Upgrading Mods to TNG V9

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Mods eliminated by TNG V9

• Calendar_ISO8601_Mod

9 Calendar: The first day of the week as shown on the calendar is now configurable from the General Settings.

The weekday-setting can made at Admin >> Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings >> Miscellaneous >> First day of week:

• Change Language Droplist

50 Menus: The language dropdown menu has been moved to be in line with the other dropdown menu lists.

• Edit User Profile Mod

98 Users: An "Edit Profile" link at the top of each public page (next to Login/Logout) allows a logged in user to edit their own user profile without entering the Admin area. This may be disabled on a per-user basis (it is recommended that this option be turned off for "guest" users and group accounts).

Note that this mod was updated to add some additional display fields to the TNG Edit Profile screen.

• MAP Coord Export

22 Export: Places with notes or map coordinates will now be exported from the Admin GEDCOM export utility.

• Mod Manager Messages Mod is now obsolete with the Mod Manager changes made in TNG V9

53 Mod Manager: Message highlighting was added to show successful completions and critical errors.

Note that if you had this mod installed, you will need to Remove and then Delete it after the upgrade, since the custom text overrides are no longer needed

• One Click Review

35 Mail: The administrator can now get an email about every edit submitted for admin review (turned off by default, must be enabled in the General Settings).

• PDF A4 Page Setup Mod partially replaced by

57 PDF: The default paper size is now configurable from the "Common" section of the Chart Settings

• Place Search sort by date mod that Alan Craxford was using and that Brian McFadyen had integrated into his Event Place Search Mod but which was never released since it did not sort on the 2nd and subsequent pages.

66 Places: The public Place page (placesearch.php) can now be sorted by name or event date (and your preference is remembered for the duration of the session).

See Sorting Places

• Private Is Private

81 Settings: A new option was added for "Show Names for Private".

'Show Names for Private' options have been added to Admin Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings >> Privacy section.

• Submit Photo Core Icon

Due to discontinuation of the use of tng coreicons function in V9.

• Template Settings - Multi-language Mod

91 Templates: Template messages may now be easily translated into other languages (you supply the translation).

Note that you will need to apply your customizations that were saved for each language in the cust_tmplvars.php file to the new Template Settings using the Create copy in with a selected language and then clicking the Go button.

• Template Settings - V8.1 Fixes

91 Templates: Template messages may now be easily translated into other languages (you supply the translation).

This mod might not be entirely eliminated, if you want to change section headings in Templates 6 and 8 and the new Template 9 and 10 introduced in TNG V9, however the mod developer will not be making updates for TNG V9

Mods that work

Some of the following mods worked without any logic change, but new versions were created to match the v9.0.0 TNG release as indicated in the Mod Guidelines

• Ancestor map

• Age_Calculation_Mod

• Backup / Restore Living Flag

• Backup / Restore Private Flag

• Birthday Calendar Mod

• Body Text for Translation

• Child Descendant Indicator Mod

• Custom Text Files Mod

• Customized Logs Mod Note that this mod was installed but not tested since bots cannot access my TNG V9 test subdomain

• Dates - Mth Day, Year

• Default Photo Path Mod

• Divorce Indicator‎

• Edit User Profile Mod‎ Note that this mod is not needed to Edit the User Profile. The mod adds additional fields to the display.

• Event Map add children mod Note that the file was renamed to match the mod name

• Event Place Search Mod‎

• Family Indicators Mod

• Family Group Worksheet

• Geocode Assist Mod

• Google Maps - Adjust Map Height Mod

• Google Maps - Change Pin Legend Mod

• Google Maps - More Place Levels Mod

• Google Maps - Update Place Levels Mod

• Image Map Message Mod

• Living Color Mod

• Living Flag Mod

• Maintenance_-_ID_Analysis

• Maintenance - Unused Media

• Media Privacy Mod

• Message 404 - getperson Mod

• Message 404 - showsource Mod

• Password Generator

• PersonID Note Mod

• Private Checkboxes Mod Living selection check box was added in TNG V9.

The reworked mod for TNG V9 includes only the Private select check box and the new check box for Neither Living nor Private

• Private Flag Mod

• Private Note Mod

• Relationship Display Mod

• ShowTable Mod

• Signature Display

• Site Menu Mod Note that this mod now uses the Custom Menu Hook and puts the site menu entries in the customconfig.php.

• Submit Headstone Photo Mod TNG V9 version of the mod submit_headstone_V9.0.0.0.zip

• Submit Photo Mod TNG V9 version of the mod submitphoto_V9.0.0.0.zip

• Submit Photo/Document Form Mod TNG V9 version of the mod submitphotoform_V9.0.0.0.zip

• Surname Exclude 30/100 TNG V9 version of the mod surname_exclude_v9.0.0.0.zip

• Tooltip Mod

• Users Menu Mod TNG V9 version of the mod admin_users_menu_mod_v9.0.0.0.zip‎

• Wikipedia Link Mod

Mods that need rework

The following mods need to be reworked for TNG V9.0.0 download links will be added here for convenience during beta testing only.

• County Outlines Mod
  • googlemaplib.php: Location1: Bad target
  • googlemaplib.php: Location2: Bad target
  • googlemaplib2.php: Location3: Bad target
  • googlemaplib2.php: Location4: Bad target

Note that GoogleMap API V3 no longer has map.clearOverlays(); function see How to remove all markers so this mod will require extensive rework

New TNG V9 Mods

• Simple Titles Mod - Search-engine friendly, abbreviated titles for individual pages.
• Citation Master Basic Mod - Control over the content and format of citations and sources.
• 2 clicks for more privacy Mod (English version) / (German version)
  
• CSV Reports for Admin only
• Create Site Map Mod
• Custom Drop Down Menu added as alternative to the Custom Menu Hook and to the Site Menu Mod*Mod Manager Log and (German) version
• Privacy Policy Mod
• Source Occurrences Mod
• Users Menu Mod
•  Balanced Media  will add placeholders for the missing people in the Media view of the Ancestors tab balancing both sides. Additionally it will add ancestor chart numbering just as on the Ahnentafel view and the Text view.
•  Compact Person Media  will change the way media are shown on the getPerson page. Media with a title or description will be shown first on a one per row basis. Then all media having neither a title nor a description will be shown on one line (or more lines if they don't fit on one line).
•  Fixed Length IDs  Formats generated IDs to a given length by prepending zeros where necessary.
•  Mods Sorted By Name  sorts the mods in the Mod Manager by their name instead of their filename.
•  Persistent Bookmarks  will store the bookmarks in a database making them available on any computer or browser. As storing these bookmarks happens per user this mod will only work for logged in users. The current way of storing bookmarks in cookies remains untouched and fully functional. (Also available for TNG v8.1.3)
•  Person Map  will add an option to the Map Settings dialog to disable the showing of the map on the person pages.