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DayLight and NightLight two entirely new templates built on the framework I created to support NearDawn2 and NearDark2 are now available for TNG 13. These are "preview" releases (rc1) that I'm hoping will generate some discussion and suggestions for improvements. The features are the same as for NearDark2 and NearDawn2 and 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 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. 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 previews of the home page and an individual page for DayLight (click for larger images): ... and for NightLight: Installation instructions are available from the TNG Wiki as are the download links. Versions for TNG 14 will be available from the TNG Wiki in the next day or two. Please feel free to post comments and suggestions for improvements to this thread. I am continuing to work on these as I get them ready for an official release. Bill Herndon Lindell-Herndon Genealogy

Hello All, in the next month or so, I hope to have fully debugged my first (and likely, last) Python script. It is meant to be a purpose-built utility to prepare DNA matched cousin’s ancestral lines for analysis. In short, records in the GEDCOM of the DNA cousin are tagged and the utility extracts those records and processes them. The output of CSV or Excel is either a stand alone study or added to a larger group. I’m not sure how such efforts get started but I would be pleased to connect with anyone who has a subject matter interest or interest in applying their skills towards a small project. I thought I would start by asking here in this space. kind regards, Ron Yates

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

Hello everyone, I have two suggestions/requests regarding the What's new and Most Wanted information. What's new: (Solved: see further down the thread)) Adding a dropdown menu offering the user the choice to see the newly/changed informattion over the last 30, 60 or 90 days. Most wanted: On the person page add a new tab with the name Most wanted. The tab contains all the information regarding that person that is still missing and/or needs further research or investigation. The text should be entered as free text with the possibblity to format the entered text in font, color, style etc. just as in @Michel KIRSCH his Nicedit_media_description. The information on the Most wanted tab should be incorporated in the GEDCOM export and import. Last but not least the text should be printable as pdf or plain text. Printing and editing of the Most wanted information should be in accordance with the user rights policy's for each user. In essence this would likely result in two separate mods. Any further questions, advise or ideas are of course welcome.

I am interested in using the new MOD TNGBook. I have downloaded and installed the TNGBook mod as it shows up correctly in the mod manager. I also downloaded the three tngbook_Library files. And I have successfully generated a .txt file by using the mod. I have the latest LibreWriter software installed, however I'm not too familiar in how to put all these pieces together. what do I do with the files dialog.xlb, script.xlb, and the family .txt file. I can see the template header text in Librewriter, but how do I combine all this with the custom .txt file generated by the mod? Are there instructions posted somewhere that I have overlooked that explain how to process this in Writer?

When installing the bugfix using the modeditor.class.php from the full TNG 14.0.2 installation files I get a "cannot install" When installing the bugfix using the modeditor.class.php from the update TNG 14.0.1 >>>> TNG 14.0.2 installation files the bugfix installs just fine. Why is this happening? Should both files not be identical or is something else happening?

Hello, folks, TNG 14.0.2 show_all_family_v14.0.0.8.cfg Test Site I've notice recently that the Show All Family mod throws an error. It used to work fine a few weeks ago, but now I'm getting the below error: An error has occurred in the TNG software. What to do: If you just installed an upgrade, you might have skipped part of the installation instructions. Go back to the upgrade readme page reread the instructions. Pay special attention to the database structure step. If you just installed TNG for the first time, you might still need to create the database tables. Return to the readme.html page to find that step. If you are the site owner, you may contact TNG support for further assistance with this problem. Please copy the query below and paste it into your message. Query: SELECT root_personID, spellings FROM tng_showallfamily WHERE root_personID = 'I6319' AND gedcom = 'MotyerJMTest' Table 'jmm_maria_script_genealogy_tng14_genealogywings-me.tng_showallfamily' doesn't exist in engine In order to troubleshoot, I've uninstalled all mods (except for Michel's add_cloud_of_names_v12.0.2.3.cfg), and then reinstalled Show All Family 14.0.0.8 successfully. However, when I try to display any of my users, I get the error displayed above. The root_personID number shown in the above error changes, depending on who the root person is for the individual that I am trying to display. The query mentions spellings... I don't know, but the spellings mentioned in the query MIGHT have something to do with alternate_spellings_v14.0.0.3a.cfg that I had installed, but which is no longer installed since I am troubleshooting. Again, it used to work fine since I upgraded to TNG 14.0.2, I have just noticed this problem recently. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks in advance. Regards, John

