Viosca.Com website overhaul.
I’ve been in the process of overhauling the site to use the new WordPress, Piwigo, and phpgedview.
These are the tasks:
- Import articles from WordPress (done).
- Get the new WordPress to work with Piwigo (in process).
- Get all existing images from old site imported (in process).
- Imbed PGV software (old, needs upgrade/port)
-The Management
Viosca.net account access policy.
Viosca.net contains the genealogical data of people both living and deceased. Having an account grants access to that data. To ensure privacy protection for our members, and for the living relatives in the genealogical database, we screen all account requests.
Before accounts are given out to our family Web site, we need to know a few things about you:
- Who you are,
- If you are related to us, then we need information on how you are related,
- If you are not related to us, then we need information on how you intend to use the site. (On a limited basis, we do grant research accounts to unrelated folk).
We want to give you an account, but to protect our members we need to know who you are first.
Thank you for taking the time to tell us about you.
Randy Viosca
Scanning tips and links.
This entry contains a few lessons I have learned (some the hard way) for getting good images from flat bed scanners.
Want to contribute?
This Web site is a collaborative effort. We need help creating, building, and maintaining it.
There are many areas you can help, here are some ideas:
- Use the site and report bugs/problems in the software so we know to fix them.
- Report content errors such as typos, misspellings, grammatical errors, etc.
Restoration of Fay Martin’s Album Complete
One of the most rewarding projects I’ve worked on bringing up this site is the restoration of Fay Viosca Martin’s family album of 126 photos. In the gallery you’ll find two versions of the family album, one contains the original scans, and the other has the restored photos.
Here is an example of a completed restoration. Notice the repaired folds.
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Before restoration |
After restoration |
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