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07-06-2004, 06:07 AM
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Building a website to chronicle your international adoption
I know most of us have seen some of the websites out there that familes build or use to chronicle their international adoption.
They are usually in a journal format, and they have some pictures that the family uploads to the webiste. I would like to do something like that for my adoption. I am a fairly technically adept person, but I'm no computer programmer. Can anybody point me out to a starting point for building a website like this? (You can PM me if you want to)
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Michael Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." 04/02/2004 - Found agency 04/27/2004 - State background check returned 05/09/2004 - Final application turned in 05/10/2004 - I600-A form sent off 05/25/2004 - First homestudy visit 06/01/2004 - Received INS fingerprint appointment 06/02/2004 - Second homestudy visit 06/09/2004 - Turned in Russia dossier 06/16/2004 - Officially on the waiting list 06/19/2004 - Fingerprinted at INS office in Birmingham, AL 07/19/2004 - Received 1st referral 07/21/2004 - 171H Received 07/30/2004 - Received 2nd referral 10/11/2004 - ACCEPTED referral on a precious baby girl! 
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07-06-2004, 10:00 AM
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Hi there. I just created mine at www.tripod.com. Let me tell you, if I can do it ANYONE can!! It is very simple to do. You can see our website (me and longhorndaddy) if you click on the www thingy below by my profile.
I have a question on this as well though. Does anyone know how to get registered/pay money to be with a search engine like google? I haven't figured out how to do that yet and want people to be able to pull up our site to help them out. I am lost on that part. Good luck alabamadad2be!
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6/08/04 Decided to adopt from Ukraine 6/24/04 Started home study 6/30/04 Got finger printed for local background check 7/2 Home Study complete 7/7 Found out I am pregnant! Ukraine on hold for now.
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07-06-2004, 10:12 AM
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AlDad2Be,
I like Yahoo!, because they only have one small banner ad, and you can close it. It also has a pretty easy to use page builder. Doxie, Below are the URL's for suggestion your site on the larger search engines. Good luck! Yahoo! Submit Your Site Google Submit Your Site AltaVista Submit Your Site
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Brandy Adopted Adult, Mom & Wife Mothering From The Sidelines of Open Adoption
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07-06-2004, 07:11 PM
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Tripod would be my choice too. They were really easy to work with. Had a lot more difficulty with Yahoo. There should be a link that they sell you a domain from the start up page.
Good luck and let us know.
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mom of 5 HS done 6/16/04 I600A filed 6/9/04 Dossier in BG 7/12/04 Reg in MoJ 7/29/04 It's a boy 12/13/04 (dob 7/02) 1st trip Jan 14-22 ,2005 Got the signature 3/7/05 court date 3/15/05 and he is ours............ Forever ours April 15th 2005 
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07-07-2004, 08:52 AM
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I am not a Computer Wizard
I am not a computer wizard, but I created ours on www.freeservers.com. It was really easy, you can load pictures, you can add many pages, a slideshow, a photo album, etc. It was really easy...you can look at our web page at:
www.rogerandcathlena.4t.com it is still a work in progress as we continue on this journey. Good Luck.
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Roger & Cathlena Received Paperwork 4/5/04 I-600A Sent 4/27/04 Homestudy Completed 8/07/04 Fingerprinted 8/20/2004 I-171H received 9/14/2004 Dossier Sent to Agency - 9/29/04 Referral Received 11/23/2004 First Trip 4/2/05 - 4/6/05 Second Trip 5/8/05 - 5/18/05 Mom & Dad to~ Ryan Ilya Hinkle 5/11/05 Vladimir Region - Murom Baby Home
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07-07-2004, 09:34 AM
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Wow, Cathlena, this is great! I'm going to try to set this up for us.
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Kim
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07-09-2004, 12:22 PM
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How about a blog?
For those who may not want to do a complete web site, how about a blog? You can document the process, your feelings, and emotions in a simple online journal/diary. There are a ton of free blogs available online, but this is one I tried: www.socialjournal.com
Marian
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07-17-2004, 04:51 AM
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Websites
Our ISP has a certain amount of space which we used for our website. We purchased/registered a URL for it from Register.com.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~dancase The blog suggestion is a good one too. Somebody out there did a blog about their Kazakhstani adoption of two boys. I can't recall the URL right now.
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E.Case Anguel: Burgas, Bulgaria 2000 Agency: BBAS
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