[22621] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Online Family Trees?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Cashman)
Thu May 16 16:16:08 2002
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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:04:08 -0400
Reply-To: Derek Cashman <derek.cashman@VCU.EDU>
From: Derek Cashman <derek.cashman@VCU.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Rosanne Rohana wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for some ideas for our Chapter webmaster. We'd like to
> reformat our family tree page located here:
> http://home.cwru.edu/apo/fam-trees.html. Does anyone know of any nicely
> formatted online family trees from your own chapter or another? We'd be
> open to any type of technology -- HTML, images-based, Java, etc.
I've done the family trees for the Alpha Delta Iota Chapter essentially
using a combination of several software programs. The actual family tree
is sketched out using the freeware program ACD ChemSketch. This allows
me to copy the sketch to the clipboard (as in windows) and paste it
directly into Microsoft Word. Once in Microsoft Word, I am able to
convert the word doc to a PDF file.
Naturally, one could always sketch out the family tree using a simple
graphics editor as well (adobe photoshop or paintshop pro). However,
with very large family trees, this can lead to very large JPG files,
which isn't too bad considering the average net bandwidth is gradually
on the rise to broadband these days, however, there is a problem with
printing the family tree from the JPG in Netscape; sometimes these can
print out really funky (different parts of the tree on different pages
and the like). To prevent this, I imported to PDF format, which
essentially standardizes the printing cross-platform. Plus, the acrobat
reader program is available for free. The writer is a bit more expensive
($249 online at adobe.com; the academic version is around $100 though).
You may be able to acquire a free / site-licensed version of acrobat
through your school's computing services department, though.
View the Alpha Delta Iota family trees online at the website:
http://www.studentorg.vcu.edu/aphio/
The family trees are in the "About APhiO" section.
* Derek Cashman (derek.cashman@vcu.edu)
* Alumnus; Alpha Beta Omega Chapter (ODU)
* Treasurer; Alpha Delta Iota Chapter (VCU)
* Section 83 Communications / Web Dude