I have updated the Public Access Control Mod for TNG v14 and updated it's Wiki page with the Zip file etc. The only thing updated is the CFG file so that it installs correctly in TNG v14 - no new functionality is added. So far it seems to be working just fine on my site. Jeff

I recently upgraded from TNG 13 to 14. Now trying to reinstall the Admin Media Thumbnails mod, and the Mod Manager status is Can't Install. I installed the prerequisite Mod Settings Blocks mod. AMT gives one error: line 704: %location #2 v474 %insert:before Bad target Any guidance or suggestions? I attached the mod cfg file. admin_media_thumbnails_v14.0.0.5b.cfg

Hello forum, After installing TNG14 and downloading OpenStreetMap v13.1.0.8g, the mod can no longer be installed. Am I doing something wrong? Please help... Thanks in advance. PS: I haven't installed any mods yet!!!

Small problem that someone might be able to help me with. I have a strange charaater instead of the - (minus) in the zoom buttons. See attachment. All seems fine otherwise and as you can see the "+" is fine and both buttons do actually work. Running latest OSM mod (13.1.0.8g) on TNG 14.0, IIS 10 with PHP 8 etc. PS I notice I have posted this in the wrong area on the forum - please mov as required.

When I click on the "delete" tab, to delete a census plus transcript I imported incorrectly, I get this message: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "isset", expecting "(" in /home/pitard/www/ancestors/admin_cpdelete.php on line 75 I am using 14.0.0.13a, installed and working with no problems, with TNG v.14.01, also working fine. All of the other tabs also work fine. I am not sure what this means. Can someone help? Derrick

I have used Census Plus for a number of years and am really pleased with it, however a while back things changed when I started adding new census and I did think that it was how I was adding the data. I have recently upgraded to v14 and, for various reasons, I started with a fresh complete install (not and upgrade) and imported my gedcom. I have added census plus mod and i am getting the same 'problem'. I have only added 1 census and wanted to check all was correct before moving on with more. When I add a new census I go through the page and add all of the detail, no issue. In my first example I have 2 parents and 9 children, father has Data ID 1 down to last child with Data ID 11. On finishing and 'creating transcript' I am viewing only the last person on the detail list, when I originally used census plus I would see the whole page, but now I only see the last person. I link this person who now has a Data ID of 11 and Link ID of 1 and I go back using the edit function to link every individual This all works fine and I attach the image to the Transcript ID. When viewing the person, in the TNG individual view, with Data ID 11 (Link ID 1) I see the whole detail, clicking the image hyperlink (top left) brings up the image and clicking the transcript hyperlink (top right) brings up the 'single transcript of the person, all correct. For every other person clicking the image hyperlink just opens up and new tab with the TNG individual page view (not the image) and clicking the transcript hyperlink brings up the single view of Link ID 1 person and not the person that I am viewing I am not linking to Ancestry, the census images are downloaded to a folder on the web server and linked using the image link (Media URL & transcript ID) and I have always done this from day 1 Added screenshot - I can see where Data ID 11 has a 'link' with the others have 'none' but no idea how to rectify. I have looked in options but cannot see any setting that would make the necessary changes hope you can help Thanks Paul

