Difference between revisions of "Site Projects"

Latest revision as of 19:05, 2 March 2023

Welcome to Family Tree Forum's Site Projects area.

Current Projects

We have supplied a list of ongoing projects below.

Places of Worship
Costume Gallery - The gallery hosts a growing number of photographs of costume through the ages which have been contributed by the members.
FTF Gallery of International War Memorials - War Memorial photographs from outside the UK
Surname Directory - The Surname Directory is a selection of the surnames being researched by the members of the Family Tree Forum.
Certificate Exchange - A place to list all those wrong certificates or maybe to find the one you have been looking for.
Parish Record Transcriptions - Baptism and Burial Records transcribed by our members.

Additionally, if you wish to view a full list of the pages within this area, please click here.

Contributions

All Family Tree Forum members have the ability to add content to pages in the Site Projects area.
If you wish to create or amend content, you should also read the Help Page for Editors first to familiarise yourself.
Please ensure that you read our Terms and Conditions and the Copyright Guidelines. before adding any content.
Unless otherwise specified, all content will be published under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licence
For more help, see The Wiki Guide.
Any additions and amendments will be tracked to ensure conformity with layout as well as preventing undesirable content from appearing on the site.

Family Tree Forum reserves the right to amend any content not formatted to the style of the rest of the site without notification.

IMPORTANT

Before editing the wiki, members must login to this section of the site (top right of page).

Please Note: This is a separate login to that used on the main Family Tree Forum site.

If you are not already registered with a wiki account (see User List) then please contact any member of the Admin & Moderation Team via PM (personal message) to request one.

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+'''Welcome to Family Tree Forum's Site Projects area.'''
-Ok, you have made it this far either by blindly wandering in or by following one of the links supplied in the forum section. So what do you do now?
+== Current Projects ==
+We have supplied a list of ongoing projects below.
-The search box in the left hand pane is your new best friend. If the text you enter into it is present on the wiki it will find it.  If there is no corresponding entry and you have appropriate permissions, you can even create a new page and enter appropriate information into it.
+* '''[[Places of Worship]]''' <br>
+* '''[[Family Tree Forum Costume Gallery|Costume Gallery]]''' - The gallery hosts a growing number of photographs of costume through the ages which have been contributed by the members.
+* '''[[War Memorials|FTF Gallery of International War Memorials]]''' - War Memorial photographs from outside the UK
+* '''[[Surname Directory]]''' - The Surname Directory is a selection of the surnames being researched by the members of the Family Tree Forum.
+* '''[[Unwanted Certificates|Certificate Exchange]]''' - A place to list all those wrong certificates or maybe to find the one you have been looking for.
+* [https://records.familytreeforum.com '''Parish Record Transcriptions'''] - Baptism and Burial Records transcribed by our members.
+<!-- * <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/stones_index.php '''Foundation Stones Database''']</span> - Historical information linking ancestors and buildings. -->
-The sections below will help you get started in the wonderful world of wiki.
+Additionally, if you wish to view a full list of the pages within this area, please click '''[[Special:AllPages|here]]'''.
-The Wiki has been created as a repository for reference information that has previously been stored within threads in the forums. This has had the effect of splitting the site into definitive Reference and Forum sections
+==Contributions==
+* '''All Family Tree Forum members have the ability to add content to pages in the Site Projects area.'''
+* If you wish to create or amend content, you should also read the '''[[Help:Notes for Editors|Help Page for Editors]]''' first to familiarise yourself.
+* '''Please ensure that you read our <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/3-Terms-and-Conditions Terms and Conditions]</span> and the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/5-Copyright-Guidelines Copyright Guidelines]</span>.''' before adding any content.
+* Unless otherwise specified, all content will be published under the terms of the '''[[GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation Licence]]'''
+* For more help, see  '''[[:Category:Help|The Wiki Guide]].'''
+* Any additions and amendments will be tracked to ensure conformity with layout as well as preventing undesirable content from appearing on the site.
-All users will have the ability to create and edit (but not delete) pages within the wiki. These creations and amendments will be tracked by members of the Site Content and Development team to ensure conformity with layout as well as preventing undesirable content from remaining on the site.
+'''Family Tree Forum reserves the right to amend any content not formatted to the style of the rest of the site without notification.'''
-If you wish to create content, please read the [[Help Page for Editors]] first to familiarise yourself. Any content not formatted to the style of the rest of the site will be amended.
+==IMPORTANT==
+Before editing the wiki, members must login to this section of the site (top right of page).
-If anyone decides that we need a new page, can you let us know please.
+'''Please Note: This is a separate login to that used on the main Family Tree Forum site.'''
-There is still an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes and it would be a great shame if your own hard work was duplicated because it was already in hand. (We have already managed to do this ourselves at least twice!!)
+If you are not already registered with a wiki account (see [https://reference.familytreeforum.com/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&limit=500 User List]) then please contact any member of the Admin & Moderation Team via PM (personal message) to request one.
-As the Recent Changes page can itself change very very quickly we may not always spot your contributions and as all the pages being worked on are not currently linked to the rest of the Wiki you may not realise that a page actually already exists.
-==Help==
-*[[Help Pages for Users]]
-*[[Help Page for Editors]]
-*[[Advanced Help]]
-==Starter Pages==
-If you are unsure where to go, try one of the pages below.
-*[[Taster Page]]
-*[[World Index Page]]  - Country and County Information and Links
-*[[Big Book]]
-*[[Census Search]]
-*[[Records Office Guide]]
-*[[Records Office/Cemetery/Churchyard Lookups]]
-*[[BMD Certificates]]
-*[[Online Research]]
-*[[Trades and Occupations]]
-*[[General History]]
-*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
-*[[Military]]
-*[[Adoption]] Including Sarah's Story.
-*[[A-Z Land Index]]
-*[[Certificate tutorials]]
-*[[Parish Registers]]
-<br><br>
-==Here be dragons==
-The pages below should be considered as reference points for creating pages, any information held within them should not be considered as verified from a genealogical standpoint
-*[[The Playground]] use this page to practise the coding ...
-*[[Authoring|Authoring Suggestions]] - Please read before creating content on the wiki
-*[[Counties Page Template]] - Please stick to the conventions laid out in this template