Comments on: Open Thread Thursday – Embedding Research Content on Your Blog or Website

By: Chris Whitten

Chris Whitten — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:00:56 +0000

Ol’ Myrt started a thread on this here: http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2011/03/embedding-pedigree-chart-in-your-blog.html

By: JJT

JJT — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:04:40 +0000

Howdy,
I do like the idea of being able to embed a tree on the fly in a blog post – and including images and clickable links is a nice thing to have in those examples above.

But, on the flip both of those examples are a little overwhelming visually to me. I guess if the look and feel of them could be modified via css etc to fit into my own blog design I would be more likely to use them.

On my own blog’s ToDo list for awhile has been to try out Emporer by Ben Crowder. It looks to be an elegant tool to embed a simple tree –

http://bencrowder.net/blog/2010/11/emperor/

By: Elyse Doerflinger

Elyse Doerflinger — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:44:43 +0000

Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for the great feedback.

I am so excited about this widget – I really believe it will come in handy for my surname saturday posts!

Does anyone have any feedback concerning the sizes of the widgets (height and width)? Do these widgets look like they’d fit on your blog?

How do you all like the background images? Are there other images or colors you’d like to see?

We really appreciate all of your feedback!

Thanks,
Elyse

WikiTree Evangelist

By: Loraine Hale

Loraine Hale — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:18:23 +0000

Wouldn’t it be nice to share your family tree online? I mean who knows that one of your relatives would come to stumble upon your family tree and then know who their relatives are? Instant relatives you would have…

By: Frances Ellsworth

Frances Ellsworth — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:36:53 +0000

RT @geneabloggers: Open Thread Thursday – frustrated embedding research content in your blog? http://su.pr/1GJP3M #genealogy

By: geneabloggers

geneabloggers — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:35:34 +0000

Open Thread Thursday – frustrated embedding research content in your blog? http://su.pr/1GJP3M #genealogy

By: Kerry Scott

Kerry Scott — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:21:51 +0000

I don’t do much blogging about multiple generations. If I mention an ancestor at all, I’m usually talking about either that person or the method used to find that person…not so much his/her ancestors or descendants.

For a variety of reasons, I keep my trees private, so the whole public sharing/collaboration thing isn’t a big attraction for me. For someone without my rather unique situation, though, I can definitely see the appeal.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:19:41 +0000

I would love to have the ability to easily create a tree to share online!!

By: Kathy Reed

Kathy Reed — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:58:22 +0000

This is an interesting question. Graphics are very important for my blog. I just tried to post a family tree to explain a relationship earlier today. It would be wonderful to have more flexibility.
http://jonesfamilymatters.blogspot.com/2011/03/putting-my-darby-ancestors-in-context.html

By: Chris Whitten

Chris Whitten — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:49:22 +0000

Thanks, Thomas! I’m really excited about these and am anxious for feedback.

To see the demo widgets in action, here are the direct URLs:
http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Gilbert-1/2
http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Bartlett-4/1