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Revision as of 01:17, 10 August 2015
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Collection of Web sites for various countries.
Only install the country you require otherwise many websites will be duplicated in the "Web Connection" menu.
Available Web connect Packs:
- DEWebConnectPack
- See also German information sites
- FRWebConnectPack
- See also French resources
- UKWebConnectPack
- See also General information sites
- USWebConnectPack
- Includes Australian/French(selected)/Norway
- See also US resources
Usage
From the People Category view select a person then right-click and from the context menu select the Web Connection entry to show the website choices that you can search on. Selecting a website will send the selected persons data (Surname/Given name/Middle name/Birth/Death) to be queried and the result if any will be displayed.
Prerequisites
- Requires libwebconnect be installed.
libwebconnect is the support Library for web site collections.
Issues
If the external website that "Web Connect Pack" queries against changes its query method, please raise an issue on the bug tracker.
- 7391 - WebConnect Addons create replicated menu entries