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1. authentication_mysql php j Allow users to request account registration lt yes no gt k Allow users to select their own theme lt yes no gt 1 Archive Log Files lt Disable Logging Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly gt m Session save path lt usually empty gt n Session timeout 7200 Create the admin user Click on the link Click here to continue link Click on the link Upload Gedcom You can either browse for the file or enter its location Input the gedcom file you like to import Click the button Upload Gedcom Change any of the fields you like to customize it for yourself and then click save configuration 9 Important Click on the button Import this gedcom file 10 The following screen will show the status of the import Scroll down to check for any errors At the bottom click on the link Click here to go to the pedigree tree 11 You will be brought back to the start page of phpGedView 12 Voila You are done oul BR W oo N General settings phpGedView PhpGedView DataStore This tells phpGedView what type of datastore you want to use for the GEDCOM files you import into the system Select Index Files to use index files stored in the index directory or select MySQL to use a MySQL database This sets the PGV_DATABASE variable in the config php file MySQL Database Host The DNS or IP address of the computer hosting your MySQL database server This sets the DBHOST variable in the config php fil2. who I know is dead but don t have a death date for I could add the following ID 1101 Show to Show to public This sets the person_privacy variables in the chosen privacy file 7 user_privacy The user_privacy setting provides administrators the ability to override default privacy settings for individuals in the gedcom based on the users username So if I don t want the Username John to be able to see my details and I have the ID 100 in the GEDCOM I could configure it like this Username John ID 1100 Show Hide and my details would be hidden for the Username John only To show the details of 1101 which usually would be hidden because 1101 is still alive to the username John set Username John ID 1101 Show Show This sets the user_privacy variables in the chosen privacy file global_facts The global_facts setting define facts on a global level that should be hidden for all individuals in the gedcom The Name of fact element determines which fact should be hidden The Choice element choses the fact itself or related details The Show to element determines at what access level the fact is shown The global_facts array is meant to hide certain facts for all individuals alive or dead by GEDCOM tag By default the SSN tag is hidden to public users This is to prevent people from stealing social security numbers and commiting identify theft of your dead relatives which probably is mostly releva
3. 17 Show empty boxes on pedigree charts Tells whether or not to show empty boxes on pedigree charts This sets the SHOW_EMPTY_BOXES variable in the config php file 18 Privacy File File from which to load privacy functions See http gendorbendor sourceforge net for more information and to download alternative privacy add ons This sets the PRIVACY_MODULE variable in the config php file 19 Enable Privacy This option will enable all privacy settings and hide the details of living people Living people are defined to be those who do not have an event more than in variable MAX_ALIVE_AGE defined years ago and who do not have any children born more than MAX_ALIVE_AGE years ago This sets the HIDE_LIVE_PEOPLE variable in the config php file 20 Require Visitor Authentication Enabling this option will force all visitors to login before the can view any data on the site This sets the REQUIRE_AUTHENTICATION variable in the config php file 21 Check child dates Checks the dates of the children when determining whether to a person is dead On older systems and large gedcoms this can slow down the response time of your site This sets the CHECK_CHILD_DATES variable in the config php file 22 Age at which to assume a person is dead The maximum age that a person can have an event or the maximum age of their children to determine if they are dead or not This sets the MAX_ALIVE_AGE variable in the config php file 23 Allow users to see raw GEDCOM r
4. file path for the media object A value of 1 will use also use the first directory containing this image Increasing the numbers increases number of parent directories to include in the path For example If you link an image in your gedcom with a path like this C Documents and Settings User My Documents My Pictures Genealogy Surname Line grandpa jpg then a value of 0 will translate this path to media grandpa jpg A value of 1 will translate this to media Surname Line grandpa jpg etc Most people will only need to use a 0 But it is possible that some media objects will have the same name and would overwrite each other This allows you to keep some organization in your media and prevents name clashing This sets the MEDIA_DIRECTORY_LEVELS variable in the config php file 33 Show highlight images in people boxes If you have enabled multimedia in your site then you can have PhpGedView display a thumbnail image next to the person s name in charts and boxes Currently PhpGedView uses the first multimedia object listed in the gedcom record as the highlight image For people with multiple images you should arrange the multimedia objects such that the one you wish to be highlighted appears first before any others See the multimedia section in the readme txt file for more information about including media in your site This sets the SHOW_HIGHLIGHT_IMAGES variable in the config php file 34 Enable Clippings Cart The clippings cart allows visi
