RaymerFamilies.com

Sooo.. some of you know from the forums and from me yapping that I’d like to arrange 2 events this year, a family reunion picnic, and a family camping trip!

Well during my planning I thought, “wouldn’t it be great if we could just get together and talk?”

To facilitate this, I’ve setup a chat room, and in 3 weeks we will have our first online chat session, for about an hour, and everyone who can come is invited.

I’ll put more links here in the weeks to come, including an agenda, which can be altered, so if there is anything we’d like to add to the “agenda” we can.

MORE NEWS:

Ever been curious about the site? Wanna know more about how to use it? Need some hands on demonstration? Sure thing! At least every month I’ll be hosting an online “classoom” using DimDim, a free flash based webinar service, to show you how to access the site, and what you can do with it. I can have up to 20 viewers at a time, and if the demand is high enough I’m sure I can do 2 a month if needed.

If you have a Flickr account to store pictures, you can now transfer those to the Gallery!

http://help.raymerfamilies.com/index.php?title=Transfer_from_Flickr

-Todd

I know it’s a big mystery about just what the Family Tree page does and how to use it, so I updated the HELP! page for it

http://help.raymerfamilies.com/index.php?title=Family_Tree

You can use your regular Raymerfamilies.com login to get into the Family Tree Page.

If you have any questions email or call me

-Todd

I got all.. “Todd wants to integrate crap” last night..

So I changed the Site “Theme” to what you see around

I also removed the old phpbb forums (which are a bit hard to use unless your a forum guy) and installed bbpress, which is integrated into the Blog Site.

Yes you already have a login to it if I’ve given you one to this site.

http://forums.raymerfamilies.com

The editor isn’t great, but you can post pics the same way you do in say a myspace comment. (ie.. img src.. so on)

mail me for help till I can write up a FAQ

-Todd

So I was rooting around some of my boxes this weekend looking for some software, and I find a cd loose in a box titled “Backup 4 March 2003″, it’s my handwriting.. so I pop it in my monster.. and I take a gander..

Low and Behold.. a treasure trove.. I added about 300 pics from this CD to the site, many of them are pictures from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.

They are scattered about.. perhaps that will make it worth your while to see them.. this one is probably my favorite

Yup.. I went there.

<3 to all the Phillips Gurls !

-Todd

I’ve added a Cook Book to hold our family recipes.

http://cookbook.raymerfamilies.com/

Got something you’d like to put on it

You can either make an account or email me with the recipe (include a photo if you can) and I’ll put it up

-Todd

I’ve just discovered that the Gallery wasn’t showing the NEW pics unless you logged into it.

I’ve corrected that issue.

You may now view the pictures without logging into the site.

I have 2 announcements to make.

First, in the past 24 hours, and using the “New” method of uploading, different family members have added over 1000 new pictures to the photo Gallery!

Thats Fantastic! Thankyou to Matt & Laura, Kelly, Sydney, and Tony.

I’m trying to bring more of you on board as the weeks go on.
Second, I have another exciting announcement to make.

Starting Next Friday, the site will undergo an upgrade, and our size will increase about 250 times what it is currently, which will allow you to post every single picture you possess to the raymerfamilies.com should you so desire.

Once this upgrade is complete, your pictures will be held online, secure, in galleries that can be managed by yourself, and.. backed up.
I’ve also been told that soon with the next major release of the Gallery Software we use, we will be able to upload Video and it will convert it to Flash on the Fly, for easy streaming playback. Right now we can do somthing similar, but it’s a manual process.

Looking forward to sharing with you

-Todd

So.. New Pics!

I made some calls and walked Tony and Kelly thru the new upload process. Then I walked them thru uploading some pics.

http://gallery.raymerfamilies.com/v/FamilyAlbums/Kelly/babies/

http://gallery.raymerfamilies.com/v/FamilyAlbums/Kelly/KiraOneMonth/

http://gallery.raymerfamilies.com/v/FamilyAlbums/tony/

Sydney and I also uploaded some.

http://gallery.raymerfamilies.com/v/FamilyAlbums/Todd/kids/

View and enjoy! and please please.. UPLOAD YOUR PICTURES

So I’ve written up instructions.. SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS.. on how to upload your pics to the website using ONLY.. Windows XP and your username and password.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

It’s probably the easiest way to upload pics now

*Update* if you are using Windows Vista I’ve made instructions for you as well

Click here to see Vista Upload Instructions!

I’ve decided to revamp the FAQ / Help portion of the site, and have setup a “help.raymerfamilies.com” website to do this with. I hope it helps you all enjoy and use the site a little better.

-Todd