* Linked files e.g web pages

[kirshaw]

One thing I like to do is link saved images or web pages into my GEDCOM file with FH. This avoids the need to type in lots of information.

For example, suppose I find a birth record on the Web. What I do is right click on the Web page, select 'Save Page as ..', choose a location on my local hard disk and give the web page a name e.g 'Sarah Brown's Birth Record.htm'. I always choose the save as 'Web Page Complete' option. I now have a local copy of the web page.

Next, within FH I create a source record and name it e.g. 'Sarah Brown's Birth Record'. Now comes the fun bit which is similar to linking in a photo. I select 'Insert an OLE object',
'Create from file'
'Link'
Click on 'Browse'
In the Browse window I locate the locally saved web page e.g. 'Sarah Brown's Birth Record.htm'. (Note ignore the adjacent folder called 'Sarah Brown's Birth Record_files')
Select 'Open'
Click 'OK'
In the dialogue box select the 'Record, linked to ...' option.
A Multimedia window opens so also give it a name e.g. 'Sarah Brown's Birth Record'. You are done !

Now whenever you open the properties dialogue for the source record, you can select the object tab. Simply click on the right pointing triangle and the web page will appear. Voila !

Kirshaw

[robinh916]

When capturing content from a web page or the whole web page itself I use a free (for home users) web browser from Faststone (http://www.faststone.org/FSBrowserDetail.htm)

The menu toolbar has a Capture button that allows you to capture a whole scrolling web-page, a rectangular selection or an irregular area. Just right click the subsequent image and save it in one of a dozen or more formats including jpg, gif, tiff, bmp & pdf. You end up with a single file which is easier to handle than the output produced when you save a web page using save as 'Web Page Complete'.

[bigbruffton]

Thanks for your method of linking web pages to a source record, I'm sure I will use it a lot.

I have also downloaded the Faststone web browser and capturing web page content is so easy.

[shakerbaker]

This is a very helpful suggestion but I find it better to save the webpage using file type: Web Archive, single file (*.mht). More conveniently, this saves the whole page (including links) into a single file so there are no add-on directories.

Finally, at the risk of sucking eggs:
Since the number of files saved can grow at a frightening rate, I have found it necessary to adopt a structured filename system. For example if saving a BMD index image I use the following format:
b. 1857 q2, Jeeves, George, Romford, Essex, 4a, 104.jpg
The same applies to census images, webpages, etc. The filenames then contain the relevant data in an easily sorted format and the source is immediately apparent.
Graham

[GladToBeGrey]

... i.e. make it link out to the live webpage, though it takes a little additional manual intervention.

Rather than saving a copy of the entire webpage (whether Complete or Archive), create an html stub in an FH [sub-]directory as follows:








Obviously you'll need to replace the URL contained within my example with whatever is relevant. (I've tried this with shortcuts, but they don't work).

Then link to this stub in the way described in the OP. When you click on the 'right-pointing triangle' in the Object tab of the Source's Properties dialogue, it will link out to the live page on the internet.

Unfortunately, this technique doesn't work in the Narrative Reports etc etc when you create a website with FH - it just lists the title of the Source but it isn't clickable. Neither does FH (yet???) support active hyperlinks from _WEB links - they are just static text at the moment. But we live in hope ...

John

For the technically minded, this html simply creates a blank webpage and immediately (after 0 seconds) refreshes/reloads it with a new URL, the one you're actually interested in. It's a standard html technique for redirecting to another webpage. If needs be, you can change the delay to whatever you want.

[GladToBeGrey]

You can make the dynamic link in one of two ways:

- Linked (i.e. tick 'Linked' as described in the OP), in which case you'll get a message dialogue from the 'Packager' ( a Windows utility which I assume FH is invoking, don't know why) asking if you want to open the file (the html stub). Click 'Yes' and it opens it up,

OR

- Embedded (i.e. leave 'Linked' unticked). In this case you create an embedded object, which takes up a few more lines in your gedcom, but doesn't invoke the 'Packager' in the way the Linked version does - it just links straight out to the webpage.

Not obvious why the two methods behave differently in respect of the 'Packager'.

John

[SAN1961]

I have recently looked into this and was disappointed that FH3 doesn't directly support this.

I wanted to directly/dynamically link to google maps for places (I use places for the full address and don't use the address field).

I tried various options of where to put the link, and finally decided to use the source note field for Birth, Marriage, Death, Census etc.

I did try linking and embedding a dynamic web page. This worked but screwed the FH web generation (it produced the embedded web page but didn't complete the rest of the page).

So all you need to do is and the following to the note field:

{label}

Replace {url} with the web address and {label} with the text you want to appear as the link name. Then when you generate a web site you will have a clickable link (make sure you set page type options to display the source notes, when generating a web site).

I use the following to link to google maps:

View Map Location of Address

[SAN1961]

Alas, if you have just upgraded to V4, this method no longer works. Will post again when I find another way.

[GladToBeGrey]

In my earlier post, in the html, for '