Below are several options and ideas to help you create your personal family website and preserve your family's history online. Deciding which pages you want to include will help you select the site package and update plan that will best suit your family's needs.
Family's Choice Page Options
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| These page options are available with any family website package. One photo is included for each page. See below to add additional photos to any page. |
| Home Page |
Introduction and welcome to your site |
| About Dad |
Dad's Personal History/Bio including childhood, youth, personal accomplishments, etc. |
| About Mom |
Mom's Personal History/Bio including childhood, youth, personal accomplishments, etc. |
| Meet Our Children |
One page with an overview of all children. |
| Shining Stars |
Individual child's page featuring the story of his or her birth, childhood anecdotes, special talents... a page sharing what makes this child unique and special in your family. |
| About Us |
How parents met or the story of how your family came to be. A great place to share your family story whether you have a traditional or blended family. |
| Family Mission Statement |
Share your family's core values, goals, etc. |
| Mini Family History Page |
One page outlining the family's genealogy or ancestral background. Alternatively, consider adding a full multi-page family history site within your family site. Visit Our History for details. |
| In The News |
Family newsletter-style page of current family events. You can also archive past newsletters to preserve your family's history as you build your site. |
| Remember When... |
Sharing fun family stories can give a new twist to your family history... especially when older or grown children can participate by submitting their favorite or funniest family memories. |
| Trivial Pursuits |
Include little-known trivia about parents, children, grandparents, or even ancestors.. |
| Hometown History |
Share the history of the town your family was raised in or highlight a location important to your family heritage. |
| The Main Event |
Announce or preserve memories of important family events such as reunions, graduation, etc., with an announcement page. You can also add birth announcements or weddings announcements. See "Our Baby" or "Our Wedding" for additional template choices. Main Event pages can also become multi-page mini-sites within your family website. |
| The Main Event Mini-Site |
For big events, such as reunions, add pages such as travel plans, schedules/itineraries, visitor information, historical information, contacts, etc., to create a mini-event site within your family site. Weddings and birth announcements can also be mini-sites within your family website. |
| Family Event Calendar |
Remember birthdays, anniversaries, reunions, and special events with a family calendar (even more important for an extended family site!) |
| Family Contact Page |
Addresses, phone numbers, and e-mails of family members (also great for an extended family site.)
We recommend password protection for your site if you select this option.
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| Family Vacations |
Highlight your family vacation with a narrative account of your adventures. (Remember, you can add additional photos to any family page or link to a photo album of your family activity.) |
| Family Projects |
Share a family project you are working on or have recently completed. |
| Family Hobbies/ Activities |
Include a page about the activities your family enjoys doing together, such as sports, camping, hiking, music, etc. |
| Family Traditions |
If your family has unique customs or traditions that make holidays or other events special, share them with a family traditions page. You can also help preserve your heritage by explaining origins and symbolism of these customs for new generations in your family. |
| Secret Recipes |
If your family traditions involve food, you can add a recipe page (or an entire section) to share with extended family or friends. |
| Custom Pages |
We can create a page for almost any family topic you can think of. Price based on complexity of job. Call for pricing quote. |
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Add additional photos to any page:
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| $3.00 |
Photos submitted digitally |
| $5.00 |
Photos submitted in print format |
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Photo Albums
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| Highlight photos of children, family events such as reunions or vacations, holiday pictures—any images you want to preserve and share.
Add as many photo albums as you like, as often as you like, to any package. All photos to be included in one album must be submitted at the same time. Prices are based on digital photography submissions. For print submissions, see scanning prices below.
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| Mini Album |
(Up to 10 photos) Choose slide show or still versions. |
| Regular Album |
(Up to 20 photos) Choose slide show or still versions. |
| Photo Gallery |
Only available with the You.com package. The Photo Gallery gives you unlimited photos with searchable indexes. Call for custom pricing if you are interested in a Photo Gallery to preserve your family images.
