Displaying Photos at WorldConnect
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 Many
of today's genealogy programs create "Media" links
that display your image files within the program.
Those links are to files located on your hard drive.
To display your photos at WorldConnect, you must create HTML
links in your GEDCOM that point to image files you have
uploaded to the web. Image files can not be uploaded to the
WorldConnect servers, so you will need to find another web host such as
RootsWeb
Freepages for your image files.
Once you have uploaded your image files to their online
home, add the links to your genealogy database. The <img src=> link
can be added to either the FACT or NOTE fields for any individual in your
database.
- In your genealogy program, navigate to the
individual for which you wish to display an image/photo at
WorldConnect.
- In the FACT or NOTE field, add the link:
<img
src="http://url_of_the_file">.
You will need to use an absolute
link -- the complete web address beginning with http:// and ending with
the file name of the image. For example, the photo at the top
of this page appears using the link
<img
src="http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com
/~pasher/graphics/amb-harrisonT.jpg">
- Export a new GEDCOM containing your HTML
- Login to your RootsWeb username at My Account
or User
Setup/Edit.
- In My Account, click the "Edit" link next to the name
of the tree you are updating. In WC Setup, click on the name of the
tree.
- Under "Tree Settings" choose "Display Options".
- Choose YES to "Allow HTML in GEDCOM".
- Click Update to save your changes.
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you are using the old
Setup tools, login to your tree usercode and select Advanced
Setup. Allow HTML in GEDCOM is line #17. |
- Use the "Browse" button to locate your
new GEDCOM containing the new
links.
- Click Upload/Update to upload your new GEDCOM and
your new display options.
The HTML you insert in your GEDCOM will be nested into the
existing
code for WorldConnect displays, so image placement will depend in large
part on where you choose to add the HTML in your GEDCOM.
Links in the general notes field for an individual will usually appear near the top of the page.
You can use the align attribute to push the photo to the right of the fact list.
Links in the place/location field for a fact will look something like this.
As on your other web pages, you can make the image displayed on your WC page into a link to a larger version of the image file.
To add a photo or graphic to every page of your WorldConnect display, add the code for the link in the Title or Header fields of Setup.
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