Balanced Media

Balanced Media
Summary	Balance both sides of the Media view of the Ancestors tab
Validation	The mod is XHTML compliant.
Mod Updated	7 Jul 2021
Download link	For TNG 14.0 TNG 13.0 balanced_media_v13.0.0.3a.zip For TNG 12.0 balanced_media_v12.0.0.2.zip TNG 11.0 balanced_media_v11.0.0.0.zip for TNG 10.1.0 balanced_media_v10.1.0.2.zip TNG 10.0 TNG 9.0.3 balanced_media_v9.0.3.1.zip TNG 9.0 balanced_media_v9.0.0.1.zip
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Author(s)	Bart 'Roebie' Degryse Current support by Ken Roy
Homepage	Balanced Media
Mod Support	TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer	TNG Community Forums
Latest Mod	13.0.0.3a for TNG v13+ 12.0.0.2 for TNG v12+ 11.0.0.0 for TNG v11+ 10.1.0.2 for TNG v10.1+ 9.0.0.1 for TNG v9.0.0 - v9.0.2 9.0.3.1 for TNG v9.0.3
Min TNG V	9.0.0
Max TNG V	14+
Files modified	extrastree.php
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Notes

Purpose of the mod

This TNG modification adds 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.

Developer

This mod was developed by Bart 'Roebie' Degryse. Current support by Ken Roy.

Idea and initial proof of concept by Doug Couch

Updated for TNG 10.1 and TNG V11 by Ken Roy

Updated for TNG 12 by Ken Roy and Michel Kirsch to eliminate conflict with the Sosa mod

Requirements

• A working TNG installation.
• A backup of all affected files (see the list in the summary to the right)
• An installed current version of the Mod Manager.

Revision History

Mod Version	TNG Version	Date	Contents
13.0.0.3a	13.0	07 Jul 2021	Updated by Ken Roy and Brent Hemphill to fix CSS definitions
13.0.0.3	13.0	05 Sep 2020	Updated by Ken Roy and Ron Krzmarzick for TNG 13.
12.0.0.2	12.0	26 Jul 2019	Updated by Ken Roy and Michel Kirsch to eliminate the conflict with Michel's Sosa mod. Some of the table ID style was also moved to genstyle.css to facilitate incorporating into TNG.
11.0.0.0	11.0	07 Mar 2016	Updated by Ken Roy for TNG 11
10.1.0.2	10.1	10 Jan 2014	Updated by Ken Roy for TNG 10.1 MySQLi changes and new Mod Manager Syntax rules
9.0.3.1	9.0.3	02 Jul 2012	PHP short tags replaces by full tags
9.0.0.1	9.0	02 Jul 2012	PHP short tags replaces by full tags
9.0.3.0	9.0.3	29 Jun 2012	Initial config file release for TNG 9.0.3
9.0.0.0	9.0	29 Jun 2012	Initial config file release for TNG 9.0.0

Conflicts and Issues

No known conflicts.

Installation

1. Uninstall and delete previous version of this mod (if installed)
2. Download the appropriate zip file as shown in the mod summary in the upper right corner of the page.
3. Extract the file from the downloaded zip file into the mods folder or FTP the extracted file to your mods folder.
4. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the mod.

In the event of a problem

• Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability.
• Copy the backup of the affected files back to your TNG directory.
• Retry installing mod.
• Contact us through the TNG Community Forums.

Uninstalling the mod

If you want to completely Remove (uninstall) this mod and any tables if created, you should

1. click the Uninstall button to uninstall the mod
2. click the Delete button to delete the config file from the mods folder.

Upgrade

• Uninstall and eventually Delete the current Mod.
• Proceed as for an installation with the new Mod.

Feature List

All versions of this mod do two things:

• Add placeholders for the missing people in the Media view of the Ancestors tab. The result is that both sides get balanced.
• Add ancestor chart numbering. These numbers are already on the Ahnentafel view and the Text view and this mod adds them to the Media view too.

The 9.0.0.0 version of this mod also

• fixes one of the inconsistencies regarding how living, private and LDS information are handled that were fixed in TNG v9.0.3 (see issue 20 in the v9.0.3 change history)

What this mod does NOT do is

• styling the new balanced Media view (see the next paragraph for more)

Styling the balanced Media view

The main thing to keep in mind is that this mod only structures the data in a table. It does nothing to style the display. At least nothing more than the default extrastree.php does. The classes that were in the default are still available after installing this mod. I have however added a whole bunch of classes (+ an id for the table itself), so it should be possible to style whatever part of the table to your liking by adding some css to the mytngstyle.css file of your template.

Here's a list of all classes I've added:

• bmm_table: this is not a class but an id for the table.
• bmm_left: the left part of the table, eg De Wilde side in my screenshots (columns 1 and 2)
• bmm_right: obvious
• bmm_number: the columns with the "ancestor chart number" (columns 1 and 3)
• bmm_name: the columns with the names of the ancestors (columns 2 and 4)
• bmm_title: the row with "Media: Family of..."
• bmm_legend: the row with the camera image and the text "At least one photo, history or other media item exists for this individual"
• bmm_side: the row with the text "De Wilde side" and "Degryse side" in my screenshots
• bmm_genheader: each row with a generation name (parents, grandparents, ...)
• bmm_gendata: each row with two ancestor chart numbers and two ancestor names on it ("2. De Wilde, Geert and 3. Degryse, Tina")
• bmm_lastrow: the last bmm_gendata row within each generation also gets this class

Note that some cells in the table thus have two classes: eg. each ancestor chart number cell has the class bmm_number but also bmm_left or bmm_right. The same goes for the cells with ancestor names in it.

