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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 usage of category pages.
 
 
 
== Content Conversion Status ==
 
:<s>Whitney Research Group Section</s> - DONE
 
:Mailing List (to be merged with WRG section)
 
::List Archives - NOT STARTED
 
::<s>Everything else</s> - DONE
 
:Archives - IN PROGRESS
 
::<s>Bible Records</s> - DONE
 
::Biographies - IN PROGRESS
 
::Cemeteries - IN PROGRESS
 
::Census Records
 
:::<s>Index page</s> - DONE
 
:::Content pages - IN PROGRESS
 
::City Directories - IN PROGRESS
 
::Databases - IN PROGRESS
 
::Extracts - IN PROGRESS
 
:::Books and Monographs
 
::::Pierce
 
:::::<s>Content</s> - DONE
 
:::::Indices - NOT STARTED
 
::::Phoenix - IN PROGRESS
 
::::<s>Others</s> - DONE
 
:::<s>Periodicals</s> - DONE
 
::<s>Immigration Records</s> - DONE
 
::<s>Land Records</s> - DONE
 
::<s>Old Letters</s> - DONE
 
::<s>Military Records</s> - DONE
 
::Newspapers - NOT STARTED
 
::Photos - NOT STARTED
 
::Probate Records - NOT STARTED
 
::<s>Vital Records</s> - DONE
 
:Localities - IN PROGRESS
 
:Families - IN PROGRESS
 
:<s>Queries</s> - DONE (and moved to Miscellaneous)
 
:<s>Resources</s> - DONE
 
:Search - This will be handled differently
 
:Miscellaneous - IN PROGRESS
 
 
 
* Detailed [[WRG:Conversion List|Conversion List]]
 
 
 
== Tim's Projects ==
 
:* <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>
 
:* '''Help files''' - finish importing
 
:* Phoenix Project - <s>finish template sample</s>, write code to convert, upload all pages
 
:* General Page Conversion - write code to convert certain html commands to wiki style to ease import
 
:* Databases - implement a system to properly display our gedcom databases
 
:* Search - create an advanced search page
 
:* 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
 
* 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 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.
 

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.