The Newnham genealogical information exchange
Site Information
Site History
2006 June
- Newnham.info registered
- Hand crafted HTML 'place holder' site published
2009 February
- Site intensively developed as genealogical information exchange regarding the Newnham surname (site heavily base on HTML frames)
- Addition of phpBB forum
2009 March
- Addition of Newnham gedcom information from Family Historian
- Addition of the author's great grandfather's research
2009 April
Development of major upgrade and make over of site due for release in May. Improvements to include:
- Site search facility
- Family tree diagram downloads made faster
- Single look and feel to all pages
- Improved navigation
- Hyper-linked site map
- Expansion of site information page
2009 May
New site published - see April for list of improvements:
How was it done?
This site has been developed using Miscrosoft® Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition - free wysiwyg web development environment.
All XHTML markup is written to be DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict complient and all cascading style sheets validate against Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification.
All my great grand father's information has been entered in to Family Historian, which enabled production of the family tree diagrams. Family Historian's web site generator tool was used to form the basis for the ancestors' index althougthe the Family Historian generated files have been heavily modified.
html files generated by Family Historian were post processed with software written in C++ to given the Family Historian generated files the same look and feel as the rest of the site. Post processing also modified the Family Historian genetrated files to make them DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict complient. If you are a Family Historian user and would like advice on integrating Family Historian generated files in to your web site then please contact the author: WebMaster@Newnham.info.
Software
The following software was used during the development of this site:
- Family Historian - family tree software in the 21st centuary - Genealogy software
- Miscrosoft® Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition - XHTML & CSS wysiwyg editor
- FileZilla - The free FTP solution - FTP transfer software
- Adobe® Photoshop® Elements - Image editing & creation
- PrimoPDF - Totaly free PDF creation - Conversion of documents/images to PDF format
- Eclipse - Text editing and Java script development
- phpBB™ - creating communities - Forum php front end
- mySQL® - The world's most popular open source database - Forum database
- Adobe Reader - Download the latest version of Adobe Reader - PDF reader
- GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection - Free C++ compiler
- Cygwin - Linux-like environment for Windows - GCC support
Services
The following on line services were used to re-fine the design and adhere to w3 standards:
- WC3 Markup Validation Service - On-line XHTML syntax checker
- W3C CSS Validation Service - On-line cascading style sheet syntax checker
- W3C Link Checker - On-line link checker
- w3schools.com - On-line XHTML tutorials
- HiSoftware® Cynthia Says™ Portal - On-line accessibility checker
Photographs and Graphics
All photographs on this site have been taken by the author and made suitable for the site using Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. All site graphics were designed by the author and created in Photoshop Elements.
Books
The following books were found to be most useful and are highly recommended. These have far more depth than the multitude of light-weight 'Even a dim-wit can build a website' style books.
Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual - M MacDonald
HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual Quickstart Guide - E Castro
Hosting
This web site is hosted by Streamline.net
