Custom Counters Mod

Custom Counters Mod
Summary	Displays a selectable range of counters on the horizontal menu bar.
Validation	The mod is XHTML compliant.
Mod Updated	15 Feb 2025
Download link	TNG 15.0 Counters Mod v15.0.0.3 TNG 14.0 TNG 13.0 TNG 12.0 Counters Mod v12.0.0.2 TNG 10.1.0 Counters Mod v10.1.0.0 TNG 10.0 Counters Mod v10.0.0.1
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Author(s)	Roger Mitchell Brent Hemphill
Homepage	Custom Counters Mod (This page)
Mod Support	TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer	TNG Community Forums
Latest Mod	15.0.0.3
Min TNG V	Not tested on pre 10 versions of TNG
Max TNG V	15.0.0
Files modified	genlib.php css/genstyle.css languages/English/cust_text.php languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php
Related Mods	None
Notes	None

Introduction

This mod was developed to enable the display of a selectable set of counters on the horizontal menu row (see clip below). They include:

• Total number of individuals in your database.
  
• Date of latest update to a person in your database.
  
• Total number of photos available on your site.
  
• Total number of media items available on your site.
  
• A link to 'Bookmarks' and a counter if Bart's Persistent Bookmarks mod is installed.

Visualization

This is how the installed mod looks with all the available counters enabled. (Customized template 12.)

Counters Mod

To see this mod live, go to my website.

Features

• If your site visitor is logged in and has an entry in the database, clicking on the people group icon will take the user directly to their own page. If they are not logged in, they will be taken to your 'surnames' page.
• Hovering over any of the counters shows a tool-tip of what the counter is displaying.
• Clicking on the calendar icon will take the visitor directly to your 'What's New' page.
• Clicking on the camera icon will take the visitor directly to your 'photos' page.
• Clicking on the folder icon will take the visitor directly to the 'all media' page.
• Clicking on the star icon will take the visitor to your 'bookmarks' page, but if you have installed the Persistent Bookmarks mod, a counter will indicate how many bookmarks have been saved by the currently logged-in user. If the visitor is not logged in, the counter will not be shown.

How to use

To enable or disable any counter, go to Admin | Mods and use the "Edit" facility in the Mod Manager.

Developer

Roger Mitchell with some coding help from Ulf Klinteberg. Minor updates by Brent Hemphill

Requirements

• A working TNG installation.
• An installed current version of the Mod Manager

Automated Installation

1. Download the zip file from the download links in the mod summary area in the upper right.
2. Extract the contents of the zip file into your mods folder and upload to your site.
3. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the chosen cfg file.
4. Use the mod "Edit" function to enable or disable the counters you want to use. All available counters are enabled by default.

Custom Text Additions

Only English and English-UTF8 text variables are supplied with the mod. To use other languages, it will be necessary for your own translations to be added to the relevant language folders in your cust_text.php files.

cust_text.php

The following custom text entries need to be created in your language, if you use languages other than English.

// Inserted by Counters Mod
$text['totalindividuals'] = "Total Individuals";
$text['totalmedia'] = "Total Media Items";
$text['totalphotos'] = "Total Photos";
$text['yourbookmarks'] = "Your Bookmarks";
$text['mypage'] = "Click for 'Your' Page";
$text['cwhatsnew'] = "Date of the latest person update. Click the calendar icon (left) to see what's new";
$text['cwhatsnewicon'] = "Click here to see what's new";

In the event of a problem with your TNG site

1. Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability, or
2. Restore backup copies of: genlib.php; genstyle.css; languages/English/cust_text.php; languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php. Delete counters.php from your extensions folder and delete the mods/counters folder.

Revision History

Version	Date	Contents
10.0.0.0	29 May 2014	Initial release
10.0.0.1	01 June 2014	Fixed a problem with paths reported by some users. Added the ability to select a single page script to NOT show counters on. Minor simplification of SQL queries.
10.1.0.0	12 January 2015	Upgraded for use with TNG 10.1.
12.0.0.1	4 May 2020	Updated for TNG 12 language locations. Also fixed some PHP notices.
12.0.0.2	11 Nov 2021	Updated for renamed extensions folder.
15.0.0.3	15 Feb 2025	Updated for new menu bar and templates with TNG 15.

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
Mitchell Families Online	Roger Mitchell	Mod developer	10.0.0.1 & 10.1.0.0	10.0.3 & 10.1.0 beta 3	EN
My family		monochrome version	see here		D,(NL),(GB)
Brady Family Tree in Western Australia	Darryl Brady	Public site	15.0.0.3	15.0.0	EN,DE
Quigley Doyle Family Tree	Don Quigley	Public Site	10.1.0.0	11.0.0	EN
The Dutton's of New England	Darrin Dutton	Public/Private	12.0.0.1	13.0.3	(EN)
Lloyd & Lucas - A Merging of Interests	Chris Lloyd	Public site	10.1.0.0	12.0.1	(EN)
Auf den Spuren meiner Vorfahren	UHaase	Public/Private	10.1.3.0	12.2	DE,EN
Auf den Spuren meiner Ahnen	Michael Klein	Public/Private site	12​.0​.0​.2	TNG 14.0.3	EN, DE
Joseph Oran Holtz Genealogy Pages	Jim Holt	Private	See Here	See Here	EN