“The TNG Two Minute Install”

By jodi on May 9, 2009

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

By jodi on April 21, 2009

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

By jodi on April 1, 2009

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 [...]

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TNG Color Scheme

TNG Color Scheme

By jodi on February 14, 2009

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 TNG  pages with default styles governed by genstyle.css:

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

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Google map pins in TNG

By jodi on September 4, 2008

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 [...]

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Managing Registered Users in TNG

By jodi on May 18, 2008

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 [...]

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