http://g3.raymerfamilies.com/index.php/
I’ve uploaded the new Gallery Software, it’s in RC right now.. so it’s not live.. but it’s great.. it supports better uploading… faster pages.. embedded video..
So.. Facebook.. I loves me some face book..
Facebook has made me realize we don’t need the Raymerfamily page for as much as we used too.. with the ability to post what you want individually on facebook, it’s not going to be able to compete.. So.. here are my ideas on what we will do with it:
#1 when you visit the raymerfamilies.com page you will now be taken to a front page that will simply be an image, with the following on it “Blog”, “Photos”, “Videos”, “Help” and “Family Tree”. I am not going to do the forums again till we are ready. There will also be space for an announcement..
I’ll also make the following changes in software on the site.
The Photos and Video will be handled by the new Menalto Gallery 3 which is in Beta right now, but once it’s out it’ll be great. It would allow for easier in browser uploading, FLV video playback, and.. a smoother interface.
The Blog will remain in Wordpress, and the Help will be moved from Wikimedia to Wordpress. Any announcements will be posted to the blog.
The Family tree won’t change.. but may be swapped out if something better comes along OR i may present the data made with it in a more palatable way.. since it’s a bit complicated.
I did play around with the idea of putting up a social networking site .. but why? It would never be as full featured as facebook.. and just like the forum noone would ever use it.
Due to lack of interest in the Forums I’m going to remove them on the last week of October..
Can’t see a reason to keep them around if the only person posting or reading them is me.
The folks at Webhostingbuzz.com are being cool enough to move us from one server to another as the server they have us on has an issue.
The site might be down for about 4 to 12 hours or so.. possibly longer.
You may find that some parts of teh Site are slow, and you might get “Error 500″ Internal Server Error
This i am told is being addressed by the Host.
-Todd
I’ve got the RaymerFamilies.com Site linked to TwitterFeed which is linked to Twitter.. which is linked to Facebook.. 
I’ve reinstalled the Forums and Reloaded the Data into a fresh Database..
Your Usernames and Passwords will now work on that site.. 
I discovered that the forums were using the Wordpress DB to authenticate off of.. so.. I have to restore all that..
so.. Forums are down till i get around to fixing it.
Growing pains stink.
Wanna test some fun stuff out tho?
I’ve thought about setting up a Social Network as a replacement for the front end of this Site..
to do that I’ve set up
rfSocial
which is runing Buddy Press
and
rfClub which is running Elgg..
play with them if you wish.. I may implement them someday
Looks like I still have a few bugs left, but the blog is restored, the only part that didn’t make it was the “WPG2″ plugin and the mod_rewrite support for the gallery.. but the gallery is STILL up.
I may weigh my options there..
Gallery3 is coming soon.. and I know you guys will love it once it’s complete..see it’s progress here.
-Todd
Note: If you click on the 
it will play the video “Fullscreen”
