Maternal And Paternal Lines
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The latest version of this mod uses the guidelines for TNG v12+ cust_text.php files. If you are using TNGv12+, and any cust_text.php file in this mod is marked with a Bad Target error, you need to update your cust_text.php files before you can install this mod. [Show instructions]
If you upgraded to TNGv12+, and did not update your cust_text.php files as instructed in the upgrade readme script, then you must use the TNG Mod Manager to update them. To do so:
[See details in the TNGv12 Change Impacts Article][Hide the instructions] |
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Summary | Adds four new pages to TNG | ||||||||||||
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Mod Updated | 11 Apr 2024 | ||||||||||||
Download link | for
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Download stats | Statistics for V12-V14 Statistics for v9, 10, 11 | ||||||||||||
Author(s) | Now supported by Ken Roy Original Developer was Erik Hoppe | ||||||||||||
Homepage | Maternal And Paternal Lines (this page) | ||||||||||||
Mod Support | TNG Community Forums: TNG Specific - Code Discussion - Addons | ||||||||||||
Contact Developer | TNG Community Forums | ||||||||||||
Latest Mod | 14.0.4.7a for TNG v14.0.4+ 14.0.1.6 for TNG v14.0.1+ 13.1.0.5 for TNG v13.1+ 12.0.0.3 for PHP 8 TNG v12+ 11.0.0.2 for TNG v11.0.0 - v12 10.1.0.4 for TNG v10.1.0 - 10.1.2 9.1.1.2 for TNG v9.1 through 10.0.x | ||||||||||||
Min TNG V | 9.1.1 | ||||||||||||
Max TNG V | 14+ | ||||||||||||
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Purpose of the mod
The Maternal And Paternal Lines mod adds four new pages to your TNG system: Two pages for individuals and two pages for families. The selected person/family is followed from mother-to-mother (Maternal Line) or from father-to-father (Paternal Line) as far back as is possible to trace.
- Individ's tree is displayed including the line's spouse and siblings.
- Family's both trees are displayed side-by-side, with spouse but not siblings, making it easy to compare the time-spans for the generations.
Developer
This mod was developed by Erik Hoppe
Now maintained by Ken Roy who posted the updates for PHP 8 made by Brent Hemphill
Credit for the mod also goes to , Jacques Deslauriers,Henny Savenije and Mogens C. Fenger for German, French, Dutch and Danish translations resp. and for the suggestions, testing and patience provided by the alpha and beta testers:
Ken Roy has also been deeply involved in the later versions. Loads of Thanks!
Mod Conflicts
The below is added to all involved mods: Of my mods, some demand a special order to Install and Uninstall. This is one of them. Installing / Uninstalling in the wrong order may create chaos at a later stage. The mods may signal Okay to Install but nevertheless may not be.
Order to INSTALL:
All mods below the one you want to Install, must first be Uninstalled (if you use them). See the Uninstall order below. You can Install them after.
- Maternal And Paternal Lines
- Scrollbox
- Public Access Control
- Forum for TNG
- Fixed Family Tab
Order to UNINSTALL: All mods above the one you want to Uninstall, must first be Uninstalled (if you use them). You can Install them after. See the Install order above.
- Fixed Family Tab
- Forum for TNG
- Public Access Control
- Scrollbox
- Maternal And Paternal Lines
Example:
Suppose you use the Scrollbox and Fixed Family Tab mods.
Now you want to install Maternal And Paternal Lines.
As you can see in the Install Order both the used mods are below the Maternal And Paternal Lines mod and therefore you must first Uninstall the mods in the Uninstall order:
First Uninstall the Fixed Family Tab mod and then the Scrollbox mod.
Now you can install all three mods in the Install order:
First you Install Maternal And Paternal Lines, second the Scrollbox mod and finally Fixed Family Tab.
Requirements
TNG version: | ≥ 9.1.0 |
- A working TNG installation.
