Living Color Mod
EDITING IN PROGRESS
Living Color has been tested with other popular mods and no conflicts have been noted. If you encounter a clash with other mods on your website, please provide the details and we will look into it. If you are also using the Wiki Integration mod then it must be install prior to the Living Color Mod in TNG V8. |
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Living Color Mod | |||
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Summary | Displays names of living persons in selected color on personal and family group sheets. | ||
Validation | Latest mod is XHTML compliant. | ||
Mod Updated | {{{mod_last_update}}} | ||
Download link | living_color_v9006.zip for
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Download stats | {{{download_stats}}} | ||
Author(s) | Rick Bisbee | ||
Homepage | Bisbee Family Connection | ||
Mod Support | TNG Forums | ||
Contact Developer | Support for Living Color Mod | ||
Latest Mod | 9.0.0.6 for TNG V9.0 8.1.2j for TNG 8.1.2 | ||
Min TNG V | 8.1.2 | ||
Max TNG V | 9 (all) | ||
Files modified | globallib.php, genlib.php, getperson.php, familygroup.php, search.php, admin_people.php, admin_families.php, showreport.php | ||
Related Mods | None | ||
Notes | Very easy to configure and use. If you are also using the Wiki Integration mod then it must be install prior to the Living Color Mod in TNG V8. |
Introduction
When you are logged in as Admin it is impossible to tell at a glance if a person is flagged as living or private without going into the Edit tab. It is important because all those who should be flagged but are not, may have vital information revealed to unauthorized visitors. This mod affects TNG pages by setting the names of everyone flagged as living or private to the colors of your choice. You can also determine who will be allowed to see living or private persons. By default it is Admin only, but you can set it to be visible to any logged in user to whom you have given permissions. Note that this modification has only been tested in TNG v8.1.2 and TNG V9.0.0.
CAUTION: TNG families also have a 'living' flag which serves to limit information shown to the public about marriages. Living Color on family group sheets or in family search lists only reflects the status of a person's 'living' flag and says nothing about the state of family/marriage 'living' flags.
Conflicts With Other Mods
TNG version: | ≤ 8.1.3 |
At the moment there are no known conflicts with other TNG mods. It should be noted however, that if you are using the Wiki Integration mod, you must install it before installing Living Color in TNG V8..
Revision History
Version | Date | Contents |
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v9.0.0.6 | 26 Apr 2012 | In addition to highlighting names of persons whose 'living' flag is set, this version adds capability to highlight names whose 'private' flag is set. The admin can turn off highlighting for living or private flags, choose separate highlight colors, and display highlighted names on TNG pages for admins only or for both admins and registered users. See new Mod Manager edit options. |
v9.0.0.5 | 14 Apr 2012 | Fixes Errors in Admin >> People when searching for those with no children or no parents. |
v9.0.0.4 | 25 Feb 2012 | Removes unwanted styling from CSV output in showreport.php |
v9.0.0.3 | 21 Feb 2012 | Adds living color to timelines |
v9.0.0.2 | 16 Feb 2012 | Prevent fatal errors if upgrade is installed on top of mod |
v9.0.0.1 | 15 Feb 2012 | Minor technical fix |
v9.0.0.0 | 8 Feb 2012 | Updated for TNG V9. No known conflicts or install dependencies. |
v8.1.2j | 18 Aug 2011 | Deconflicted with Research Link Mod; add descendant charts (again). |
v8.1.2i | 15 Aug 2011 | Deconflicted with Submit Photo/Document Mod. |
v8.1.2h | 15 Aug 2011 | Deconflicted with Relationship Display Mod. |
v8.1.2g | 15 Aug 2011 | Deconflicted with Deceased Icon mod; included What's New page. |
v8.1.2f | 13 Aug 2011 | Fixed a few bugs, reduced it's impact on TNG scripts, and made it a bit more bullet-proof. |
v8.1.2e | 11 Aug 2011 | Fixes a bug on family edit page, where if you added a parent by personID it showed the styling tags as part of the name. Also fixed the alt text for small photos in family group sheets to remove styling tags. |
v8.1.2d | 10 Aug 2011 | Adds living color to virtually all pages and lists |
v8.1.2c | 9 Aug 2011 | Adds living color to individual and family search lists |
v8.1.2b | 2 Aug 2011 | Adds living color to descendant charts |
v8.1.2a | 29 Jul 2011 | Initial release of Living Color Mod |
Visualizations
User's Page View
This is how part of a page might appear with Admin or View living and View private persons privileges. Bear in mind, the highlight colors simply show that the living flag (red) or private flag (blue) is set.
The example above is shown with the Child Descendant Indicator Mod by Chuck Filteau that replaces the greater-than symbol (>) with the more traditional plus sign (+) to indicate that a person has children.
Note that if your are using the Event Map add children mod the child's name in the Google Map Events table will also be highlighted.
Mod Manager
After the Living Color Mod is successfully installed, one of the items listed in the Mod Manager will look something like this.
To change the program parameters, click on Edit.
Mod Manager Editor
The Mod Manager editor presents two program parameters for editing. The first sets the color of the text for a living person's name. The color can be expressed as a hex color code (e.g., #008080) or as a color constant (e.g., blue). In either case, do not surround the parameter with quotes. The second parameter sets access, either for just the Admin (default), or else for all users who have been granted View living persons privilege. After changing one or both values, click on Confirm Edit to save your preferences. Clicking on Read Existing Values from TNG files followed by Confirm Edit resets both values to their defaults as shown in parentheses.
Requirements
- A working TNG v8.1.2 installation
- A copy of living_color_v812.cfg
Automated Install
- Remove and delete previously installed version.
- Download the appropriate zipped config package from the Mod Summary in the upper right hand corner
- Unzip the config file and place it in the /mods folder.
- Click on Mod Manager in the Admin panel and install it.
- In the Mod Manager listing for this mod, click on Edit and change the color and access parameters as desired.
Manual Installation
Manual installation is not supported.
Side Affects
The names shown in 'living color' are also links, but they will no longer change their color when you hover over them as do your normal links.
Acknowledgements and Disclaimer
Thanks to Ken Roy for his assistance and always helpful suggestions. Also kudos to Bryan Larson and Rob van Rij for suggesting useful extensions.
As always, use this script at your own risk. The author will not be responsible for any damage to your website resulting from its use.
See also
- Deceased Indication - adds a headstone indicator viewable by all visitors to the page to indicate whether an individual is deceased
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 |
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Bisbee Family Connection | Rick Bisbee | Mod Developer | V8.1.2/TNG 8.1.2 V9.0.0.0/TNG V9.0.0 beta |
EN |
Our Roy and Boucher Family | Ken Roy | I also use this mod on a test system with the Wiki Integration mod | V8.1.2/TNG 8.1.3 V9.0.0.0/TNG V9.0.0 beta |
EN, FR |
Our Family Histories | Bryan S. Larson | I use this mod with admin only enabled. | V9.0.0.2/TNG V9.0.1 | EN |
Kielakowie.pl | Janusz Kielak | I also use this mod on a test system with the Wiki Integration mod | V9.0.0.5/TNG V9.0.2 | PL,EN,DE,ES,RUS |
Teige-Steinrötter-family | (no public site) | V9.0.0.6/TNG 9.0.2 | D,(NL),(GB) |