2008-
The site is still hosted by
Rootsweb.com, since they allow unlimited space for
genealogy websites. It seems every 5 years or so,
the website expands enough to require a redesign.
I also take the opportunity to clean up the back end,
since I don't know who will take over for me eventually.
Version 4 of this website is fully compatible with the
new web standards (Web 2.0), which should make it easier over
time.
In addition to updating the
look in 2008, we have added
more interactivity to the site: audio & video
archives, interactive street maps of Vladimirets,
searchable web galleries,
multimedia exhibits
highlighting information that would otherwise be buried
too deeply for people to find.
Programs used to create or maintain
version 4.0:
Personal Ancestral File
-- for Family Tree database entry & GEDCOM creation.
Not fancy, but you can change the entry template and I
get tired of christian templates with christenings and
baptisms, but no B'nei Mitzvahs.
RootsMagic
-- to publish the Family Tree
Microsoft Expressions Web
-- replaced FrontPage for website design and
maintenance.
Shozam
-- web gallery program for the photo album, maps,
slideshows and some of the exhibits.
Other backend programs
were used to create or edit content, such as Adobe
Photoshop, SoundForge, DePopper, Daktek, Flash, and
others.
Some tasks, such as digitizing
audio and video from obsolete formats was outsourced, as
was some advanced programming and graphics work.
2009 -
The site is now hosted on a paid
server host, with a "mirror site" hosted at
rootsweb.com. When the photo albums were upgraded
to web galleries, rootsweb couldn't handle them.
Creation of the "Vladimirets
Landsleit Connection" through Facebook.com,
for those who are more interested in connecting with
current cousins than the past.
2010
-
While not a design change, we
achieved some major milestones this year:
Completion of the yizkor book
translation into English. Addition of scanned chapters
of the yizkor book so that the entire book is preserved.
Addition of multiple family trees
to the database, so that Vladimirets descendants can
more easily connect and see how the families intertwine.
And back by popular demand are the graphic family trees,
although we cannot show the entire database in a single
tree, only descendants of a specific individual.
PAF Companion 5.2 enabled us to provide these
trees in pdf format.
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