- For TNG <10.1: All affected language files be on your site (see the list below)
- A backup of all affected files (see the list below)
- An installed current version of the Mod Manager (is already included in TNG v9 and above)
Installation
- Click on the download link for your TNG version, shown in the summary in the upper right corner of the page.
- Un-zip the downloaded file and you will find a folder: Open it.
- Move/copy/FTP the .cfg file and the folder named maternal_paternal_linesXXX (dep. on version) to the mods folder of your TNG system.
- Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the mod.
- Note - if you're using the tng.php WordPress-TNG Plugin, you need to "Update the TNG Variables" in the WordPress Admin pane for the TNG Plugin to get this to work correctly.
After installation
Empty Your Cache!
The mod adds to genstyle.css so it has to be re-loaded for the styles to take effect.
Instructions for how to are found here
In the event of a problem
- Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability
- Replace all affected files with the copies you made before the installation.
- TNG Community Forums: TNG Specific - Code Discussion - Addons
Replacing the default icons/images
The default tab icons and the default images at the Family pages are supposed to show a spinning wheel (Maternal) and a sword (Paternal):
Tab icons, Family page Maternal image and Paternal image
They are selected because of the Swedish expressions for those lines (translated) that are Spinning side and Sword side. The English expressions are Distaff side and Spear side - Read more here: The Flip Side Of Distaff
If you don't like the images, I provide a set of replacement images:
Tab icons, Family page Maternal image and Paternal image
Open the folder named maternal_paternal_lines, in which you will find the folder replacement_images.
If you do this prior to installation of the mod: Move the replacement images out of the replacement_images folder and let them replace the images in the outer folder maternal_paternal_lines.
If you do this after installation of the mod: Move the replacement images to the (system root)img/ folder and let them replace the images there.
Custom Text Additions
Note: The config file includes the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Swedish language custom text.
For other languages you can modify the config file to add the custom text or manually add to whatever language you like.
English custom text For Reference Only! Danish, Dutch, French, German and Swedish custom text translations may be changed by editing the respective custom_text.php file.
$text['xerxxSpinnrub'] = "Maternal Line"; $text['xerxxSvardrub'] = "Paternal Line"; $text['xerxxSpinnrub2'] = "Maternal Lines"; $text['xerxxSvardrub2'] = "Paternal Lines"; $text['xerxxEjforaldrar'] = "No parents are registered.";
Customizing Background Colors
If you are color-blind and cannot distinquish the direct line from the siblings, you can customize any of the following colors in your template/css/mytngstyle.css
.xerxxline {
background-color: #E9E9FF;
}
.xerxxspouse {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.xerxxsibling {
background-color: #E4E4E4;
}
for example, you could change the direct line to another color
/* override Maternal and Paternal lines colors */
.xerxxline {
background-color: #D9FFB3;
}
Here is a link to a page that shows 140 colours with hex codes: w3schools - Colornames
Uninstalling the mod
If you want to completely Remove (uninstall) this mod and any tables if created, you should
- click the Remove button to uninstall the mod and then
- click the Delete button to delete the config file from the mods folder.
