Search Form Help mod
Search Form Help Mod | |||||||
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Summary | Provides a Help button on the 'Home', 'Search People' and 'Search Families' pages, that links to a new 'Search Help' file | ||||||
Validation | The mod is XHTML compliant.![]() | ||||||
Mod Updated | {{{mod_last_update}}} | ||||||
Download link | .
Search_form_help_V11.0.0.2a.zip Search_form_help_V11.0.0.3b.zip Search_form_help_V11.0.0.4c.zip
Search_form_help_V10.0.0.1b.zip Search_form_help_V10.0.0.1c.zip
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Download stats | See download statistics | ||||||
Author(s) | Graham Chamberlain | ||||||
Homepage | Search Form Help mod (This page) | ||||||
Mod Support | TNG Community Forums | ||||||
Contact Developer | TNG Community Forums | ||||||
Latest Mod | V11.0.0.2a or V11.0.0.3b or V11.0.0.4c for TNG11 | ||||||
Min TNG V | 8.0.0 using integrated Mod Manager TNG 7.1.0 requires manual installation of Mod Manager | ||||||
Max TNG V | 11.0.0 | ||||||
Files modified | searchform.php; famsearchform.php; index.php for templates 1-7, 9-11, 13-14; topmenu.php for templates 2, 4, 7, 8 and 12. | ||||||
Related Mods | |||||||
Notes | None |
Purpose of Mod
The mod is provided in three forms:
TNG 10.0 |
TNG 11.0 |
- A basic mod (v10.0.0.0a & v11.0.0.2a) adds a 'Help' button to the 'Search People' and 'Search Families' pages.
- A separate version (v10.0.0.1b & v11.0.0.3b) of the mod also adds a Help button or text link to each Template home page.
- A version (v10.0.0.1c & v11.0.0.4c) that provides a separate cfg file for each Template.
Clicking on the button or text link displays a pop-up Help window with information relevant to search functionality.
Mod Developer
The Mod was developed by Graham Chamberlain with help from William (Rick) Bisbee, Bryan Larson and Roger Moffat.
Mod Manager config file provided by Graham Chamberlain.
Automated Installation
- Download the appropriate file for your TNG version from the download links in the mod summary area in the upper right.
- Extract the downloaded zip file to your 'mods folder.
- Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the appropriate source_title_display.cfg file.
The Help file 'search.help.php' is installed by default to the languages/English folder.
Manual Installation
The Help file 'search.help.php' is provided only in English and will be copied to the languages/English folder. The file contains a link to 'Google Translate'.
If you want to create a Help file in another language by modifying the default version, you will need to install the new file in the appropriate language folder where it will henceforth be automatically recognised when you are using its associated language.
NOTE that in the Help file, the first section describes some locations of the Search function links that refer to the website of the author. You may wish to edit the file so that the text refers to your site
Pre-install Edits
WordPress Users
[Thanks to Roger Moffat for this enhancement of the mod]
If you are using the WordPress plug-in, only v10.0.0.0a or v9.0.0.1b is suitable. You will need to go to your TNG file customconfig.php and add the following lines before the closing ?> tag:
// added for Search Help Button with WordPress<br />
// add the path to your TNG install - it MUST end with a trailing slash<br />
$helpfilepath = "http://PathToYourTNG/";%
'Plain' Template Users
If your installation has the capability of template switching but you use the 'plain' template, you can add the Help button to the Home page Search form by adding the following directive to the basic v9.0.0.1 configuration file:
%target:index.php%
%location:%
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="mybool" value="AND" /><input type="hidden" name="offset" value="0" /><input type="submit" name="search" value="<?php echo $text['mnusearch']; ?>" /></td></tr>
%end:%
%replace:%
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="mybool" value="AND" /><input type="hidden" name="offset" value="0" /><input type="submit" name="search" value="<?php echo $text['mnusearch']; ?>" />
<?php
// the following says if the search.help.php file does not exist in the user's chosen language
// default to the one in the English folder
$helplink = file_exists("{$cms['tngpath']}$mylanguage/search.help.php")
?
