Create A Free Website

[Daiwalker]

Hi guys, I would like to create a website for my family tree for free. Can anyone suggest  a suitable site.
Cheers guys.
                 Dai.

[jess5athome]

Hi, One of my local history sites uses a "Free" web site but I do not know the "ins and outs" of it, the link below takes you to the web site and the company which offers the free web is at the bottom of the home page,
Good luck and best regards,
jess5athome

http://www.memories-of-bygone-moorends.com/

[arthurk]

There are rather a lot of variables here:

Do you want to create web pages offline (either manually or automatically with a FH program) and then upload them to webspace? If so, RootsWeb Freepages are a popular choice - though every page has an Ancestry advert.

Do you want a site that includes some kind of web design package to guide you through the process of creating pages? If so, look for "web hosting" and check out the features; this can be either free (usually with adverts) or paid for. You can also buy a domain name to go with this kind of site, and you should be able to get the whole package for under £20 a year.

Another option is the kind of site where you can upload a GEDCOM file (or enter details manually as well), and pages are created dynamically. Tribal Pages is one such site, and I've heard good reviews of it. Similar results can be had with The Next Generation and GEDMill, though I believe you need to have these installed by the web host and/or on your own computer.

If you can tell us more about what kind of site you're thinking of, maybe we can give a more specific answer.

Arthur

[Daiwalker]

Cheers guys, your answers are a great help.
                                                         Dai.

[sunflower]

Hi

I have a tree on Tribal Pages and it is very easy to create a website.  plus upload photos etc.


Carol

[falcybe]

Hello Dai,

If you click on the globe below my shield on the left of this posting you will see (the beginnings of) our web site on Rootsweb. The adverts are only discreet banners at the top and bottom of each page.

If you scroll down and click on the link to the left of the christmas card you will arrive at our tree. Having said that, once the web site part is properly developed, the links to the tree will be to specific people so you can see that the possibilities are boundless. The tree and the web site all in one place so avoiding repetition.

And there is tons of space for storing photos and other files of all descriptions.

You do NOT have Php or MySql on the site so if you want the same menu to appear on all your pages without typing the same information 100 times, for example, you have to use SSI files as I have done.

I have explored several sites and this is the best for size and speed of page-opening

cheers, falcybe

[arthurk]

You do NOT have Php or MySql on the site so if you want the same menu to appear on all your pages without typing the same information 100 times, for example, you have to use SSI files as I have done.

I have a tree on RootsWeb Freepages as well - click the globe under my name to see it. I know RootsWeb is mainly restricted to pages in HTML, and until now I've been copying my menu into every single page, so I was intrigued by what you say about SSI files. For starters, I don't really know what they are, but also, when I inspected your page, I didn't spot anything in the code that seemed to refer to them.

Incidentally, the Cowan, Lacey and Falconer links in your menu didn't work for me; I see they include a back slash (\), and when I changed this in the address bar to a forward slash (/), they worked.

Arthur

[arty]

Hi folks !
Here's hoping some kind person can help me.  I decided to give Tribal Pages a go. I've been through all the introduction etc but I just can't seem to find out exactly how to operate the system or what to do next to get the thing up and running ? I've downloaded my tree from another site but am stuck !  e.g. what do I click to add a story; what do I click to change colour; what do I click to to do most things !!!  I'm sure to most that it must be easy but I'm having difficulties. I'm trying the so called ''free'section first but cannot find my way around at all !  Can some kind person suggest where to start please ?
My thanks to anyone who will help,

Sincerely

Arthur

[Daiwalker]

Hi guys,
      The thing is I got a reply to this question on 'yahoo answers'  and someone suggested that it wouldn't be a good idea to create a family website because of identity fraud with regards to mother's maiden name. I love to know your thoughts on this.
                                                    Cheers Dai.