Revision History
Version | Date | Description |
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14.0.4.7a | 24 Mar 2024 | Updated for TNG 14.0.4+ thanks to Steven Davis to fix additional CSS issues and to Ron Krzmarzick for testing |
14.0.4.7 | 24 Mar 2024 | Updated for TNG 14.0.4+ thanks to Steven Davis to
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14.0.1.6 | 11 Feb 2023 | Updated for TNG 14.0.1+ by Ken Roy to
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13.1.0.5 | 16 Apr 2022 | Updated for TNG 13.1+ by Ken Roy to eliminate PHP 8.1 warnings |
13.1.0.4 | 28 Nov 2021 | Updated for TNG 13.1 by Ken Roy
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12.0.0.3 | 18 Oct 2021 | Updated for PHP 8 by Brent Hemphill and Ken Roy Also uses the TNG v12 mod anchor for custom text additions to the cust_text.php files which are now marked as fileoptional except for the English and English-UTF8 files |
11.0.0.1 | 20 Jun 2016 | Fixed a CSS problem for Template 15. Thanks to Jan H. for the alert. |
11.0.0.0 | 18 Mar 2016 | Updated for TNG v11.0.0 by Ken Roy - Thank You! |
10.1.0.4 | 20 Oct 2015 | The Family pages displayed ugly under TNG v10.1.2 and several templates. (Esp. #12 as reported by Hendrik. Thanks!) Corrected. Please note that the accompanying file folder is a replacement (rev. named). |
10.1.0.3 | 6 Jul 2015 | The Family pages are now "Mobile friendly" (See visualization). NOTE that all four pages have new code. |
9.1.1.2 | 6 Jul 2015 | The Family pages are now "Mobile friendly" (See visualization). NOTE that all four pages have new code. |
10.1.0.2b | 3 Jul 2015 | When used together with my "Access" mods, data was pushed by the camera-icon outside of the box. |
9.1.1.1b | 3 Jul 2015 | When used together with my "Access" mods, data was pushed by the camera-icon outside of the box. |
10.1.0.2 | 26 Jan 2015 | New version for TNG v10.1. Thanks to Ken Roy for assistance. |
9.1.1.1 | 15 Apr 2014 | If a language file was missing, no error was signalled but no files were copied. Took away all the %fileoptional:% directives to ensure Error. I Included the Danish translation provided by Mogens C Fenger. |
9.1.1.0 | 14 Apr 2014 | Introduction. |
Visualization of this mod
Individ's Paternal Line tree, Admin view (50%) (Yes; it is a test database) |
Family's Maternal Line trees, Admin view (50%) |
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Family's Maternal Line trees, Mobile view |
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Sites using this mod
If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG site to the table below:
Regarding my Swedish-Only site below: Using the Google setting "English language" and then google for the site, I have a "Translate this page" beside the link. If I use it I get a quite decent translation...
URL | User | Note | Mod-Version | TNG-Version | User-language | |
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Botebygden / Rönnlund-Solander Swedish only (community research site). |
Lars Arén | Open public site: Many of Erik Hoppe's mods on display. | 13.1.0.5 | 13.1.2 | SE | |
Treichel-Familie.de | Andreas Treichel | Public & Private | 14.0.4.7a |
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DE,EN,FR,ES,PL | |
Our Roy and Boucher Family | Ken Roy | Very nice addition to TNG charts | 14.0.4.7a |
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FR,EN | |
De Veenkoloniale Genealogieën | Henny Savenije | Looks really well. | 9.1.1.0 | 10.0.1 | NL, FR, EN and more. | |
my family | ![]() |
(no public site) | see User:ojay | see User:ojay | DE,NL,EN | |
Mitchell Familes Online - Sample page | Roger Mitchell | Very nice addition to the family charts | 9.1.1.0 | 10.0.1 | EN | |
Nordic Ancestry | Mogens C. Fenger | Not a public site | 9.1.1.0 | 10.0.1 | DA,EN | |
