

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DAR Genealogical Research System

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Patricia Geary

The DAR Genealogical Research System is a combination of several databases created in recent years to organize the large quantity of information that the DAR has collected since its inception in 1890. Much of the work to create these research tools is the direct result of funding provided by the President General’s Project of the administrations of Linda Tinker Watkins (2001-2004) and Presley Merritt Wagoner (2004-2007). This system of databases will continue to expand as new information is added.

Once you click on the link DAR Genealogical Research System, you will see the screen pictured below

Screenshot DAR Genealogical Research System.

Click thumbnail for a larger view.

You can access the various databases through the “tabs” along the top of the search screen. The following descriptions provide basic information about each database.

Ancestor Tab

The Ancestor Tab is the working database of the DAR Genealogy Office and the data are taken from verified membership applications and supplemental applications. The database is NOT a comprehensive list of all individuals who served in the Revolutionary War.

Member Tab

You may search for basic information on a member’s ancestor record using their national number, name and other fields using the Member Tab.

Descendants Tab

The Descendants database is an index of the names found on the lineage page of DAR applications and supplemental applications. This database is an ongoing project. If you do not locate the name you are expecting to find it may be because not all the applications have been indexed.

GRC Tab

The DAR’s Genealogical Records Committee Reports began in 1913 and are added to every year. The information in these 20,000 typescript volumes is predominately Bible record and cemetery record transcriptions along with many other types of transcribed or abstracted genealogical sources.

Resources Tab

Researchers will find a variety of links to other resources of use in genealogical research in this section of the system.

Library Catalog Tab

This section provides a direct link to the DAR Library’s online catalog.

You can obtain a much more detailed description of each of the tabs by visiting http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm

Using my own ancestor, Solomon Phillips, as an example, the image below is what you will see if you search on the Descendants Tab.

Screenshot of Descendants Tab Search Results.

Click on thumbnail for larger image.

If you click on the icon descendants-icon you can view the list. View a screenshot of the Descendant’s List.

Take some time to explore all of the options available on this new tool available to aid in your genealogy research.

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Limiting Window Size

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Patricia Geary

A recent question on the RootsWeb Freepages Mailing list was:

For some files on a Freepages site I’m in the process of developing, I would like to restrict the size of the page window to a fraction of the normal size. The problem is whether this is possible and, if so, how to accomplish it.

Barry Carlson, a frequent contributor to the list, proposed the following with examples.

The Pseudo Window is totally generated using CSS, and though more complex to get going is faster and doesn’t need a call to the server each time a link is clicked.   Both versions use JavaScript, but those familiar with commerce on the internet will know that you can’t do anything without JavaScript enabled.  Both versions work down to and including IE5.01, while Firefox 3.5, Safari 4 and Chrome 2 will show rounded corners for the Pseudo Window version. ~Barry ~

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