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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.
 
 
 
== Content Conversion Status ==
 
All content from the old website has been converted '''''except the following:'''''
 
 
 
: Census Record Content pages - IN PROGRESS
 
: [http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/index.html Phoenix Book] - IN PROGRESS
 
: Databases
 
: <s>[[Archive:Eli Whitney Letters|Four Letters of Eli Whitney]]</s> - COMPLETE
 
: [http://www.whitneygen.org/misc/ussconst.html U.S.S. Constitution]
 
 
 
== Tim's Projects ==
 
:* <s>'''Help files''' - finish importing</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* <s>[[Project:User preferences help]]</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* <s>[[Project:Policy]]</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* <s>[[WRG:Protected page guidelines]]</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* <s>[[Help:Preferences]]</s> - COMPLETE
 
:* [[Pierce Conversion Project|Pierce Family Group Project]] - mostly complete, except:
 
::* Add/update location categories
 
:* Phoenix Project - <s>finish template sample</s>, write code to convert, upload all pages
 
:* Census Records
 
::* <s>1790 - 1870 Indexes</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* 1880 ''Indexes''
 
::* <s>Miscellaneous Indexes</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* <s>1890-1930 Indexes</s> - COMPLETE
 
::* 1880 ''Extracts''
 
 
 
== Robert's Projects ==
 
 
 
* Add locality categories to all of Andaleen's pages.
 
 
 
* Phoenix Import
 
:* [[Family:Whitney, John (b1645-b1720)]] ([[Family:Whitney, Henry (s1615-1673)|Henry<sup>1</sup>]])
 
:* Third generation families from [[Family:Whitney, John (b1645-b1720)|John<sup>2</sup>]] (Henry<sup>1</sup>)
 
:* Fourth generation families from Henry<sup>1</sup>
 
:* Fifth generation families from Henry<sup>1</sup>
 
 
 
* Import U.S.S. Constitution page
 
* <s>Import [[Archive:Eli Whitney Letters]]</s> - COMPLETE
 
 
 
== 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
 
* Decide on appropriate census index page names - COMPLETE
 
* Pierce Project - write code to convert and then upload all pages - COMPLETE
 
:* 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 ID="Plaintext" sections (they allow embedded anchors, PRE sections don't in the wiki)
 
* '''Citations''' - It appears that the ''Cite'' functionality that I was investigating will not work for our website.
 
* Decide on appropriate usage of category pages.
 
* Create [[Help:Style Guidelines|style guidelines]].
 
* Transfer from old web site:
 
:* City Directories - DONE
 
:* Probate Records - DONE
 
:* Newspapers - DONE
 
:* Cemeteries - DONE
 
:* Phoenix Errata - DONE
 
:* Source and clean up early Family pages - DONE
 
:* Combined Index to MA VRs - DONE
 
:* Indexes to Pierce - DONE
 
:* Reunion photos - DONE
 
* Finish John<sup>1</sup> Whitney descendants Family Group Records through fifth generation - DONE
 
* <s>Search - create an advanced search page</s> - COMPLETE
 
* <s>'''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.</s>
 
* <s>'''Quick Start Guide''' - finish</s>
 

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.