5. GUAGE variable in the config php file Calendar Format Allows you to specify the type of Calendar you would like to use with this gedcom file Hebrew is the same as the Jewish Calendar using Hebrew characters Note The values used for Jewish Hebrew dates are calculated from the Gregorian Julian dates Since the Jewish calendar day starts at dusk any even taking place from dusk till midnight will display as one day prior to the correct Jewish date The display of Hebrew can be problematic in old browsers Some old browsers will display the Hebrew backwards or not at all This sets the CALENDAR_FORMAT variable in the config php file Pedigree Generations Set the default number of generations to display on the pedigree charts This sets the DEFAULT_PEDIGREE_GENERATIONS variable in the config php file Maximum Pedigree Generations Set the maximum number of generations to display on the pedigree charts This sets the MAX_PEDIGREE_GENERATIONS variable in the config php file 10 Maximum Descendancy Generations Set the maximum number of generations to display on the descendancy charts This sets the MAX_DESCENDANCY_GENERATIONS variable in the config php file 11 Use RIN instead of GEDCOM ID Set to YES to use the RIN number instead of the GEDCOM ID when asked for Individual IDs in configuration files user settings and charts This is useful for genealogy programs that do not export GEDCOMS with concurrent individual IDs but alway
6. GV_SESSION_TIME variable in the config php file Settings GEDCOM files Gedcom path First upload your gedcom file to a location accessible by php on your server Then enter the path to that file here This sets the GEDCOM variable in the config php file See the Readme txt file for more help Enter a title that describes your the contents of this GEDCOM file Enter a title that describes your the contents of this GEDCOM file Character Set Encoding This is the character set of your gedcom file UTF 8 is the default and should work for almost all sites If you export your gedcom using ibm windows encoding then you should put WINDOWS here This sets the CHARACTER_SET variable in the config php file NOTE PHP does NOT support UNICODE UTF 16 Language Assign the default language for the site Users have the ability to override this setting using their browser preferences or the form at the bottom of the page if ENABLE_MULTI_LANGUAGE true This sets the LANGUAGE variable in the config php file Create Gendex Files Show PhpGedView generate Gendex files whenever a Gedcom is imported Gendex files are stored in the index directory This sets the CREATE_GENDEX variable in the config php file Allow user to change language Set to yes to give users the option of selecting a different language from a dropdown list in the footer and default to the language they have set in their browser settings This sets the ENABLE_MULTI_LAN
7. e MySQL Database Username The MySQL database username required to login to your database This sets the DBUSER variable in the config php file MySQL Database Password The MySQL database password for the user you entered in the Username field This sets the DBPASS variable in the config php file Database Name The Database in the MySQL server you want phpGedView to use The Username you enter in the user field must have create insert update delete and select privileges on this database This sets the DBNAME variable in the config php file Database Table Prefix A prefix to append to the MySQL tables created by phpGedView By changing this value you can setup multiple phpGedView sites to use the same database but different tables This sets the TBLPREFIX variable in the config php file Allow visitor to change gedcoms Setting this value to yes allows visitors to your site to have the option of changing gedcoms if you have a multiple gedcom environment setup This sets the ALLOW_CHANGE_GEDCOM variable in the config php file Index file directory The path to a readable and writeable Directory where PhpGedView should store index files include the trailing This sets the INDEX_DIRECTORY variable in the config php file Authentication Module File File from which to load authentication functions By implementing the functions in this file users can customize phpGedView to use a different method to auth
8. e icon you want to display in peoples favorites menu when they bookmark your site This sets the FAVICON variable in the config php file 44 Show Execution Statistics Show runtime statistics and database queries at the bottom of every page This sets the SHOW_STATS variable in the config php file 45 Theme directory The directory where your PhpGedView theme files are kept You may customize any of the standard themes that come with PhpGedView to give your site a unique look and feel See the theme customization section of the readme txt file for more information This sets the THEME_DIR variable in the config php file 46 PHP Time Limit The maximum time in seconds that PhpGedView should be allowed to run The default is 1 minute Depending on the size of your gedcom file you may need to increase this time limit when you need to build the indexes Set this value to 0 to allow PHP to run forever lt br gt CAUTION Setting this to 0 or setting it too high could cause your site to hang on certain operating systems until the script finishes Setting it to 0 means it may never finish until a server administrator kills the process or restarts the server A large pedigree chart can take a very long time to run leaving this value as low as possible ensures that someone cannot crash your webserve by requestion a 1000 generation chart 47 Settings privacy file 1 Show living names Should the names of living people be shown to the public This se