Note: Our Photo Gallery software was created by a third party vendor and will not have the standard template/look of the rest of your site.
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| Scanning |
Price per photo to scan images not submitted digitally. Includes cropping and minor color correction. Call for pricing on additional photo manipulation and retouching. |
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Family Forums
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| These options are available with any family website package. |
Family Site
E-mail |
Personalized e-mail addresses and web-based e-mail service for your entire family (yourname@theconnectionsite.com) Number of free e-mail addresses based on package purchased. $1.00 per additional address. |
| Guestbook |
Invite visitors to sign your family guestbook—a fun way for friends and extended family to stay in touch. |
| Bulletin Board |
TheConnectionSite.com Bulletin Board gives your family a forum to discuss topics, share ideas, plan activities, and more in a private forum only accessible by your family and invited guests. If your family has a hard time getting together all at once, posting your messages on your family's personal bulletin board forum is a fun way to keep in touch. |
| Chat Room |
As part of TheConnectionSite.com family, you are invited to use our private ConnectionSite chatroom to for live family visits. You can plan your next family event, share exciting family news, or shoot the breeze. Just set up a time your family can all get on-line, meet in your own private chatroom...and Chat!
Access to our ConnectionSite Chatroom is FREE with any package.
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| These options are only available when you purchase your own domain with the www.you.com package. We recommend password protection for your site if you select either the bulletin board or chat room options. |
| Family Bulletin Board |
With the You.com package, you can have your own personal family bulletin board (not a forum on TheConnectionSite.com board). The Bulletin Board is an area where you can post ideas, share stories, plan events, and keep in touch—right on your website. |
| Family Chat Room |
Live chat room for your family only. From planning your next reunion to getting advise on raising kids, a family chat room gives you a place to visit with each other all at the same time, without the long-distance charges. |
Family Site
E-mail |
Personalized e-mail addresses and web-based e-mail service for your entire family (yourname@you.com) 10 free with you.com, plus $1.00 per additional address. |
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Together Forever
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Add-on pages specifically for LDS families. Each page includes one picture unless otherwise specified.
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| Together Forever |
A page on LDS temples, families, favorite links, and/or basic beliefs. Or highlight the temple you were sealed in. Helpful to your children and website guests of other faiths. |
| Special Event Announcements |
Announce baby blessings, baptisms, missions, etc. If guests will be attending from out of town, add visitor information, itineraries, maps, driving directions, etc. Also see "Our Baby" or "Our Wedding" for additional template choices and announcement package options. |
| Called to Serve Mini-Site |
Includes Home page, About the Missionary (or Couple Missionaries) page, and About the Mission page. Add optional weather in your missionary's area (from weather.com) and/or countdown to the departure or return. Special missionary price of $99.00. Help your busy missionary keep in touch with friends and family through a monthly missionary journal update for just $25.00 per month . Update includes one letter and 4 pictures each month. If your missionary writes more or less frequently (or you'd like to order a different type of update package), please call for custom pricing. |
| Custom LDS Family Page |
We can create a page for almost any LDS family topic you can think of, such as family preparedness, special family night activities, etc. Price based on complexity of job. Call for pricing quote.
TheConnectionSite.com reserves the right to require written permission from proper Church authorities prior to publishing materials that may be considered sacred online.
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If you would like more information on families that are together forever, please visit the official site of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Site Security
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| Password Protection |
While your site information will never be shared by TheConnectionSite.com, it is possible that someone could guess your site address. To ensure the security of your family, you can choose to password protect your entire site or select pages. Please also instruct children never to give out your family passwords or site addresses on-line, especially in public chat rooms or bulletin boards. Note that for all "Our Baby" sites, password protection is included in the package. |
| Search Engine Indexing |
If you plan to share your family site with the world we can assist you with search engine listings. Call for pricing.
If you prefer your site not be listed, we can include this "code" for search engines on your site template at no charge.
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