"onclick=\"return openHelp('{$cms['tngpath']}$mylanguage/search.help.php');\""
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"onclick=\"return openHelp('{$cms['tngpath']}languages/English/search.help.php');\""
?>
<?php
// display the Help button
echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"{$cms['tngpath']}js/litbox.js\"></script>\n";
echo "<input type=\"button\" id=\"helpbtn\" class=\"small\" value=\"{$text['help']}\" $helplink />";
?></tr></td>
%end:%
Help File Log
If you would like to monitor use of the Help file, add the following code to search.help.php immediately before the php closing tag, at the top of the file.
$logfile = "search_help.log"; $referer = empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ) ? "" : " on {$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']} "; $newline = "Search Help accessed " . date("d M y H:i:s") . "$referer from {$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']} "; file_put_contents( "search_help.log", $newline, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX );
NOTE that the closing quote and semi-colon for $newline should be on a separate line to ensure that the details for each access of the Help file are stored on a separate line on the log file.
The log file (search_help.log) will be created and maintained in the same folder as the Help file.
Revision History
Version | Date | Description |
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V11.0.0.4c | 25 April 2016 |
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V11.0.0.2a, V11.0.0.3b, V11.0.0.3c | 23 April 2016 |
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V11.0.0.1a, V11.0.0.2b, V11.0.0.2c | 4 April 2016 |
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V11.0.0.0a, V11.0.0.1b, V11.0.0.1c | 20 Mar 2016 |
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V10.0.0.1b | 20 Feb 2014 |
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V10.0.0.1c | 20 Feb 2014 |
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V10.0.0.0a | 14 Feb 2014 |
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V10.0.0.0b | 14 Feb 2014 |
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V10.0.0.0c | 14 Feb 2014 |
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V9.0.0.1b | 18 Jan 2013 |
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V9.0.0.3a | 25 Jun 2012 |
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V9.0.0.2a | 25 June 2012 |
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V9.0.0.1a | 25 June 2012 |
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V8.1.0a | 30 November 2011 |
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V8.1.0 | 26 November 2011 |
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Visualization
To see the mod in action, go to
Sites using this mod
If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG sites to the table below
URL | User | Note | Mod-Version/TNG-Version | User-language |
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Chamberlain & Eidenbenz Genealogy | Graham Chamberlain | Mod developer | V11.0.0.1/11.0.0 | EN, FR, DE, SP, NL |
Roger's Genealogy Online | Roger Moffat | V9.0.0.1/9.1.0 | EN | |
Clan Moffat Genealogy Online | Roger Moffat | V9.0.0.1/9.1.0 | EN | |
Our Roy and Boucher Family | Ken Roy | Template 4 | V9.0.0.1/9.1.0 | EN, FR |
Whittlesey-Whittelsey Family History | Willis S Whittlesey III | Public site | V9.0.0.3/TNG V9.2.0 | EN |
Hooley Family Links | Rick Hooley | Public/Private | See Here | EN |
Kemp(e) Family History | Andrew Kemp | Template 8 | see User:Kempons | EN |
Moss Family Tree | Chris Moss | Template 5 | 10.0.0.1b/10.0.3 | EN |
MacomberKin | Rev. Clinton Macomber | Template 99 (rework of 11) | 10.0.0.1c / TNG 10.0.3 | EN |
Quigley Doyle Family Tree | Don Quigley | Public Site (Revised search.help.php to reflect Married Names in Search Mod) | 11.0.0.1b/11.0.0 | EN |
Rintoul/Bowman Family | Andrew Rintoul | Public/Private | 11.0.0.3b / 12.0 | EN, DE, ES, FR |
Stamboom Jongman | Roel Jongman | Public/Private site | 10.1.0.1b / 10.1.3 | NL, DE, EN |
Racine d'Alsace | J-Louis Valory | Public/Private - Template 17 | 11.0.0.3b / 12.1 | French |
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