Second Site Version 7.00 is now available. It includes a couple new Formats and some other important changes.

This is the first paid upgrade for Second Site since February 2016, more than two years and a dozen releases ago. It's been about four years since TMG was discontinued, and as expected the TMG user base has shrunk. That means the Second Site user base has also shrunk. I am still using TMG, and so I am willing and able to keep supporting Second Site. However, I need your support. If you want Second Site to remain available, you should purchase this upgrade.

The newsletter link is here:

https://www.secondsite7.com/ssn082.htm

You can download the installer here:

https://www.secondsite7.com/downloads.htm?v=7.00

The upgrade price for Second Site 6 customers is $15.00 USD. New customers and customers whose most-recent license is for Second Site 5 or previous must purchase the full-price license for Second Site 7 for $35.00 USD.

There is no difference between the installer programs for the full version license and the upgrade license. The only difference is the cost of the license.

Customers who purchased the full version of Second Site 6 on or after April 1, 2018 qualify for a free license for Second Site 7. That license has already been sent via email. Contact me if you think you qualify but you have not received your Second Site 7 license information.

To purchase a license for Second Site 7, start on the Second Site home page:

https://www.secondsite7.com

Click one of the links in the "How to Buy Second Site" box in the upper-right of that page.
 

You do not have to use the right-click, "Run as Administrator" method to start the installer for v7.00. You may be warned that the installer is not from a trusted source. You can ignore that warning. If you have any trouble installing, please contact me.

Publishing Your Work

If you'd like to publish your site online, please choose Family History Hosting. We'll help you understand and navigate the process of acquiring a domain name and publishing your site. The Publish command in Second Site makes publishing easy! Family History Hosting is now offering long-term hosting plans: check it out!

https://www.FamilyHistoryHosting.com

GedSite 2.02 is now available. It includes a direct import facility that reads data directly from TMG's database tables. This allows GedSite to support TMG sentence and source templates, name styles, place styles, etc.

Please see today's newsletter that explains which TMG users should opt for GedSite, and who should choose (or remain with) Second Site:

https://goo.gl/Na4Cbn

The Change Log includes descriptions of all the changes in release 2.02 of GedSite:

https://goo.gl/oEqykn

Version 2.02 is free for users with a GedSite 2 license. If you do not have a license for GedSite 2, you can start the purchase process here:

https://goo.gl/NAhVfq

GedSite has been optimized to support many features that are common in TMG, but often neglected by GEDCOM-based web site builders including witnesses and roles. GedSite also supports RootsMagic, Family Historian, and Legacy sentences.

For TMG users who are in the process of moving to another program, or contemplating it, GedSite will help you decide which program to choose, and what cleanup needs to be done before and after the move. GedSite is a great tool for reviewing your own work, even if you don't share a site with family, other researchers, or the world.

People who are familiar with Second Site will appreciate the Second Site features that are included in GedSite: the powerful controls to configure person page entries, the ability to include some tags in narrative form and others in tables or lists, and support for custom pages.

To read more about GedSite, visit its homepage:

http://www.gedsite.com

... or contact me

Second Site Version 6 is a major new release with new features and other enhancements. The major focus of this release was to make sites mobile-friendly. According to usage statistics, more people are using the Internet via smartphones and tablets than on desktop or laptop computers, so it's important for sites to be as accommodating as possible to visitors using mobile devices. For a description of all the new features, see Second Site News #069

This is the first non-free upgrade since April of 2013, almost three years ago. I hope all current users will upgrade soon. The upgrade price for Second Site 5 customers is $14.95 USD.

New customers and customers whose most-recent license is for Second Site 4 or previous must purchase the full-price license for Second Site 6 for $34.95 USD.

There is no difference between the installer programs for the full version license and the upgrade license. The difference is the cost of the license.

Customers who purchased the full version of Second Site 5 on or after December 1, 2015 qualify for a free license for Second Site 6. That license has already been sent via email. Contact me if you think you qualify but you have not received your Second Site 6 license information.

To purchase a license for Second Site, start on the Second Site home page.

Click here for more information.

If you have not been keeping Second Site up to date, this is your chance to get back on track. Second Site 4 has dozens of features and capabilities that are not in Second Site 2, and Second Site 2 does not take advantage of modern browser features. Bluntly, Second Site 2 was good in its day, but that day is now past.

To take advantage of this offer, visit the Second Site home page and click the blue "upgrade" link in the "How to Buy Second Site" panel on the right-hand side of the page. When prompted for your Second Site 3 license number, enter your Second Site 2 license number instead.

This offer ends at 12:00 midnight, US Eastern Standard Time, on 31 December 2012.