Simple SEO has been around for over 7 years now, and in that time a lot has changed in TNG, the Mod Manager, and PHP. The experience of moving from TNG 13 to TNG 14 has demonstrated that some of the Mod coding approaches I used when Simple SEO was introduced are no longer sustainable. Furthermore, mod conflicts are getting more and more difficult to solve or work around. Accordingly, I've decided that Simple SEO needs a 'clean' re-implementation, and I'm going to start that sooner rather than later to try and get a sustainable package prepared before the next TNG update. With that in mind, I'd like to solicit feature and language suggestions for V8, the next release. If you're not yet using TNG 14...don't worry. I will back-port V8 to TNG 13 and perhaps to TNG 12. Keep in mind, though, that the original purpose of Simple SEO was to make HTML header changes and page simplifications (titles, sub-headers, ...) that improve search-engine optimization. So I'll be looking at suggestions with that in mind. Suggestions for additional language localization can be anything you like. (Oh...and...I don't have any ideas regarding how to improve SEO for newly "AI enabled" engines like Bing, so don't ask. :- ) I was a cybersecurity guy in my career not a artificial intelligence guy.) All suggestions are appreciated! Thanks, Bill Herndon Lindell-Herndon Genealogy

Installed Age at Marriage and I do not get the same age in English versus French. The correct age is 24 and 19. How can I fix this? Version TNG 14.0 - Age at mariage Version v12.3.0.5e - 6 January 2023 Thanks

Attempting my first Mod for v14.0.1 and keep coming up with the below error : line 336: %location #1 v474 %insert:before Bad target Does the "v474" actually mean anything ? Also, I have checked and rechecked the location and the insert a dozen times and are both unique within the php file. Have also copied and pasted the original code multiple times yet it continues to display this error message. Appreciate any tips or advice form the more experienced Mod Devs, thanks M

www.bastiaanssen.us T8(modified) TNG 13 & 14 PHP 7.4 Randomphoto2.php runs perfect. When I try to run PHP 8+ it becomes rubbish.. Who can help me please Thanks, Jan randomphoto2.zip

Hello @Michel KIRSCH and all. In a post a long time ago: Please note that one of the links in that thread is not correct. Better see below. I asked you if it is possible to exclude previews of excluded media from showing the watermark. In Watermark v13.1.0.4b this problem is not solved (or do I miss something?). Is there a change in v14.0.0.4b? And if so: Is it possible to make the same change in v13.1.0.4b? (We are not going to upgrade the site to TNG v14 because of all the custom mods in there, that I don't have the capacity to update. And it runs just fine in PHP8.2.) There are no problems when showing the images it's only the previews. The images (esp the maps) are free to copy and use so they should not show the watermark. (It looks really ... not good ) And people are promised to see watermark-free images if they contribute to the site but the previews display it - and often the preview size is enough so they don't bother to look at the image itself. I really hope there can be a solution for this or the "No Preview mod" has to be re-installed - it is temporarly uninstalled for your convenience. In the Media menu, "Foto-dokument" and "Bilder/Foton II" should be excluded, and the images are but the previews are not. "Gravstenar" and "Bilder/Foton I" shall - and do - show a watermark. (The rest are N/A). "Kartgalleriet" is a collection of giant copies of maps and the preview is not important as there are scaled down copies in "Foto-dokument" attached to places. For example, at this place Gålsjö bruk (example) there are two media groups: "Foto-dokument" that should not show a watermark, but the preview does, and "Foton" that correctly show the watermark. Thanks In Advance for your kind deliberation. Erik

