EGenea Free Templates
Purpose
eGenea Free Templates are a set of four (soon to be six) 'drop-in' templates for TNG that incorporate streamlined CSS, contemporary web style, selectable features, and are designed with modification in mind. Two of these templates are 'cleanroom' re-implementations of NearDark and NearDawn that use the original color palettes but provide updated layout and features. Two additional templates, DayLight and NightLight are totally new but have the same goals, flexibility, and features.
Designer / Developer
Package Download
(coming soon)
| Template | Download Link | TNG Version | Comments |
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Support Downloads
| Mod | Download Link | TNG Version | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eGenea Support | v13.0.0.0 |
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Template language string support for TNG releases 13.0 through 14.0.2. | ||
| Template Manager | v13.0.4.1 |
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Template parameter loading for TNG releases 13.0 through 13.1.1. | ||
| Template Manager | v14.0.0.1 |
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Template parameter loading for TNG releases 14.0 through 14.0.2. |
Features
Summary
| Feature | Location | Enabled/Disabled | Options | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display (hide) Mother's Side / Father's Side Links | Homepage navigation | Template settings | yes / no | Additional template settings support the link URL, person ID, and title |
| Display (hide) Maternal / Paternal Ancestor Links | Homepage navigation | Template settings | yes / no | Example content (the links themselves) is found in the file navigation.php. |
| Surname Cloud | Homepage content features (upper) | Template settings | The number of surnames to display | The surname cloud can also be removed from content section of the home page by commenting out the section. |
| Scrolling and Non-scrolling Feature Boxes | Homepage content | CSS | Styles: shScrollBox, dhScrollBox, thScrollBox, shStrictBox, dhStrictBox, thStrictBox | CSS styles that can be used to provide scrolling and non-scrolling content boxes that help balance feature data in the content section. Single-height ("sh"), double-height ("dh"), and triple-height("th") boxes are built-in. |
| 3-column and 2-column Layout | Homepage content | CSS | Styles: contentFeat3Col, contentFeat2Col, contentFeatLastCol | CSS styles that can be used to provide 3 column and 2 column feature layout. Templates NearDark2 and NearDawn2 us a combination of 2 column and 3 column layout. DayLight and NightLight use mostly 2 column layout. |
| Three-part Headers | Site wide (header) | Template settings | N/A | Three-part headers from Template 8 are supported in the template settings. |
| META Links | Site wide (footer) | Can be commented out in footer.php | N/A | The 1st of 5 possible footer sections, containing mostly external and administration links. |
| Site Links | Site wide (footer) | Can be commented out in footer.php | N/A | The 2nd of 5 possible footer sections, containing internal site links not displayed on the "Site Menu" in the Navigation section. |
| About Box | Site wide (footer) | Can be commented out in footer.php | Supported by the 'Featurette 1' fields in template settings | The 3rd of 5 possible footer sections, used for a statement about the site: Typically this would include the TNG version, template name, owner, etc... |
| 'Contact Us' Box | Site wide (footer) | Can be commented out in footer.php | Supported by the 'Featurette 2' fields in template settings | The 4th of 5 possible footer sections, used as a link to the contact form. |
| Copyright Statement Box | Site wide (footer) | Can be enabled by removing comment markers in footer.php | Supported by the 'Featurette 3' fields in template settings | The 5th of 5 possible footer sections (initially hidden), used for a copyright statement. |
| Internationalization | Site wide | eGenea Support Mod | N/A | Basic language support is provided for Czech (CS), Danish (DA), Dutch (NL), English (EN), French (FR), German (DE), Italian (IT), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Spanish (ES), and Swedish (SV) out of the box. In addition, example template content is provided in Spanish and can be selected or modified in Admin -> Setup -> Template Settings. |
Additional Information
Mom's Side / Dad's Side Links
This is same feature supported by Template 8 but with the ability to turn it on and off from template settings. The heading, link, and tree for each can also be set in template's settings.
Surname Cloud
This is the same feature supported by Template 12. The number of surnames displayed can be set in template settings. The default number of surnames is 40. NearDark2 and NearDawn2 can handle an unlimited number of surnames. DayLight and NightLight have the surname cloud embedded in a CSS featureBox. So the number that can conveniently be displayed depends on the height of the box.
Scrolling and Non-scrolling Feature Boxes
By default, this feature is turned on and causes the index page's three main content sections to scroll their content while maintaining a maximum size. Turning the feature off in template settings will cause the page height to accommodate all content without scrolling.
Three-part Headers
Three-part headers from Template 8 are supported, and these can be internationalized.
Internationalization
All of the eGenea Free Templates have basic language strings for Czech (CS), Danish (DA), Dutch (NL), English (EN), French (FR), German (DE), Italian (IT), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Spanish (ES), and Swedish (SV) built-in. Language strings are typically loaded by using the eGenea Support Mod. However users may decide to change the basic strings or load their own. In addition, translations of all the example content is provided for English and Spanish. Content translations for existing or new languages can be accomplished by using the template setup facility built into TNG (Administration (link) -> Setup (menu) -> Template Settings (link).
Installation
Installing in TNG 13+
From TNG 12 on, template configuration parameters are stored in the database. Consequently, a method of loading template data into the database is needed. The Template Manager mod is used for this purpose. eGenea Free Templates also support 12 languages and a mod is helpful for loading localized language strings. This is handled by the eGenea Support mod.
To install any of the eGenea Free Templates follow these instructions:
- Download and unzip eGenea Support Mod v13.0.0.0 (or later) and acrtivate it using the the Mod Manager.
- Download and and unzip the Template Manager Mod and activate it using the Mod Manager.
- Download the .zip file for the desired template and unzip the template to your TNG templates folder.
- Using the administration screen Administration (link) => Setup (menu) => Template Settings (link) to choose the desired template from the Templates Available pull-down and click Load.
- Choose the desired template and activate it.
Previews
NearDark2
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NearDawn 2
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DayLight
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NightLight
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