Reading PAF-generated Web Pages

The web pages generated by PAF can be rather confusing until you figure them out.

For example, when you see the following page,

you naturally expect all the data shown to be related.

In some cases, it actually is related. That really only adds to the confusion, though. You see, PAF displays the data in a family history format, probably quite similar to other family history software packages. When it is generating the web pages, it separates the data out into various files for the purpose of relatively quick and easy display over the Internet. However, it does not separate everything into separate files based on relationships. Instead, it relies on the links and bookmarks in the files to show you the part of the page that contains the data you requested.

As an example, if you were looking at the information for Anna Justine Barbara Weinbrenner, and clicked the Parents link for her, you would see the page shown above. If you look only at the information for her parents, you are fine. If you expect the rest of the page to be related as well, you get confused. If you think of the information contained between the horizontal lines as being one full set of information (independent of all the other information on the page), you will do fine.

If you find yourself still confused about this, or any other aspect of the web site, please leave us a message in the discussion forum. We want to make all the improvements we can for legibility, and the enjoyment of our visitors.

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