ReunionFamilyCloud Manager

ReunionFamilyCloud - Getting Started

What is ReunionFamilyCloud Manager?

Files On This Mac

- Filtering the List of Files

- File Tools

ReunionFamilyCloud Account

- Signing Up for an Account

- Terms of Service

- Signing In to ReunionFamilyCloud

- Account Settings

- Web Site Privacy

- File List

- Adding a Custom Subfolder

- Renaming and Deleting Files and Subfolders

- File and Subfolder Naming Restrictions

Uploading/Publishing to the Web

Publishing Multiple Web Projects

Resetting Your Account Password

Forgot Member Name or Password

Closing Your ReunionFamilyCloud Account

Website Suitable Output

Web Style

Web Publishing

Web Projects

What is ReunionFamilyCloud Manager?

The ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window shows you a list web projects, reports and other files created by you in Reunion while also giving you access to features in your ReunionFamilyCloud account.

The listed web projects, reports and files can be viewed, organized and uploaded to your ReunionFamilyCloud website from within this window.

To open the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window, choose Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion's main menu.

The ReunionFamilyCloud Manager is split into two main sections...

The larger top section: Files On This Mac lists web projects, reports, and files created in Reunion that can be viewed, managed and uploaded to your website.

The smaller bottom section: ReunionFamilyCloud Account presents information and options pertaining to your account on ReunionFamilyCloud.

Files On This Mac

The Files On This Mac section lists the various web projects, reports and files that you created in Reunion. For simplicity we will just refer to them as "files." By default, this list will show All files, with the most recently created files at the top of the list.

Note that this list will only include output from Reunion that is suitable for a website. See the Website Suitable Output section for a complete list of what can appear in this list.

Each listed file has four parts to help you with identification of that file....

If you would like to view a listed file in your web browser, double-click it in the list and it will be opened in your web browser.

Note: Even if you’re not using ReunionFamilyCloud, you may still find this section useful to help you manage, review and locate output created by Reunion.

Filtering the List of Files

If too many files are being listed and you would like to abbreviate the list, you can filter the list or hide files that you will never need...

Clicking on the Show menu allows you to list only certain types of files, for example only show Web Projects or PDF files.

To hide one or more files from the lists - select the file (or files) you would like to hide, click on the Tools button at the bottom of the list and select Hide.

To unhide files that have been hidden, click on the Show menu and select Hidden. (This will show the files that you have designated as hidden.) To unhide the files and allow them to appear in the lists again, select one or more files in the Hidden list, click the Tools button and select Unhide.

To permanently remove files from all lists, select one or more of the files that you would like to remove, click the Tools button and select Remove.

File Tools

Below the left side of the list of files on your Mac is a Tools button. To perform actions on one or more files, select the file (or files) in the list and click on the Tools button - a menu will appear with some of the following options. The options displayed will differ depending on what is selected in the list...

ReunionFamilyCloud Account

Before you can upload or publish files created by Reunion to your website on ReunionFamilyCloud, you must first create a ReunionFamilyCloud account. This is explained below.

Signing Up for an Account

To sign up for a ReunionFamilyCloud account, choose Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu. Then, click the Sign In/Sign Up button at the bottom right of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section.

The Sign In window will appear. Click the Sign Up button.

Enter a member name. This name will be part of the web address to your website, so choose something that is relevant to your research. For example if your name is Jones you might want the member name to be something like jones_family.

When choosing a ReunionFamilyCloud member name there are certain restrictions...

As you enter your member name into the member name field, invalid characters will be replaced with valid characters and the address for your website will appear below the member name field.

When you tab out of the member name field, a message will appear below the member name field indicating whether or not the member name you entered is available.

All of the other fields in the Sign Up window must be filled in and you must agree with the Terms of Service. Then, click the Sign Up button.

Terms of Service

The ReunionFamilyCloud website hosting service is for publishing content created by Reunion on the web. To prevent this hosting service from being abused or misused, there are certain guidelines we ask members to observe. Click here to review the current Terms of Service.

Signing In to ReunionFamilyCloud

If you are signed in to your ReunionFamilyCloud member account, you will see a green message at the top of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section of the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window indicating that you are signed in.

If you are not signed in, you must sign in.

To sign in to your ReunionFamilyCloud account, choose Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu. Then, in the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window, click on the Sign In/Sign Up button at the bottom-right of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section.

In the Sign In window, enter your Member Name (if it is not already entered). Then, enter the password you entered when you signed up. Click the Sign In button.

Account Settings

To view the settings for your ReunionFamilyCloud account, choose Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu. If you are not signed in to ReunionFamilyCloud, sign in - then click the Account Settings button at the bottom of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section of this window.

Here is what you will find in the Account Settings window...

Privacy Settings

Access to your website can be restricted using one of three different privacy settings...

Warning: According to the Terms of Service, if you have chosen one of the first two privacy options, you should not publish sensitive information about living people without their permission. Please consider using Reunion’s Privacy Filter to remove sensitive information about living people.