9. ecords Setting this to yes will place links on individuals sources and families allowing users to bring up another window with the raw GEDCOM taken right out of the gedcom file This sets the SHOW_GEDCOM_RECORD variable in the config php file 24 Enable online Editing Enables the online editing features for this gedcom so that users with the edit privileges may update this gedcom online This sets the ALLOW_EDIT_GEDCOM variable in the config php file 25 Index file directory The path to a readable and writeable Directory where PhpGedView should store index files include the trailing This sets the INDEX_DIRECTORY variable in the config php file 26 Break up long lists by the first letter For very long individual and family lists set this to true to split the list into pages by the first letter of their last name This sets the ALPHA_INDEX_LISTS variable in the config php file 27 Get Display name from GEDCOM By default phpGedView uses the name stored in the indexes to get a person s name With some gedcom formats and languages the sortable name stored in the indexes does not get displayed properly and the best way to get the correct display name is from the gedcom Spanish names are a good example of this A Spanish name can take the form Given Names Father s Surname Mother s Surname Using the Indexes for sorting and display the name would display like this Given Names Mother s Surname Father s Surname which is incorrect Going back the
10. enticate users and store users in a different user database Hopefully users will be willing to share their custom authentication modules with other phpGedView users This sets the AUTHENTICATION_MODULE variable in the config php file 10 Allow users to request account registration Gives users the option of registering themselves for an account on the site Administrators will have to approve the registration before it becomes active This sets the USE_REGISTRATION_MODULE variable in the config php file 11 Allow users to select their own theme Gives users the option of selecting their own theme This sets the ALLOW_USER_THEMES variable in the config php file 12 Archive Log Files How often should the program archive log files This sets the LOGFILE_CREATE variable in the config php file 13 Session Save Path The path to store phpGedView session files Some hosts do not have PHP configured properly and sessions are not maintained between page requests This allows site administrators to override this by saving files in one of their local directories The index directory is a good choice if you need to change this The default is to leave the field empty which will use the save path as configured in the php ini file This sets the PGV_SESSION_SAVE_PATH variable in the config php file 14 Session Timout The time in seconds that a PhpGedView session remains active before requiring a login The default is 30 minutes This sets the P
11. gedcom for the name will return the correct name However retrieving the name from the gedcom will slow the program down This sets the NAME_FROM_GEDCOM variable in the config php file 28 Show ID numbers next to names Show ID numbers in parenthesis after person names on charts This sets the SHOW_ID_NUMBERS variable in the config php file 29 Place levels to show in person boxes This sets how much of the place information is shown in the person boxes on charts Setting the value to 9 will guarentee to show all places levels Setting the value to 0 will hide places completely Setting the value to 1 will show the first level setting it to 2 will show the first 2 levels etc This sets the HOW_PEDIGREE_PLACES variable in the config php file 30 Enable multimedia features GEDCOM 5 5 allows you to link pictures videos and other multimedia objects into your GEDCOM If you do not include multimedia objects in your gedcom then you can disable the multimedia features by setting this value to no See the multimedia section in the readme txt file for more information about including media in your site This sets the MULTI_MEDIA variable in the config php file 31 MultiMedia directory The path to a readable Directory where PhpGedView should look for local multi media files include the trailing This sets the MEDIA_DIRECTORY variable in the config php file 32 Multi Media Directory Levels to Keep A value of 0 will ignore all directories in the
12. isitors will use to contact the Contact User about genealogy questions The mailto option will add use a mailto link that the visitor may click on to send you an email using their mail client The messaging option will use the builtin PhpGedView messaging system and no emails will be sent The messaging with emails option is the default and will use the PhpGedView messaging system but will also send copies of the messages via email Choosing the option for no messaging will provide no option for visitors to contact you This sets the CONTACT_METHOD variable in the config php file 41 Support Contact User The User visitors should contact about technical questions or errors they might encounter while on your site This sets the WEBMASTER_EMAIL variable in the config php file 42 Support Method The method visitors will use to contact the Support User about genealogy questions The mailto option will add use a mailto link that the visitor may click on to send you an email using their mail client The messaging option will use the builtin PhpGedView messaging system and no emails will be sent The messaging with emails option is the default and will use the PhpGedView messaging system but will also send copies of the messages via email Choosing the option for no messaging will provide no option for visitors to contact you This sets the SUPPORT_METHOD variable in the config php file 43 Favorites Icon Change this to point to th
13. npGedView Online genealogy viewer _A new look for your old ancestors PhpGedView User Manual Step by step installation of phpGedView in index mode Here are the steps of setting up the index module Aum KRWNE 9 Start phpGedView Fill in the fields in on the first page and save congfiguration Create the admin user Click on the Click here to continue link Upload Gedcom You can either browse for the file or enter its location Input the gedcom file you like to import 7 Upload gedcom 8 Change any of the fields you like to customize it for yourself and then click save configuration Important Click on the Import this gedcom file button 10 Do you want to empty the dataset Click yes 11 Scroll down the page It will say Click here to go the the pedigree tree Click there 12 You will be brought back to the start page of phpGedView 13 Voila You are done Step by step installation of phpGedView in MySQL mode Here are the steps of setting up the MySQL module 1 Start phpGedView 2 Fill in the fields as follows and save congfiguration a PhpGedView Datastore MySQL b MySQL Database host lt usually localhost gt c MySQL Database username lt your username gt d MySQL Database password lt your password gt e Database name phpgedview f Database table prefix pgv_ g Allow visitors to change gedcoms lt yes no gt h Index file directory index i Authentication Module File
