I have a free family history database program (Family History .paf) with which I am very happy.

My next step is to try and generate the information in web page format (like on rootsweb). I especially like this format - The font; the layout; the link default colours etc. are all perfect! not to mention the index; pedigree; ancestor list etc. (I may be wrong but the same format seems to be used for all trees and I imagine the rootsweb software generates it automatically).

My first question is this - is the rootsweb software available to generate web pages "off-line" as it were. The webpage format is a helpful way of arranging material - including that which is still to be verified - but I can't seem to find how you might generate web pages "off-line" and use rootsweb a 'working tool' before it is published publically. What software does rootsweb use? Is it available to make web pages outside the rootsweb site? If not what is the closest equivalent of a program that generates web-pages from your databases?

My second question is this - nice as the apparently automatically generated pages are, is there scope for adding the odd personal link on a web page?