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Customize this GEDCOM Welcome page

2009-10-01T22:12:18Z

Dhinckle:

The body of the 'Welcome Page' can be customized by the administrator. After logging and selecting 'Customize this GEDCOM Welcome page', the body content can be changed. The body is divided into a Main Section and a Right Section. Various types of [[Blocks]] can be placed into either section or removed from the body. By using the arrows the block can be moved between the sections. The [[Blocks]] within a section can be moved up and down by using the arrows.

Unrecognized GEDCOM code

2009-09-24T22:12:54Z

Dhinckle: New page: This error is probably due to a genealogy software application exporting a GEDCOM file with non-standard flags. There are three options when PhpGedView displays this message: #Check for a ...

This error is probably due to a genealogy software application exporting a GEDCOM file with non-standard flags. There are three options when PhpGedView displays this message:
#Check for a standard GEDCOM export option from your genealogy software application and import the newly exported GEDCOM file
#Have PhpGedView ignore non-standard flags as explained in the 'Hide GEDCOM Errors' section of http://wiki.phpgedview.net/en/index.php?title=Configuration_-_Display_and_Layout_-_Hide_and_Show
#Ignore the error as it does not affect PhpGedView

Merge Records

2009-05-27T20:35:15Z

Dhinckle: /* General */

==General==
To get to the merge records option:

1. Login as a GEDCOM administrator
2. Select the Admin drop down option from the "MyGedview Portal" menu option
3. Select "Merge records" in the "Data and GEDCOM administration" section

[[Image:merge_step1.jpg|center|450px|thumb]]

NEW ROOT PERSON

If you want to display a chart with a new starting (root) person, the ID of that new starting person is typed here.

If you don't know the ID of that person, use the Find ID link.

ID NUMBER
The ID numbers used inside PhpGedView are not the identification numbers issued by various governments (driving permit or passport numbers, for instance). The ID number referred to here is simply a number used within the database to uniquely identify each individual; it was assigned by the ancestry program that created the GEDCOM file which was imported into PhpGedView.

[[Image:merge_step2.jpg|center|450px|thumb]]

[[Image:merge_step3.jpg|center]]

==Versions==

==3.3.6 and earlier==
This feature is not available previous to version 4.0.

[[Category:PhpGedView]]
[[Category:Administrators Guide]]



[[fr:Fusionner les enregistrements]]

FAQ:Pictures and Multimedia

2008-11-20T20:32:34Z

Dhinckle: /* Why are image links lost after updating a Gedcom file? */

='''Questions about Pictures and Multimedia'''=
==How do multimedia items in Gedcom work?==

The GEDCOM 5.5 specification allows for built-in support of multimedia objects through the OBJE tag. PhpGedView looks for this tag in the Gedcom when search for multimedia items. An example of GEDCOM code that links a picture to a person, looks like this:

1 OBJE
2 TITL A title for this picture
2 FILE C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\My Pictures\Genealogy\GrandpaJones.jpg
2 FORM JPG
2 _PRIM Y

This snippet of Gedcom code says that the GrandpaJones.jpg file is associated with this person and for this person it has the TITL "A title for this picture". The FILE tag is the only required piece and tells where the file was located when it was originally attached to the person. The _PRIM tag is often added by genealogy programs to signify that this picture is the PRIMary picture, or the picture that should be used for charts.

Obviously the original file path "C:\Documents ...\GrandpaJones.jpg" is no longer valid on the internet. PhpGedView assumes that all media files are in the "media" directory and so by default it would look for this picture as "media/GrandpaJones.jpg". It would also look for a thumbnail at the "media/thumbs/GrandpaJones.jpg" path. PhpGedView makes this conversion according to the "Media Directory" and "Media directory levels to keep" Gedcom Configuration settings.

With the "directory levels" setting, you can tell PGV to look for this picture at "media/Genealogy/GrandpaJones.jpg" or at "media/My_Pictures/Genealogy/GrandpaJones.jpg". This allows you to organize your pictures and can help prevent file name collisions.

