[tmtranscripts] TMARCHIVES WEB SITE OPEN

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Dear Listees:

The following announcement refers to the web address  http://tmarchives.com

Finally, we have reached the point that we may announce the existence of a teacher search site on the web.  AS of today, it is open for business, and though it still requires some additional work, the search function may be used with reliability.

Below, I have reproduced a small section of a search I conducted using the word "candle".   The search of the archive is through keywords and the keyword is returned to you in the appropriate transcript highlighted with a line number it is found in.

Looking at the reproduced SEARCH section for "candle" below,  the software tells us that among the 1,500 transcripts archived, 14 of them contain the word "candle".

It then brings up the archived name of the transcript which is always shown  as . . .

Teacher name,  transcript date,  general information in the transcript and any other info thought important.  

No spaces occur in the title block.  The date of June 12 2002 is a technical entry showing when the archive was organized and entered for software manipulation.  Ignore it.

Click on the title and the entire transcript will appear for examination.  You may cut and paste from the transcript to your word processor using the regular browser functions in windows or Mac.

BLUE Titles are titles one has not opened.  Titles in RED indicate you have opened the transcript.

EXAMPLE:


Teaching Mission Archive Search Results: 
Looking for candle in entire archive - Found 14 matches in 14 files 
Showing results 1 - 14 


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      Machiventa092897ToDiscussAssignment092197, Jun 12 2002
     
      line 92:candle. Blowing out a candle will not substitute for breathing. 
     
      Daniel032992Prayer_Worship, Jun 12 2002
     
      line 184:others you must keep your light nourished. A candle needs oxygen to keep the fire going. It 
     
      Aaron010298NothingLostInUniverse, Jun 12 2002
     
      line 46:clutch this to your hearts and keep your candle 'under a bushel' but rather 
     




The site allows an EXPANDED SEARCH.   Use this is you wish more than 50 returns to be shown.  You may set the number of returns in Advanced Search.

The site will eventually allow everyone to browse the collection alphabetically by teacher.  For now "BROWSE" is disabled.


Everyone who has the CD issued in March of this year has the full collection at their fingertips, but because of compatibility issues and software limitations it was not searchable.  WE have converted that CD to HTML files and through the good offices of Jason Shane and our provider, who has modified the code of the search engine for the special problems we encountered.

I can not emphasize enough that this site is a product of all our efforts and that it can only be made better by volunteering transcripts not found in the archive to improve the collection.  

You are welcome to link this site to your site if you wish.

More work has to be done on the site so please bear with us if you go in and find something not working.  My email address is on the opening page to send me files, information, and comments as you see fit.

Give it a try.

Sincerely,

Ron Besser
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