File List

The File List window will show you a list of the web projects, reports and files that have been uploaded to your website. If you have created any custom subfolders, they will also appear in this list. For simplicity we will just refer to the items in this list as "files" and subfolders.

To open the File List window, choose Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu. If you are not signed in to ReunionFamilyCloud, sign in - then click the File List button at the bottom of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section of this window.

The Tools button at the bottom-left of the list allows you to perform the following actions on your website’s contents...

Advanced feature: Certain types of files can be uploaded by dragging and dropping them from your Mac's Finder and into the file list.

Adding a Custom Subfolder

Custom subfolders can be added to your website.

To add a custom subfolder to your website, open the File List window, click the Tools button and select the Add New Subfolder menu item. Enter the name of your new custom folder and click the Add button. You will be returned to the File List window and your new subfolder will appear in the list.

Note that ReunionFamilyCloud has some strict limitations on file and subfolder names, therefore the name of the subfolder created may not exactly match the subfolder name you entered in the Add New Subfolder window. For example, if you entered a subfolder name of "Chart Files" you will end up with a folder name of "chart_files" - so be sure to confirm the name of your new subfolder in the File List window.

There is a limit of 5 custom subfolders and subfolders can only be added to your root folder. Subfolders can not be added inside other subfolders.

Subfolders included in web projects do not count against the custom subfolder limitation.

Renaming and Deleting Files and Subfolders

After a file has been uploaded or a subfolder has been created, it may be necessary to rename or delete the file or subfolder on your website. To do this, open the File List window, select the file or subfolder in the list, click the Tools button and...

Select the Rename menu item and enter the new name in the Rename window.

or

Select the Delete menu item and click the Delete button in the confirmation window.

File and Subfolder Naming Restrictions

Similar to when you created your member name, the names given to files and folders hosted on the ReunionFamilyCloud servers have some limitations.

When a file is uploaded or renamed and when a custom subfolder is added or renamed - the final name of the item on your website may be modified to conform to these limitations. You should always review the File Listing for your website to make sure you are aware of the final name given to your file or folder.

Uploading/Publishing to the Web

Web projects, report and files can be uploaded/published to your website from the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window.

Once you have created a web project, report or file that you would like to publish on your website, open the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window by choosing Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu.

In the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window, select the web project, report or file that you would like to upload and then click the blue Upload to ReunionFamilyCloud button. If you are not signed in, you will be asked to sign in.

After you select a web project, report or file to be uploaded, the Upload window will appear. The Upload window will show you the following information...

To upload the file, click the Upload button.

When the upload has been completed, an Upload Success window will appear with the full web address of the uploaded file.

Note: The upload file may have its name modified to comply with the file naming restrictions of ReunionFamilyCloud. Be sure the review at the name of the uploaded file in the Upload Success window so you know the final name that was assigned to the file on your website.

To see the uploaded file in your browser, click the Open in Browser button.

Publishing Multiple Web Projects

By default, when you upload a web project to your ReunionFamilyCloud website, the web project will be located in your "root" folder. While you can upload other types of files to the same root folder that contains your web project, only one web project can be located in any folder or subfolder.

To upload a second web project, you must add a new subfolder to your website (see the Adding a Custom Subfolder section). Select the next web project to be uploaded in the Files On This Mac list and click Upload to ReunionFamilyCloud. When the upload window appears, select your new subfolder in the Destination menu. Click the Upload button.

Resetting Your Account Password

Although it's not required, it is always a good idea to change your passwords once in a while. Your account password can be reset at anytime from the Account Settings window.

To reset your password, open the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window by choosing Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu. If you're not signed in, sign in. Then click the Account Settings button. In the section labeled Contact Info, click on the Reset Account Password button and enter your new password.

Forgot Member Name or Password

It happens to everyone once in a while, we forget a password - or worse yet, you may have forgotten your member name.

If you need to be reminded of your ReunionFamilyCloud member name or you need to reset your password, open the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window by choosing Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu.

In the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window click on the Sign In/Sign Up button at the bottom right of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section. The Sign In window will open, click on the Forgot menu button to the right of the Member Name field and choose one of the two menu items...

Note that your sign in password is not and should not be the same as the password you may have optionally assigned to password protect your website in the Privacy panel.

Closing Your ReunionFamilyCloud Account

If, for whatever reason, you would like to close your ReunionFamilyCloud account and remove all uploaded content from the ReunionFamilyCloud servers, you can do that from the Account Settings window.

Open the ReunionFamilyCloud Manager window by choosing Reunion > ReunionFamilyCloud Manager from Reunion’s main menu. Click on the Account Settings button at the bottom of the ReunionFamilyCloud Account section.

Click the Close This Account button at the bottom of the Account Settings window. A confirmation window will appear, click Close This Account.

Another way to close your account is to allow it to expire by not renewing your subscription in Account Settings window.

When your account is closed...

Note that the web projects and files listed in the Files On This Mac section of the ReunionFamilyCloud window will not be deleted or removed. These files are on your Mac so this list will not be changed.