14. nt for the USA If I wanted to hide all marriages from public users in my gedcom I could set Name of fact MARR Marriage Choice Show fact Show to Show only to authenticated users These settings would hide marriages and related details to everyone who wasn t an admin This sets the global_facts variables in the chosen privacy file person_facts The person_facts settings define facts that are hidden for a specific individual in the gedcom and the level at which they are hidden The first element is the ID of the person the second element is the fact The Choice element choses the fact itselt or related details The Show to element determines at what access level the fact is shown The person_facts array works the same as the global_facts array except that you also specify the GEDCOM ID of the person you want to hide facts for So I could hide the marriage record for a specific person This sets the person_facts variables in the chosen privacy file
15. s use the same RIN This sets the USE_RIN variable in the config php file 12 Default person for pedigree and descendency charts Set the ID of the default person to display on the pedigree and descendency charts This sets the PEDIGREE_ROOT_ID variable in the config php file 13 GEDCOM ID Prefix On pedigree descendancy relationship and other charts when users are prompted to enter an ID if they do not add a prefix to the ID this prefix will be added This sets the GEDCOM_ID_PREFIX variable in the config php file 14 Show Birth and Death Details on Pedigree and descendency charts Tells whether or not to show the birth and death details of an individual by default This sets the PEDIGREE_FULL_DETAILS variable in the config php file 15 Zoom Boxes on Charts Allows a user to zoom the boxes on the charts and get more information Set to Disabled to disable this feature Set to MouseOver to zoom boxes when the user mouses over the icon in the box Set to Click to zoom boxes when the user clicks on the icon in the box This sets the ZOOM_BOXES variable in the config php file 16 PopUp Links on Charts Allows the user select links to other charts and close relatives of the person Set to Disabled to disable this feature Set to MouseOver to popup the links when the user mouses over the icon in the box Set to Click to popup the links when the user clicks on the icon in the box This sets the LINK_ICONS variable in the config php file
16. tors to your site to be able to add people to a gedcom clippings file that they can download as a gedcom file and import into their genealogy software This sets the ENABLE_CLIPPINGS_CART variable in the config php file 35 Hide GEDCOM errors Setting this to yes will hide error messages produced by PhpGedView when it doesn t understand a gedcom tag in your gedcom file PhpGedView makes every effort to conform to the GEDCOM 5 5 standard but many genealogy software programs include their own custom tags See the readme txt file for more information This sets the HIDE_GEDCOM_ERRORS variable in the config php file 36 Add spaces where notes were wrapped Some genealogy programs wrap notes at word boundaries while others wrap notes anywhere This can cause PhpGedView to run words together Setting this to yes will add a space between words where they are wrapped in the gedcom This sets the WORD_WRAPPED_NOTES variable in the config php file 37 Main WebSite URL A URL included in the supplied theme headers used to generate a link to your main home page This sets the HOME_SITE_URL variable in the config php file 38 Main WebSite Text The text used to generate the link to your main home page This sets the HOME_SITE_TEXT variable in the config php file 39 Genealogy Contact User The User visitors should contact about the genealogical data on this site This sets the CONTACT_EMAIL variable in the config php file 40 Contact Method The method v
17. ts the SHOW_LIVING_NAMES variable in the chosen privacy file 2 Show research log What type of user can view the research log if it is installed This sets the SHOW_RESEARCH_LOG variable in the chosen privacy file 3 Use relationship privacy A No value means authenticated users can see the details of all living people A Yes value means users can only see the private information of living people they are related to This sets the USE_RELATIONSHIP_PRIVACY variable in the chosen privacy file 4 Max relation path length Second cousins This sets the MAX_RELATION_PATH_LENGTH variable in the chosen privacy file 5 Check marriage relations Check related by marriage relationships This sets the CHECK_MARRIAGE_RELATIONS variable in the chosen privacy file 6 person_privacy The person_privacy setting provides administrators the ability to override default privacy settings for a particular person in the gedcom Suppose for example you have a child who died in infancy Normally because the child is dead its details would be shown to public users But you and everyone else in your family is still private You don t want to remove the death record for the child but you want to hide the details and make them private If this child had the ID of 1100 you should enter the following privacy settings ID 1100 Show to Show only to authenticated users This works the other way as well If I wanted to make public the details of someone ID 101
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