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== Open Issues ==
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From 2006 to 2008, the contents of the old Whitney Research Group website were converted to this new wiki-based website. While this project has now been completed, the history of this page can be used to view the progress of this effort.
* Create appropriate [[Help:Contents|help topics]] - IN PROGRESS.
 
* Create [[Help:Contents#Style_Guidelines|style guidelines]].
 
* Decide on appropriate census index page names - DONE.
 
* Decide on appropriate usage of category pages.
 
 
 
== Content Conversion Status ==
 
:Whitney Research Group Section - COMPLETE
 
:Mailing List (to be merged with WRG section) - Everything COMPLETE, except the list archives - NOT STARTED.
 
:Archives - IN PROGRESS
 
::Bible Records - IN PROGRESS
 
::Biographies - IN PROGRESS
 
::Cemeteries - NOT STARTED
 
::Census Records - Index IN PROGRESS, content NOT STARTED
 
::City Directories - NOT STARTED
 
::Databases - These will be handled differently
 
::Extracts - IN PROGRESS
 
:::Pierce - Converted, waiting for review before uploading all pages.
 
:::Phoenix - IN PROGRESS
 
::Immigration Records - NOT STARTED
 
::Land Records - NOT STARTED
 
::Old Letters - NOT STARTED
 
::Military Records - NOT STARTED
 
::Newspapers - NOT STARTED
 
::Photos - NOT STARTED
 
::Probate Records - NOT STARTED
 
::Vital Records - IN PROGRESS
 
:Localities - These will be handled with categories
 
:Families - IN PROGRESS
 
:Queries - Moved to Miscellaneous
 
:Resources - DONE
 
:Search - This will be handled differently
 
:Miscellaneous - IN PROGRESS
 
 
 
== Tim's Projects ==
 
:* Pierce Project - write code to convert and then upload all pages
 
::* Strip off the existing header and footer information
 
::* Split up the sets into individual pages
 
::* Add new anchors for children if they don't already exist
 
::* Convert the existing links from referencing the sets to referencing the exact pages
 
::* Add new header and footer information
 
::* Convert all links to wiki style
 
::* Convert the PRE sections to DIV sections (they allow embedded anchors, PRE sections don't in the wiki)
 
:* Phoenix Project - finish template sample, write code to convert, upload all pages
 
:* General Page Conversion - write code to convert certain html commands to wiki style to ease import
 
:* Help files - finish importing
 
:* Quick Start Guide - finish
 
:* Databases - implement a system to properly display our gedcom databases
 
:* Search - create an advanced search page
 
:* Page Creation - create a system using the InputBox extension and a set of templates to allow the easy creation of new families and other pages.
 
:* Citations - get the new Cite extension working and review with Robert to determine if we should switch.
 
:* Recent Pages Extension
 
::* Add page overflow links and offset capability
 
::* Add sort option (used for listing all pages, etc.
 
::* Add an option to disable the inclusion of subpages.
 
 
 
== Closed Issues ==
 
* Determine appropriate namespaces - COMPLETE
 
* Decide if the ''My Lineage'' links on user pages is sufficient, or if we should also have the Member Lineages page - COMPLETE
 

Latest revision as of 13:46, 22 August 2008

From 2006 to 2008, the contents of the old Whitney Research Group website were converted to this new wiki-based website. While this project has now been completed, the history of this page can be used to view the progress of this effort.