Features

Sharing photos with family is one of the most popular features on our site. Each family member may create as many albums as you want, with no limit on the number of photos that can be included in each album. Share as many photos as you want!

Just create an album, browse the files on your computer and select a photo to upload, then post a title and caption for each picture. You can view the pictures individually in the album, look through them sequentially, and even download the original image. You'll love our photo albums!

A blog is short for a "Web-Log", a sort of online journal or place to write your thoughts and ideas. Each family member can create their own individual blog, and then these postings are consolidated into a Family Blog available for easy reading. You can comment on each others' postings and create fun and meaningful discussions. And even if your computer crashes in the middle of your long, detailed story--don't worry--our website automatically saves drafts of your blog posts as you type, so you'll never lose those great words you had.

Use your personal blog to share news, discuss an idea, have a conversation, or just share your thoughts. This is a great way to keep in touch.

When you purchase a family website from TheFamilyLetter.com, you can select your own website domain name (i.e., yourfamilyname.org) for your family website! We manage the domain name registration, and set up your website with the domain of your choice. The URL to your family web site will be easy to remember, and you'll have fun telling others about your new personalized web address!

With high resolution photos, video clips, and other growing multimedia needs, you'll need plenty of storage space for your family web site. That's why we offer 5 GB (yes, 5,000 MB!) of storage space with your family website. Other comparable family web sites offer 10 MB, 100 MB, or 500 MB. With a 4-megapixel camera, you could store more than 4,000 photos! No other site even comes close! We also allow the site administrators to track the site's storage usage.

You wouldn't let just anyone read your personal letters to one another, so why would you let them read your family website? Our web sites offer a login, so only your trusted family members can view what you post to the site. Family members may create an account, but must be approved by the site administrator (usually the one who sets up the web site, or someone delegated by them) before he or she can access the site. This way, you can keep your family's information private and controlled. We value your family and want you to be safe from unwelcome visitors.

Each family website has its own live chat room where family members can chat in real-time together. It's easy and allows for family discussions or just catching up with others who are online at the same time.

Keep track of family members' addresses, phone numbers, email, contact information, and even birthdays using our family directory. The directory can be used as an online addresss book that you never have to update! Each family member who has an account is automatically listed on the directory, and information is updated each time they update their own account information.

Today people live such busy lives and sometimes it's difficult to keep up with what other family members are doing. List events or occasions in your life and post them on the family calendar. On your site's home page, all of the events that have been posted for the current week are listed, and you can browse through the calendar to see what others have planned throughout the year. Events can be easily created, edited, or deleted. Feel connected by sharing important events on the family calendar. You’ll never forget a birthday again!

Share video files, papers, programs, slideshows, songs, or any other kind of file using our document sharing feature. Any registered family member on the site can upload a file (25 MB max. per file) to post in the Documents section. It's an easy way to share files without having to send large e-mail attachments. There is no limit to the number of files --so share those presentations, video clips, songs, family history, or anything else you choose to share!

Love Grandma's pumpkin cookies? Want to shere the recipe for the new great dish you made last week? No you can share all of that online on your personalized web site. Share and record your family's favorite recipes!

Ever wondered what the weather is like where Mom and Dad live? How about your sister in New York? Or your cousin in Arizona? Use our weather page to show up-to-the-minute weather conditions for each location where your family lives! This is automatically generated using the addresses entered for each person who makes an account on your family website.

Family web sites should be a place for your family, not for banner or text ads. You control the content of your site, not some web ad agency. We promise there will never be ads on your site... ever.