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The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding

The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding from Darrin Lythgoe.

January, 2006 – GENDEX Database for TNG Launched – for more information, please read this page.

Developer’s Description:

The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© (“TNG”) is a powerful way to manage and display your genealogy data on the Internet, all without generating a single page of HTML. Instead, your information is stored in MySQL database tables and dynamically displayed in attractive fashion with PHP (a scripting language).

Reviews:
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – June, 2004 – Dick Eastman

Demonstration (developer’s site)

Actual user pages created with TNG

Latest News:
September 24, 2005
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding was updated to version 5.0.7 – this was a minor update, and you can read the details/fixes here (GenealogySoftwareNews.com).

September 3, 2005
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding 5.0.6 was released today. Version 5.0.6 is mostly bug fixes.

Note:The price for TNG is current $27 USD, and will be changing to $29 USD on September 7, 2005.

Changes/Updates:

    * Reports now support the standard Divorce event.
    * The Image Mapp creation feature now adds a “title” tag for each link to enable tool tips in non-IE browsers.
    * Since encrypted passwords take up roughly twice the amount of space that plain text passwords need, the size of the passwords field in the tng_users table has been increased to 100 characters.

Fixes:


    * Using Admin/Edit Photo to update a photo record was wiping out the Last Modified date.
    * “Private” notes were showing on the Browse Notes page.
    * The cursor was not starting out in the Username field on the Admin login page.
    * The standard Descendancy chart was not aligning properly when displayed in a centered environment.
    * Lines continued with CONC in an exported GEDCOM were not prevented from dividing on a space.
    * The ability to assign default photos in bulk was not restricted to administrator users.
    * Some notes were being displayed in the wrong font size.
    * It was impossible to edit or remove linkages from headstones to deleted individuals.
    * Adding the first user was producing a Javascript error in some browsers.
    * Names with double quotes were causing HTML code to be displayed on the Relationship chart.
    * Calling the getperson.php page without valid arguments (as some crawlers do) would cause TNG to return a list of all people with no spouse (fixed–this will now cause the script to exit).
    * The GEDCOM tab was being displayed on the Show Photo page even when GEDCOM downloads were not permitted.
    * Administrator changes to tentative edits submitted by other users were not being accepted.
    * Links for Notes and Photos would not display if the linked individual had no first name.