Wholly Genes Newsletter, 24 March 2006, Issue 2006-4
March 25, 2006
The Wholly Genes Newsletter, 24 March 2006, Issue 2006-4 has been emailed out, and should be online shortly. Wholly Genes publish and distributeThe Master Genealogist (TMG), a Windows-based genealogy application, in addition to other genealogy-related items.
In this issue:
- TMG v6.08.000 is now available!
- Event calendar
- 2nd Annual Genealogy Conference and Cruise Information
- UPDATED: Second Site v1.9 (Build 7)
- Member map
- TMG Companion Products
- Wholly Genes online chat dates/information.
Introducing GeneoTree (v1.12)
March 24, 2006
GeneoTree v1.12 is another online genealogy application, and like Genmod, it’s an application we’ve not mentioned before. It’s free/open-source, and is web-based as well. It’s main homepage is located at GeneoTree.sourceforge.net, and it uses PHP and MySQL, and is based off of GEDCOM files.
Developer’s Description: Genealogy Software. Geneotree is a gedcom files PHP viewer. It is a complete software with original features as consanguinity lists, cousins’ lists, dynamic trees, prize list or PDF Reports. Optimized ergonomics, no seizure, only clicks.
GeneoTree can be downloaded here (sourceforge.net).
Introducing Genmod (Genmod 1.0 Beta 2)
March 24, 2006
Genmod 1.0 Beta 2 - Genmod, which provides “users with a graphical interface to maintain and display their genealogy data through a web interface” is a program we’ve not mentioned before, and it’s nearing a full 1.0 release. It’s an open source web-based genealogy application that uses MySQL, PHP, Javascript, and CSS.
Genmod Discussion Forums - two posts you should read about what Genmod will be and what the goals are, here and here
Developer’s Note:
The time is drawing near for our next beta release. Version number 2 for those who are counting. This version is quite different in code from the previous one so we strongly recommend you to do a clean installation.
What has been added:
* Soundex codes added to DB
* Language files added to DB
* Genmod Sanity Check
* Soundex Search List Sort Option
* Userfilter on names in userlistWhat has been changed:
* The colour scheme
* Admin menu layoutFurthermore the focus is on the stability and performance of the program. We have made many changes towards this goal. The loading speed of the index page has been greatly enhanced.
Full list of changes: Here at SourceForge.net
You can download it here
