ReunionFamilyCloud - Getting Started
What is ReunionFamilyCloud?
Who is ReunionFamilyCloud For?
What Isn't ReunionFamilyCloud?
Who Isn't ReunionFamilyCloud For?
Getting Started
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ReunionFamilyCloud Manager
What is ReunionFamilyCloud?
ReunionFamilyCloud is a web hosting service for users of Reunion for Macintosh.
This hosting service is provided by Leister Productions, Inc.
It allows users of Reunion to reserve and ultimately purchase a unique web address (URL)
and web space for publicly or privately publishing web suitable content generated by Reunion.
Who is ReunionFamilyCloud For?
ReunionFamilyCloud is for people...
- Who are Reunion for Macintosh users.
- Wanting to create a website (public or private) containing only web projects and files created by Reunion.
- Who have very limited understanding of how to publish websites.
- Who do not already have a domain name or a website.
- Who require less than 500MB of web space for their website.
500MB would be around 15,000 people depending on the number of images, amount of data and reporting options.
- Who only want to host static content - Reunion only generates static content.
What Isn't ReunionFamilyCloud?
ReunionFamilyCloud is not...
- A genealogy search site like Ancestry or FamilySearch.
- A full featured web host like GoDaddy or DreamHost.
- A dynamic content host for web applications like TNG.
Who Isn't ReunionFamilyCloud For?
ReunionFamilyCloud is not for people...
- Who want to use their own domain name.
- Who want to host web content other than what is generated by Reunion.
- Who require more than 500MB of web space.
- With more involved website needs.
- Who require server side scripting support, for example PHP.
- Who require an online database, for example MySQL.
Getting Started
This is a very abbreviated "quick start" to get your Reunion generated web project on your own website.
For complete details on how to use ReunionFamilyCloud, please see the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager chapter.
- Make sure the contents page of your web project will be named "index.html"
Open your family file in Reunion and choose Reunion > Settings from Reunion's menu,
click on Web, then Reports and then Files.
Make sure index.html is selected for the Cover page.

Close the Web Settings window.
- Create your web project.
With your family file open in Reunion, click on Reports,
Web Project and then create your web project.
If you want to post something other than a web project, Reunion creates many different
types of reports and files that can be published to your website.
See the Website Suitable Output section for a complete list.
- Create your ReunionFamilyCloud account.
Choose Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion's menu.
Click the Sign In/Sign Up button and then click Sign Up.
In the Sign Up window, enter a member name that describes you and (or) your family research. This member name will be part of your website address
so choose something that makes sense. For example if your family name is Jones
you might want to choose a member name of jones_family giving
you a website address (URL) of https://host.ReunionFamilyCloud.com/jones_family

Complete the rest of the fields in this window and click Sign Up.
After the creation of your ReunionFamilyCloud account has been completed,
you will see a confirmation window.

Click Open in Browser to see the "Future website for..." page for your new website on the web.
- Optionally, password protect your website.
Before you start uploading files to your new website, you need to decide who will have access to your website.
In the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window, click on the Account Settings button and then select the Privacy tab.
If you only want certain people to have access to your website, select the Require user name and password to access website option.
Close this window.
- Upload your web project.
The web project that you created earlier will be listed near the top of the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window.
Select your web project in the list and click the big blue Upload to ReunionFamilyCloud button.

An upload confirmation window will appear. Click the Upload button.
- Share the address of your website (URL) with others.
When the upload of your web project is complete, you will be presented with an Upload Success window.

To see your web project on the web, click the Open in Browser button.
Note: If you are still seeing the "Future website for..." page,
you may need to click your browser's Reload button.
To copy the web address (URL) of your web project to the Clipboard to share it with other family members, click the Copy to Clipboard button.
The web address of your web project can be pasted into emails and sent to family members.
If you password protected your website, don't forget to include the user name and password for your website when you send the web address.
- Make your website permanent.
Your new ReunionFamilyCloud member account has been created for a 30 day trial period.
If you’re happy with your website and would like to keep it active after the 30 day trial period, you can pay for a subscription in the Account Settings window.
To do this, click the Account Settings button in the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window.
Then, click on the Renew Subscription button and select a subscription option.
For more detailed documentation on ReunionFamilyCloud, please see the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager chapter.