I am also using TNG and can second what Glen says about the developer being helpful. I knew absolutely nothing about building a website. I knew nothing at all about HTML. It was hard going for me and I certainly didn't get my site up in 2 hours, because every step was new territory for me. No question was ever too trivial for Darrin and it seemed he responded any time he was awake.
There is a new version coming out in the very near future. Those who aren't savvy with this sort of thing might like to wait for it. Otherwise, I second everything Glen has said. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2005 2:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Website creation - an easier and DYNAMIC approach There has been a lot of discussion as of late on the subject of creating individual web pages and uploading them. Before I go any further: I do not work for the following company. I am just very impressed with it's programs abilities. For those interested, check out TNG. http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php (for information) http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/demo.php (for a demo of the public and administration features) http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/usersites.php (to see other sites using TNG) This does require a website that has PHP and MySQL database support. If you have both of these, you can simply purchase the PHP scripting that Darrin has written, upload to your website, and follow the instructions supplied. Once you have your site configured, you simply upload your images and a .GED file, import your gedcom file and away you go. Your website is now dynamic. You can view individuals, family groups, pedigree charts, etc... No more creating individual pages. My website is using this software. I upload any images I acquire and a gedcom file once a week. I then run the import and my data is updated. It is quite configurable. You can select which events to allow for viewing on the individuals and family group pages. Darrin (TNG's developer) is as responsive as the good folks at Legacy with requests for help, etc. I had my site uploaded and configured in about 2 hours. Now it takes me about 2 minutes of my time and 20 to 30 minutes of my computers processing time to update my website. I no longer have to thousands and thousands of pages and upload them. This process has cut down my manual webpage editing time to zero. It is awesome. Another feature of this software: It allows you to assign user accounts that have different rights. You can lock it down so a user can't see information on living or on LDS ordinances. You can allow or disallow downloading of a gedcom file. You can have multiple trees and allow certain individuals access only to a particular tree. You can define individual branches in your main tree and limit a persons views to only that branch and much much more. You can also allow your family to edit or add information directly to your website (online) or require them to email you any changes to place in your database. The only feature that isn't available at this time, but is being worked on for a future release: images in events don't display. There are many requests for this feature pending and Darrin has stated in the list that he is working on it for a future release. I hope this will help someone solve their issues or just save someone time. Glen Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
