Setting up a Family Website with TNG
February 22, 2006
Curious about how to build a family genealogy website based on The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) as well as adding to it and maintaining it?
Cees Kloosterman, owner/creator of Kloosterman.be one of the best TNG websites around, has published a write-up on how they did it.
You can access the how-to guide here and they’ve also published an article on why they did it, accessed here.
PhpGedView 4.0 beta 5
February 8, 2006
PhpGedView 4.0 beta has received its fifth release. This beta adds several new reports, new options/handling in regards to media and GEDCOM files, better multi-site integration (including search), additional languages, more privacy settings, better HTML coding/displays.
PhpGedView Description: “PhpGedView is a revolutionary genealogy program which allows you to view and edit your genealogy on your website. PhpGedView has full editing capabilities, full privacy functions, can import from GEDCOM files, and supports multimedia like photos and document images. PhpGedView also simplifies the process of collaborating with others working on your family tree. Your latest genealogy information is always on your website and available for others to see.”
Developer’s Note: “I think that the media issues are finally settled down with this release and we are nearly there.”
It can be downloaded from here.
Because there are so many changes, we are only going to highlight a few additions. The rest can be view here.
Additions
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The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding - DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour
January 31, 2006
Update: You can find the interview/discussion here.
Darrin Lythgoe is going to be interviewed tonight on DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour (watch that site for more information). Darrin is the creator/developer for The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding - an online genealogy application that allows genealogists and family members to easily collaborate over the internet, using PHP and a database such as MySQL.
The link/interview hasn’t been posted yet, but you can track the link above, or this link.