Brady Family Tree in Western Australia | Darryl Brady | Public site | 10.1.0.3 | 10.1.1 | EN,DE | |
Hooley Family Links | Rick Hooley | Public/Private | See Here | See Here | EN | |
Quigley Doyle Family Tree | Don Quigley | Public Site | 10.1.0.4 | 10.1.1 | EN | |
Our Family History | Tor Lund | Public Site | 11.0.0.1 | 11.1 | NO,EN,DE,FR | |
Our Family History | Jean Pichette | Public Site | 11.0.0 | 11.0.0 | EN,FR | |
Luithlenfamilie | Ingo Wagner | Not a Public site | 11.0.0.2 | 11.1.2 | DE,EN,NO,FR | |
Roots & Relatives Remembered | Ron Krzmarzick | Public & Private, modified | See here | See here | EN,DE,CS | |
roy~royesfamilylinks | Bruce Roy | Public Site | 11.0.0.1 | 11.0.1 | EN | |
OurFamilyHistory | Paul Barrett | Public Site | 11.0.0.1 | 11.0.1 | EN | |
Racine d'Alsace | J-Louis Valory | Public/Private - T17 customized | 11.0.0.2 | 12.0.2 | FR | |
Joseph Oran Holtz Genealogy Pages | Jim Holt | Not a Public Site | 11.0.0.2 | 11.1.1 | EN | |
The Grahams of Helensburgh | Jim Graham | Public Site | 11.0.0.1 | 12.0 | EN | |
Martius family | Hendrik Martius | Half public | 11.0.0.1 | 12.0.1 | DE,EN,FR,NL | |
Journeys in Genealogy | Patrick Thrush | Public WP/TNG integration | 11.0.0.2 | 12.0.3 | EN | |
Schuster-Pippersteiner | Ingrid Schuster | Public | 13.1.05 | 14.0 | DE,CZ,EN, HU | |
Our Family Histories | Bryan S. Larson | Public - T8 customized | see here | see here | EN | |
Familenforschung Kattau | Uwe Kattau | Public / Private | 11.0.0.2 | 13.0.2 | DE | |
The Severijns / Timmer Familytree | Rob Severijns | Public / Private | See here | See here | NL, EN | |
YourTrees | Berkshire FHS/Paul Barrett | Private/Synology NAS | 12.0.0.3 | 13.04 | EN | |
Lathrope Family Genealogy | S Sharpe | Public | 13.0.0.2a | 13.0.4 | EN | |
Joseph Oran Holtz Genealogy Pages | Jim Holt | Private | See Here | See Here | EN | |
Van Peer Project | Drew McClenaghan | Private Site | 12.0.0.3 | 14.0 | EN | |
Vår Familjehistoria | Lars Arén | Public | 14.0.4.7a | 14.0.5 | SE, EN, DE | |
Homepage SCABELL | Helga Scabell | Public Site | 14.0.1.6 | 14.0 | DE/EN/PG | |
MOTYER Family Genealogy | John Mark Motyer | Public site | See here | EN | ||
Kielakowie.com | Janusz Kielak | Public site | 14.0.1.6 | 14.0.1 | PL, EN, DE | |
Solem Genealogy | Jan-Thore Solem | Private | 14.0.4.7a | 14.0.5 | EN, NO | |
Harnett Sheehan Families | Kathy Harnett Sheehan | Private | 14.0.1.6 | 14.0.2 | EN | |
Auf den Spuren meiner Ahnen | Michael Klein | Public/Private site | 14.0.1.6 |
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EN, DE | |
Stammbaum der Familie Datschetzky | Christian Datschetzky | Public | 14.0.1.6 | 14.0.3 | DE, EN |
TNG Modules Impacted
The following TNG Modules are modified, and should be backed up prior to installing this mod:
Make sure you have all of these language files installed
- genlib.php
- css/genstyle.css
- languages/Danish/cust_text.php
- languages/Danish-UTF8/cust_text.php
- languages/Dutch/cust_text.php
- languages/Dutch-UTF8/cust_text.php
- languages/English/cust_text.php
- languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php
- languages/French/cust_text.php
- languages/French-UTF8/cust_text.php
- languages/German/cust_text.php
- languages/German-UTF8/cust_text.php
- languages/Swedish/cust_text.php
- languages/Swedish-UTF8/cust_text.php
The following modules are added by this mod
- xerxxFamilyMaternalLine.php
- xerxxFamilyPaternalLine.php
- xerxxIndividMaternalLine.php
- xerxxIndividPaternalLine.php
- img/xerxx_small_icon_sprites.gif
- img/xerxxSpinn.gif
- img/xerxxSverd.gif
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- Cust text.php English mods
- Cust text.php French mods
- Cust text.php German mods
- Cust text.php Swedish mods
- Cust text.php Danish mods
- Cust text.php Dutch mods
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