Here is an example using a "directory levels" setting of 1:

For the following gedcom records:

1 OBJE
2 FORM jpg
2 FILE H:\PGV\media\Family1\image0001.jpg
2 TITL Title of family 1 pic 1
2 NOTE Note of family 1 pic 1
2 _SCBK Y
2 _PRIM N
2 _TYPE PHOTO
2 _SSHOW Y

Another INDI has following object record:

1 OBJE
2 FORM jpg
2 FILE H:\PGV\media\Family2\image0001.jpg
2 TITL Title of family 2 pic 1
2 NOTE Note of family 2 pic 1
2 _SCBK Y
2 _PRIM N
2 _TYPE PHOTO
2 _SSHOW Y

You would use the following file paths: 
/media/family1/image0001.jpg (main image) 
/media/thumbs/family1/image0001.jpg (thumbnail) 
/media/family2/image0001.jpg (main image) 
/media/thumbs/family2/image0001.jpg (thumbnail) 

==Why are image links lost after updating a Gedcom file?==

The most likely cause for this problem is with the way your genealogy application exports the image links in the Gedcom file. Some genealogy applications, such as Family Tree Maker, do not export the multimedia links in the gedcom file at all. For these types of Gedcom files, phpGedView includes the "Add Media Tool" which will allow you to keep image links in a separate database table and add them to the Gedcom before it is imported.

Other programs, such as Family Historian, use custom links so that the image names are not the same with every export. There is a program available that will help you to convert these types of Gedcoms. It can be downloaded from here: http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=downloadinfo&cat=GedCom&id=3

==Why are image links lost after downloading a Gedcom file?==

By default PhpGEDview keeps the images in a folder named "media". When your GEDCOM is exported, the images still point to the "media" directory of PhpGEDview. When you import your GEDCOM into your genealogy application, the "media" folder will most likely not be on your computer and the link to the images will be lost. Depending on your genealogy application you may be able to import the images by changing your GEDCOM file before importing the GEDCOM. Use a word processor or some other program that allows changing of text documents. Search for the lines that start with "0 @M#@ where # is a number. There should be lines directly below the previous lines that starts with "1 FILE media\" Change the "media" folder name to the folder of your images. The GEDCOM will then have links to your images, and your genealogy application should be able to link the images.

==My photos and other media files are not showing up. What do I do?==

First read the Media section of this Website and the MultiMedia Objects section of the readme.txt for more information about multi-media files and the media directory. Use the following steps to get phpGedView to recognize your media files:

*First collect all of the media files referenced in your GEDCOM file and place them in a new directory. This can be the hard part depending on how your genealogy software operates.
*Next create thumbnails for each of them in a separate directory with the same file names.
*Upload the main media files to the media directory or, if you changed the location of the media directory in the phpGedView online configuration, to the directory you've chosen.
*Upload your thumbnails to the media/thumbs directory

==Error on image upload: Allowed memory size...==

Try increasing the value of $PGV_MEMORY_LIMIT in the file config.php (in the phpgedview root directory). The default is 32M; you might try 64M.

==How do I separate my media for multiple GEDCOMs on my site==

If you do not want media shared with all your GEDCOMs, you can create separate directories for each GEDCOM.
Edit the configuration file for each GEDCOM by changing the MultiMedia directory of the Multimedia section.


[[Category:PhpGedView]]
[[Category:FAQ|Pictures and Multimedia]]


[[fr: FAQ: Questions sur les images et les objets multimedia]]

FAQ:Why is this individual marked as dead?

2008-04-17T06:05:46Z

Dhinckle: Help on marking a person as alive

Some genealogy software packages incorrectly export the GEDCOM death information. This information can be difficult to remove from PhpGedView as unchecking the Death check box will not mark the person as living. In stead of editing the death record, you must delete the death record and then you individual will be alive again.

How To:Change Options

2008-04-11T06:20:19Z

Dhinckle:

Excluding the individual module options, there are three places to change options for the main PhpGedview product. There is a site wide Configation page for changing database and other preferences. There is also a Configuration page and a Privacy page for each GEDCOM you have installed.

To access the site wide Configuration page:

#Login as an administrator.
#Select "MyGedview Portal" menu.
#Select Admin submenu option.
#Select Configuration from the "Site Administration" section.

To access the individual GEDCOM settings pages:

#Login as an administrator.
#Select "MyGedview Portal" menu.
#Select "Manage GEDCOMs and edit Privacy" submenu option.
#Find the section for the desired GEDCOM.
#Select Edit to the right of "Privacy file" to edit what is viewable to the public and logged in users.
#Select Edit to the right of "Configuration file" to edit everything else.