HI. Ich habe gerade TNG 14 installiert. Vorher die Mods deinstalliert. Dann habe ich den GOV-ID Mod wieder neu installiert. Lies sich zuerst auch aufrufen. Dann habe ich, lt. Anleitung, den Reiter "Orte" aufgerufen, für die neue Tabelle. Danach war der MOD auf uninstallierbar. Kann jemand aus dem Protooll lesen, was da falsch gelaufen ist? zeile 24: %target admin_places.php bestätigt zeile 26: %location #1 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 33: %location #2 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 42: %location #3 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 55: %location #4 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 64: %location #5 %triminsert:after Nicht installiert zeile 71: %location #6 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 78: %location #7 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 85: %location #8 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 92: %location #9 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 101: %target admin_addplace.php bestätigt zeile 102: %location #1 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 109: %location #2 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 121: %target admin_editplace.php bestätigt zeile 122: %location #1 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 137: %target admin_newplace.php bestätigt zeile 138: %location #1 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 147: %target admin_updateplace.php bestätigt zeile 148: %location #1 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 155: %location #2 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 164: %target admin_mergeplaces.php bestätigt zeile 165: %location #1 v837 %replace Ziel ungültig zeile 172: %location #2 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 179: %location #3 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 188: %target placesearch.php bestätigt zeile 190: %location #1 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 197: %location #2 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 240: %location #3 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 255: %target admin_gedcom2.php bestätigt zeile 256: %location #1 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 283: %location #2 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 290: %location #3 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 299: %target gedimport_misc.php bestätigt zeile 300: %location #1 %insert:after Nicht installiert zeile 308: %location #2 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 321: %location #3 %replace Nicht installiert zeile 328: %location #4 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 338: %target languages/English/cust_text.php bestätigt zeile 339: %location #1 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 385: %target languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php bestätigt zeile 386: %location #1 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 432: %target @languages/German/cust_text.php bestätigt zeile 434: %location #1 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 480: %target @languages/German-UTF8/cust_text.php bestätigt zeile 482: %location #1 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 528: %target @languages/PortugueseBR-UTF8/cust_text.php bestätigt zeile 530: %location #1 %insert:before Nicht installiert zeile 577: %target @languages/PortugueseBR/cust_text.php bestätigt zeile 579: %location #1 %insert:before Nicht installiert Kodeanpassungen vorgesehen: 34; Modifiziert: 0 Dateikopien vorgesehen: 0; Kopiert: 0 Neue Dateien vorgesehen: 0; Erstellt: 0 neue Verzeichnisse festgelegt: 0; Erstellt: 0 Fehler: 1

Hi, I have been a user of TNG since version 7, but my first time as a member of the forum, I am now using TNG 14 having upgrading through each version. Somewhere along the path whilst using OSM I have lost the pins showing on right pane of the event map this being replaced by links to Google earth. I have reinstalled OSM to latest version, all to no avail. could anyone point me in the right direction to reestablish the pin icons. Thank You John M

Pay attention please ! ! ! For those who want to upgrade to version 14.0.0.1i of the Grave Status Additions should wait. Install of the mod made my website crash. The problem is in the language directories Dutch and Dutch-UTF8 for the changes to the cust_text.php causes the site to crash. Not sure how this happens but is does. Not sure if it applies to other languages too. Will rollback to version 14.0.0.1 for now I informed Rick and I'm sure he will fix this soon.

Have just upgraded from V13.1.2 to V14.0. Uninstalled all V13 mods first. Am now installing new mods for V14. All have installed except for Customized Logs V14.0.0.11a. Mod V14 - says cannot install - shows one error: Line 409 Replace Bad Target. Mod V13 - says cannot install - for V12 and V13. I am on PHP 7.4.9 in Wampserver. I do all my updates offline before uploading to my website. My website is also on PHP 7.4.9.

Hello everyone, Since the release of TNG 14 there is an additional gender option (Other) available for each individual. The current possible options are Unknown; Male; Female; Other. Several mods are adding a gender icon in front of a persons name (i.e. Insert Children Gender) which is created by @Brett For Male and Female there are gender icons available but I haven't seen any mods adding an icon for the Other (none-male/female) gender option. I could be something like this for gender equality: or something like this for transgender: Any other thoughts on this?

Just upgraded to v14 and I only use a couple of mods CensusPlus is throwing me errors when trying to install, I have deleted, downloaded new and copied to the mod folder but the mod is telling me that files are not there, when they obviously are. Before I drop tables and completely remove and start again from scratch is there something obvious that I cannot see that I'm doing wrong? Any help greatly appreciated (attached file shows the part that shows the files not copied when scrolling down the status and below that the folder contents on the website)

Hi All, Jürgen (JPB) has asking for a Mod that Hide/show Associations when there are many Associations for the same person. (Edit). My ancestor was very popular and rich. Therefore, he was very often (~ 26x) called upon as a godfather and witness. TNG creates a separate line for each Association, which are sorted according to the input and not according to date. This is the answer : a Mod to test... Michel hide_associations_v13.0.3.beta1.zip