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kerryb
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Dinie
Thanks for that. At least they replied. I think I will have a look! 
Kerry
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Gadget
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Well as you know, I'd started to do some rather tasteful single line trees and just as I was getting to the end of the first one (1692) - I'd done some testing - I decided to check up on a 6 x great grandmother - low and behold found a recent posting on that surname in that place on RC, put up a reply and, oh dear, it looks like 1066 and all that - now try getting that on a pretty stepwise chart 
Still there's some lovely history/narratives to keep me busy.
Gadget 
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kerryb
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Thanks for the link Bob
Don't think that really does what I want now, I like the idea of a cascading tree like in the first example from Dinie, which I designed myself in a table. Although this table maybe does not look as good as a produced tree I think it does what it should and allows me to add whatever text I want to.
I am going to hyperlink to other pages when I get around to it, such as biographies.
Kerry
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kerryb
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Hmm
Now that is more like the sort I like. Would it allow me to put hyperlinks into other pages on the website I wonder? and what sort of information does it have, because I like dob, dod, occupation, marriage as well as name.
Kerry
Sorry just seen that info is on the linked page! Doh
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kerryb
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I think I shall go and play (when I get time)!!!!
That might just be the answer, looks better than a table, but looks like what I want it to be. So long as I can link to other pages and also that it will work in NOF.
Thanks Bob
Kerry
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Gadget
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You can make the tables not look like tables Kerry - that's what I've done - just make the border O pixels and then colour the data cells a different colour to the background.
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kerryb
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I know that Gadget, I know that so why on this occasion did I not know that...... 
I need a holiday 
Kerry
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Gadget
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The main problem - which I raised at the weekend - was the problem of spacing and cell size. Three generations per page is the limit if you don't want users to scroll down.
Can't give you any advice on recall
Go take a holiday
Gadget
PS - Mine look ever so pretty but now I'v got this long tail
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kerryb
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So you keep boasting
Kerry
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julianb
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PS - Mine look ever so pretty but now I'v got this long tail
And we are looking forward to their unveiling.
JULIAN
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Berlin-Bob
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Three generations per page is the limit if you don't want users to scroll down.
What we really need is a kind of "thumbnail tree", which fits the whole tree on one screen page.
Then you go to any point in the tree and click on a "something-or-other" and it zooms in at that point, to three generations.
"Yes, that's it !!!" I hear you you all cry, "where can I get one ??"
Well, I need one of those too, so let me know when you find out
Bob
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