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wildfang
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Dear all
Been away a few hours and just logged in again. I really am so touched by all the replies - this is proving to be a great learning exercise. I will surely become an active contributer here myself over time
Too late now to give all of the replies proper consideration/action (TV and wine beckons), but first thought is that it is clear I have a lot to learn about correct format for file naming, etc.
On links from homepage to photos and other word docs - again my Family Historian software created all these fine (I reviewed the site before uploading it to rootschat with FTP Filezila), just once on rootschat I have the issue of no photo display and lost word docs.
First thought - I might rename all photo files as mentioned below, "re-build" my website with FH v 3.0, delete current site and upload new site and see if that has resolved the photo / MS Word doc issues
Did I read somewhere that max file size allowed for a jpeg was 1 MB? Most of mine are around the 1.3 MB mark
will remove email address from site for now
Anyway, keep advice coming!
Thanks
WF
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julianb
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Did I read somewhere that max file size allowed for a jpeg was 1 MB? Most of mine are around the 1.3 MB mark
Wildfang
Even if filesizes of 1.3 MB were allowed on Rootschat sites, it's gonna take a long, long while for them to load. I get the willies if any of my jpgs on my site are over 50 KB.
I have just one image over 100kB on my site (112 KB and it is the only image on that particular page, apart from my banner and menu buttons). All the others are much less than that.
I suggest you look at ways to reduce the file size for your pictures. Can't remember if FH 3 prompts you to do that when creating a site.
Good luck
JULIAN
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wildfang
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OK - I've now had a look at all the replies.
I must admit to still being a bit mystified as to what the problem can be.
I have renamed the home page picture file as a single word all in lowercase and have renamed my 2 page word file likewise. I then rebuilt the site and uploaded it.
Again, all links worked and photos displayed when I previewed the site before uploading to RC (ditto in a CD version). But on RC, the homepage photo still does not display and the link to the word doc still does not work.
If it helps in answering my questions, the code in my index page for the photo and word doc is as follows:
<img src="_h1_standrewsforweb.JPG" alt="home page picture">
<A href="summaryforwebsite.doc">Summary of research findings<
(just cut and paste what looked relevant - I may have missed some bits)
Please - any further ideas on what I should do? In the meantime, I will act on BB's advice re contact form
Thanks
WF
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wildfang
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Bob and Dinie
I simply let my FH v3 software do everything and, as I said, worked OK in the preview. The only "loading" I did was to drag all the files accross to my RC space using FTP Filezila
I thought these tools were supposed to remove my need to know the technicalities of what happens!
I did notce the .JPG as opposed to .jpg in the file manager. I edited this to .jpg but it made no difference. Perhaps, I need to rename the original file as .jpg and upload again? (although, I could not even find a way of seeing the file extensions on my computer!)
sorry to be so useless!
WF
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julianb
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Wildfang
When you load the home page locally, right-click on the homepage picture, and select "properties". In the box that comes up, the file path will be shown against "Address:(URL)". This will help you find out whether it is in a sub-directory - and thus enables you to work out where to load it in your site's file manager.
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julianb
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However, the two _ and the "h1" are added by FamilyHistorian in creating the site. my home page photo file is simply named standrewsforweb.JPG. So what to do ? - remove the _h1_ bit? I assumed FH3 must have put that code in for a reason?!
FH3 may well have put the _h1_ bit in for a reason - probably because it has made a smaller file more suited for loading on to web pages.
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I was going to mention NO CAPS at all - but thats already been touched on I see.
I had quite a lot of probelm with capitals until I changed them all to lower case, relinked everything, loaded up and havent had a problem since.
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julianb
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wildfang
Church picture looks great 
The word doc won't display on the web. You could change it into a web page. Open the doc in word, and then save as web page. You would have to upload this through your file manager, and change the link on your home page.
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