“The TNG Two Minute Install”

TNGv7.1 release
The latest version of The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNGv7.1) was released today.
In the previous post I mentioned writing a series on modifications to the out-of-the-box installation so I created a new database and uploaded the files for this release.
This version includes an “Express Installation”. After FTP’ing all the files to the server, [...]

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Husing in the United States

Husing in the United States

I’ve been working on a major project over at Husing.org.
I had free reign on the site, so chose to couple WordPress and TNG.
I used the incredible ThemeHybrid for the framework in WordPress and it’s a joy to work with.
Inspiration for the color scheme came a simple question to the owner, “What’s your favorite color?”.
Imagine my [...]

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TNGTarski

TNGTarski

I’m finishing up a project over at Koen Colpaert“s new “stamboom”.
Coen had asked me to work up a custom TNG layout to match WordPress “Tarski” theme.
The main WordPress page as rendered by the Tarski theme looks like this:

We skipped the TNG homepage and directed the “Genealogy” link to TNG’s surname page instead. I love the [...]

TNG Color Scheme

TNG Color Scheme

My favorite FireFox plugin of all time, ColorZilla, now has the ability to analyze the colors of a web page and create a corresponding palette.
Here’s a sampling of out of the box color scheme for TNGĀ  pages with default styles governed by genstyle.css:

I’m not sure what the rhyme or reason was for the choice of [...]

Google map pins in TNG

I’m working on a project with a Sharon over at Generations Gone By who has a special affinity for the “Places” category of her family history. The addition of GoogleMap functionality to TNG fueled the fire.
There was a need for more place pins…
From TNG>Admin>Map Settings>Help:Map Settings
Place Levels Pins: Labels and Colors
Each geocode location can be [...]

Managing Registered Users in TNG

I am the only administrator for my TNG database.
As such, I feel it is my responsibility to oversee user registration. All registered users must prove relationship with a name in my database in order to gain access to view “living” information.
I have a few tricks to handle registered users which you may find helpful.
When a [...]