Creating and Developing Your Website seminar Posted 16 February 2016 by Alan MoorhouseCreating and Developing Your Website Seminar Beauchamp College, Ridgeway, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 5TP 09:30am for 10:00am on Saturday 9th July 2016 This seminar is now fully booked, but if you still want to attend, please email seminar-booking@guild-dev.org to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellations. The aim of this much-requested seminar is to guide members who wish to create their own one-name study website or to develop an existing site. Participants will be helped to clarify their aims in having a website and from there to consider the content and the design of such a site. Members will then be able to choose which tools might be best for their purposes, content and design. The options for hosting your website will be examined, including the Members’ Websites Project. Programme 09:30 – 10:00 Arrival: Registration and Coffee 10:00 – 10:10 Welcome to the Seminar – Paul Featherstone (Featherstone ONS) 10:10 – 11:10 Purpose, Content and Design: Interactive Session – Mike Spathaky (Cree ONS) 11:10 – 11:30 Comfort Break 11:30 – 12:30 Methods and Tools: Choosing break-out sessions – Paul Featherstone (Featherstone ONS) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 – 14:30 Break-Out Session 1 – WordPress, TNG, Moonfruit, Family Historian and Tribal Pages – (session leads TBA) 14:30 – 14:40 Comfort Break 14:40 – 15:40 Break-Out Session 2 – WordPress, TNG, Moonfruit, Family Historian and Tribal Pages – (session leads TBA) 15:40 – 16:15 Tea Break 16:15 – 16:45 Final Q+A – (Panel) 16:45 Close of Seminar Applications to attend are welcome from Guild members, family historians, genealogists, and members of the general public having an interest in the subject matter. Seminar cost including refreshments and buffet lunch is £18.00. We would like to ensure that any disabled delegate can participate fully in this event. If you will be travelling by train please contact us for help finding a lift from Leicester station. Anyone with any special requirements should telephone the Guild Help Desk on 0800 011 2182 or email seminar-booking@guild-dev.org. An accommodation listing is now available here. Joining instructions for the seminar are now available here. Booking This seminar is fully booked, but if you still want to attend, please email seminar-booking@guild-dev.org to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellations. Further information may be obtained by telephoning the Guild HelpDesk on 0800 011 2182, or by email from seminar-booking@guild-dev.org ¹Please note, when booking on a seminar either by post or online, the Guild’s “Distance Selling” terms and conditions. Other events For details of other events organised by the Guild, go to the Events Calendar.
Scott Mitchell says 7 March 2016 at 1:51 pm Hi, I’m a software engineer with a passion for family history research tools. I have a specific goal in mind to create a tool that makes location of family names easy and fun. To build a prototype I am looking for a data source that is easy to access and provides acceptable performance. This is a side project at home. I currently work for a restaurant management company. I have no funds for purchasing use of your data. I have no desire to copy the Guild’s data only to access it through searches to dynamically present the data in my project’s unique way. Would the the Guild of One-Name Studies have an interest in providing a data access API for such a project? I would let the Guild of One-Name Studies have a free non-exclusive license for the use of the viewer should you ever have interest in providing it to your guild members. The data will not be used without your permission. However I would need to show other data source providers the viewer to hopefully generate some interest in the project. A little about me: I began my career out of college as a programmer at WordPerfect Corporation (SSI software in 1986). I gained a lot of experience in my 13 years at WordPerfect and was an architect on multiple version. WordPerfect was purchased by Corel Corporation and moved to Canada. I then worked over time at the following companies: FlipDog.com Ancestry.com Sizzling Platter In 1994 I had an inspirational idea to create a genealogy viewer. It has become a dream I hope to make come true. In 1994 the technologies required for this viewer did not exist. Now the technology is readily available. However, I still need to locate a source of data. The focus of the data is more toward the surname than the given names. I plan to present the surnames regardless of direct family relations. Information about the person will only be seen if the user clicks on an image that represents the person. The key to this idea is that the earth is the perfect viewer of family history. I’m pretty open about what I plan to do. This is a non-profit endeavor. Does the Guild of One-Name Studies have a REST web service API? Would the guild consider providing a license to access it (not copy it). Thank you, Scott Mitchell Member #7241
William Featherstone says 7 March 2016 at 3:46 pm Scott, Would you like to E mail me, so I can find out exactly what you are aiming for. W. Paul Featherstone Team Leader Members Websites Project Lead Creating and Developing Your Website Seminar