Templates NearDark2 and NearDawn2 for TNG 13 and 14 are Available

[Bill Herndon]

Serves me right for thinking that I would have these done in a few weeks.  (It took over a year, but in my defense I did move from the Mid-Atlantic to the Greater Milwaukee area in 2022...sold one house and bought another.)

NearDark2 and NearDawn2, my 'cleanroom' re-implementations of the templates NearDark and NearDawn are now available for download from the TNG Wiki  In addition, the eGenea Support mod, for loading language strings, is available as well and can be downloaded from its Wiki page or from the template's page.  Versions are available for TNG 13 and 14 (all releases).

Features include:

• Contemporary style with larger, more legible fonts, easily modified features and content sections, and removal of the problematic pull-down menus in favor of a footer section containing site links.
• Basic localization for Czech (CS), Danish (DA), Dutch (NL), English (EN), French (FR), German (DE), Italian (IT), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Spanish (ES), and Swedish (SV) is complete.  (Many thanks to Jan Bos for his Dutch localization strings!)  Full translation for Spanish has been included as an example.
• Mobile-ready (Finally!)
• An abbreviated site menu that behaves as I intend with [Home] [Search] [Logout/Edit - Login] being permanent elements--[Print] and [Bookmark] remain optional and are selected in TNG options. 
• Footer features which used for copyright statements, "Contact Us" and information statement sections, and can be managed entirely within mod parameters.
• Feature sections are now fully populated from the TNG database and will be used as the basic presentation for future templates.
• Template parameter switches that control the visibility of items in the Navigation menu:  'Mother's Family', 'Father's Family', 'Maternal Ancestors', 'Paternal Ancestors'.
• A built-in system and demonstration for creating additional pages that have the look and feel of the homepage.  (I use this for my Terms of Service page on Lindell-Herndon Genealogy.)

Below are some previews of NearDark2 (click for full-size images):

   

Here are some previews of NearDawn2 (click for full-size images):

    

If you want to see these templates in action, one or the other is live on Lindell-Herndon Genealogy.  And...if there's enough interest, I may create professional versions with more advanced features such as rotating, featured images, sliders and carousels for features, or other suggested improvements.

DayLight and NightLight, two new templates built on the same foundation, are coming soon.

Bill Herndon

 

[Bill Herndon]

[Bump]  The two additional templates I promised DayLight and NightLight are complete, and preview (rc1) versions can be downloaded from the Wiki.