Editing the Website

In order for us to make you a project administrator of your project's website at WorldFamilies.net, you must register and log in at www.worldfamilies.net. Go to the project's website and click "Make this a Favorite Project" in the left column and follow instructions.  This will give you a link to the project's website in the left sidebar each time you log in, and it will allow us to give you editing privileges for your projects's website. 

When you have logged in as Project Administrator, you will see “edit” and/or “upload” near the top of each page of your project’s website.

To change your username, password, or email, log in and then click "My account" in the left column. 

• If you are not already "tracking" your surname project, go to the project's website and click "Make this a Favorite Project" in the left sidebar.  This will give you a link to the project's website each time you log in at www.worldfamilies.net
• You must be 'tracking' the project to be the administrator.

Adding a Co-Administrator

• "custom" -- Use the tools in the tool bar to create your custom text in the body text box as you want it to appear on the page.
  • Tip: Use the “whole screen tool to make the screen larger (symbol like a monitor in the lower right tool bar) or you can “pull” the screen larger with the arrow in the lower right corner.
  • For a complete explanation of the tool bar
• "Save" --You must click the “Save” button near the bottom of the page to save your edit choices and to save and display the custom text in the editing box.
   
• Help--Questions and Problems

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2.  Using the "Upload" Tool

• This information is for these pages of your Project's website: 
  Patriarchs, y-Results, Join Project, mtDNA, Discussion, and Help
• First, click on the "Edit" tab near the top of the page.
  • “Edit Choice” must be saved as “Choice 1: Your custom text” before you can upload an HTML file.
  • Editing on the page will NOT work for an uploaded Excel file--you must make your changes or additions on your saved file, save it as an .html file, and upload again

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Saving as an .mht file or .htm or .html file

• Project webpages at WorldFamilies.net will only accept .mht,  .htm, or .html file uploads.  You will not be able to upload a file saved in a different format.
• Once a file is uploaded, you will not be able to make changes on the webpage.  You will need to make all changes on your saved file and upload it again. 
• Although it seems that there should be only one way to save as an .htm or .html file, different project administrators have found different ways to do this.  Try these methods and see which one works for you
• Excel 2010, Office 2010, Word 2010
  • To save as an .mht file
    • Click on "File"
    • Click "Save as"
    • In the box for "Type" choose "Single File Web Page(*.mht, *.mhtl)",
    • Be sure you have saved the file in the directory you want and click "Save"
    • You may see a screen that says:  "File may contain features that are not compatible with Single File Web Page.  Do you want to keep the workbook in this format?"  Click "Yes"
    • On the next screen, click "'Publish"
    • Your file will now be a .mht file that can be uploaded to your project's website.
  • To save as an .html file

    • Click on "File"
    • Click "Save as"
    • In the box for "Type" choose "Web Page"
    • In "Selection" select the circle by "Sheet"
    • Be sure you have saved the file in the directory you want and click "Save"
    • On the next screen, click "'Publish"
    • Your file will now be a single .html file that can be uploaded to your project's website. 
• Word 2003, Excel 2003, Office 2003 and before
  • Click on "File"
  • Click on "Save As" (Do not click on "Save as Webpage") 
  • Type the tile of the document in the box name "File Name"
  • In the "Save as type" box choose "Web Page (*htm, *html)"
  • Be sure you have saved the file in the directory you want and click "Save"
  • Your file will now be a single .html file that can be uploaded to your project's website.
• Word 2007, Office 2007, Excel 2007
  • Method 1
    • Click on "File"
    • Click "Save as"
    • Select “Save as a web page”
    • Select "Republish Sheet”
    • Be sure you have saved the file in the directory you want and click "Save"
    • Click the "Publish" button.
    • Your file will now be a single .html file that can be uploaded to your project's website.
  • Method 2 
    • Click on the button on the top left corner of your screen
    • Click “Save As”
    • Click “Other Formats”
    • For “Save as Type”, choose “Web Page (*htm, *html)
    • Be sure you have saved the file in the directory you want and click "Save"
    • Your file will now be a single .html file that can be uploaded to your project's website.

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• Take on the posting of pedigrees to the Patriarch Page as soon as you feel ready, as this is a great way to get a feel for the lineages and the researchers for this surname.  Some admin recruit a co-administrator just for the purpose of posting on the website.
• By posting pedigrees from the Pedigree Forum to the Patriarchs Page, you can help your project in these ways:

• The project member submits his “stripped down” pedigree (see below) and the project administrator or WorldFamilies.net then posts it on the project’s Patriarch Page, using either the ‘edit’ on the webpage or adding it to a saved document that is uploaded to the webpage. 
• Currently, pedigrees are submitted in two ways:
  • 1. By email.   We ask that pedigrees for project members for WorldFamilies.net projects be sent to carrie@worldfamilies.net; she posts the pedigrees on the Patriarchs Pages for the projects which we administer.  She forwards these emails to the Project Administrators who are posting the pedigrees themselves.  Here is what we ask for in an email:

    # Name of project _____________________________________________________________________
    # Kit Number if tested ______________________________________________________________
    # Name of person posting pedigree ___________________________________________________________
    # Email address to be posted with pedigree: _______________________________________________
    # Name, birthdate, birthplace, spouse of Earliest Known Ancestor _________________________________
    # List each succeeding generation below, using only those four items of information (or substitute another item of information if missing an item)

    2. Posting on the Project’s Pedigree Forum -We encourage researchers who are not part of the Surname DNA Project to post their pedigrees on the project's Pedigree Forum where other researchers may see them and contact them to share information.

  • If you would like to have the message of the Pedigree Forum changed to have the pedigrees sent directly to you, contact marilyn@worldfamilies.net. 

Patriarchs' Page Format

• The pedigrees are posted on the Patriarch Page in chronological order, according to the birth date of the earliest ancestor.  (You may also group them by Lineages.)
• The project member's kit number is posted in red at the end of the pedigree on the Patriarch page.
• The pedigree provider's contact email is posted at the end of the first line, with the @ changed to AT to foil spam harvesters who want email addresses.
• The pedigree consists of only four bits of information on each line, as we have realized that this approach allows clear identification of a family:  full name, birthdate, birthplace, wife's name (If missing any of this information, the participant can choose an alternate fact to include.)
• Stop the pedigree around a 1910 birthdate, to protect privacy. 

• "Edit"--Use the editing tools on the project's webpage to add the new postings. 

  If you need more detailed instructions on using the editing box to post the pedigrees on the Patriarchs' Page, click here.
   

• "Upload" Make the entire page into a word document, add new postings, save as an html file, and use the upload feature to post on Patriarch Page.
  • The Upload HTML file feature is recommended if you have a lot of text
  • Editing on the page will NOT work for an uploaded Excel file--you must make your changes or additions on your saved file, save it as an .html file, and upload again.
  • More information on saving as an .htm or .html file.
  • More information on uploading an .html file.
  • Help--Questions and Problems

Posting Your Project's Results on the Project's Results Page

• Use the “Bulk Email” on your GAP at FTDNA to email your project members that you have updated the results page. (Sample email.)

  Help--Questions and Problems