There are also some structural elements available:

• colgroup + col: the table structure is predefined with the colgroup and col html tags. The first colgroup also has class bmm_left, the second bmm_right, the first col in each colgroup also has class bmm_number, the second bmm_name.
• thead: the first three rows in the table (the ones with classes bmm_title, bmm_legend and bmm_side) are grouped in the thead html tag.
• tbody: each generation (that is one row with class bmm_genheader and one or more rows with bmm_gendata) is grouped in the tbody html tag (eg 1 bmm_genheader row + 4 bmm_gendata rows for great grandparents)

Visualization

The following screen captures show the changes made by the mod and shows some examples of styling for this mod. The examples have only been tested with template 3, but should work with other templates without much changing. Especially the colors would need changing!

Without the mod installed This is the default TNG 9 template 3 layout.
With the mod installed but without styling Once you have this mod installed this is how that same page will look like. As you can see the structure has changed by styling as almost nil.
Fixed width styling /* Fixed table width and assign half of it to each side */ #bmm_table {width: 670px;} col.bmm_number {width: 1%;} col.bmm_name {width: 50%;} /* Add some space between the numbers and the names and right align the numbers */ td.bmm_number {padding-right: 5px;text-align: right;} /* Ancestor chart numbers in red */ span.bmm_number, td.bmm_number {color: red;} /* Add some space between each generation block */ .bmm_lastrow td {padding-bottom: 15px;}
Variable width styling /* Assign each side half the width of the table */ col.bmm_number {width: 1%;} col.bmm_name {width: 50%;} /* Right align the numbers */ td.bmm_number {text-align: right;} /* Small yellow numbers on a black background and with some space to the left and right */ span.bmm_number, td.bmm_number {padding-left: 5px;padding-right: 5px; color: yellow;background-color: black;font-size: smaller;} /* Add some space between the numbers and the names*/ td.bmm_name {padding-left: 5px;} /* Add some space between each generation block */ .bmm_genheader th {padding-top:15px;} thead .bmm_side p.subhead {margin-bottom:0em;}
Template 3 styling /* Fixed table width and assign half of it to each side Also set background and borders */ #bmm_table {width:800px; border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:1px; border:1px solid black; background-color:white;} col.bmm_number {width: 1%;} col.bmm_name {width: 50%;} /* Set border and background of all cells */ #bmm_table th, #bmm_table td {border:1px solid black; background-color:#D0BC91;} /* Set exceptions for background of some cells */ #bmm_table td.bmm_number, #bmm_table tr.bmm_title td, #bmm_table tr.bmm_side td {background-color:#39692A;} /* Add margins or padding to cells Set text color and alignment */ tr.bmm_title p {margin-top:0.5em; margin-bottom:0.5em; text-align:center;} tr.bmm_legend p {margin:0.1em 0em 0.1em 0.3em;} tr.bmm_side p {margin:0.3em 0em 0.3em 0.3em;} td.bmm_number {padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px; color:white; text-align:right;} span.bmm_number {color:white; font-size:12px;padding-left:2px;} td.bmm_name {padding:1px 5px;} tr.bmm_genheader th {padding:2px 5px;}

Sites using this mod

If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG site to the table below:

URL	User	Note	Mod-Version	TNG-Version	User-language
	Bart 'Roebie' Degryse	Mod developer	9.0.3.0	9.0.3	NL,EN,ES,FR
Treichel-Familie.de	Andreas Treichel	Public & Private	13​.0​.0​.3a	TNG 14.0.6	DE,EN,FR,ES,PL
Roger's Ramblings	Roger Moffat	Changed css for my colours and centred the table on the page	10.1.0.2	10.1.0	EN
Our Acadian, French-Canadian, and Maine Ancestors	Ken Roy	Now support the mod developed by Bart 'Roebie' Degryse	13.0.0.3a	TNG 14.0.5	EN,FR
R G Strong Family Genealogy	Russell G. Strong		13.0.0.3a	14.0.4	EN,DE,FR,NL
Mitchell Families Online	Roger Mitchell	Formatted to suit my site	9.0.3.1	10.0.0.0	EN
Roots & Relatives Remembered	Ron Krzmarzick	Public & Private, modified	See here	See here	EN,DE,CS
R G Strong Family Genealogy	Russell Strong	Public Site	13.0.0.3a	14.0.3	EN,FR,DE,NL
Avery Genealogy	Jim Kratoville		11.0.0.0	11.0.2	EN
OurLife Family History - McMullen Clan	Sean Thompson	Not a public site.	11.0.0.0	11.1.0	EN
The Larlee Genealogy	Heather Feuerhelm		11.0.0.0	11.1.0	EN
Bumbery-Wangler	Bob Bumbery	Public/Private site	13.0.0.3	13.0.0	EN
Racine d'Alsace	J-Louis Valory	Public/Private - T17 customized	11.0.0.0	12.0.2	FR
Our Family Histories	Bryan S. Larson	Public - T8 customized	see here	see here	EN
Racines Luxo-hennuyères	Michel Kirsch	Public site (registration)	13.0.0.2	13.0.3	FR,EN,DE,NL
Huygens - Van de Moortel	Tom Huygens	Public/Private on WordPress	13.0.0.3a	13.1.2	NL
Your Roots are Showing	Harold Craswell	Public / Private	See Here	See Here	EN
Les Lapierre d'Amérique	Normand Lapierre	Public/Private site	13.0.0.3a	14.0	FR,EN
Solem Genealogy	Jan-Thore Solem	Private	13​.0​.0​.3a	14.0.2	EN,NO