Mod Manager Note Tags

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Ambox notice.png This mod works only in TNGv11. Most of its tags were incorporated into TNGv12
TNG 11.0


Mod Manager Note Tags
Summary Adds some informational Mod Manager Tags whose values are displayed in the Mod Manager status column (if you allow them).
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Mod Updated 24 Dec 2017
Download link v11.0.0.2
TNG 11.0
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Author(s) Robin Richmond
Homepage Robin Richmond's Genealogy Database
Mod Support My Mod Support form or TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer My Mod Support form
Latest Mod 11.0.0.2
Min TNG V 11.0
Max TNG V at least 11.1.2
Files modified
admin_modoptions.php, classes/modbase.class.php, classes/modparser.class.php, classes/modlister.class.php, English cust_text
Related Mods
none
Notes


Purpose of the Mod

Adds some informational Mod Manager Tags whose values are displayed in the Mod Manager List status column. These non-standard tags are prefixed with !@#, not a percent sign. The valid Note Tags are:

  • Note
  • Author
  • Private

See the visualizations for examples.

The Private tag indicates that the mod is private (unpublished in the Wiki), and is used by the Mod Manager Compare mod. The 'Note' tag is for general notes, the keyword 'Note' is not display with the tag argument. The 'Author' tag is a special case. It has 3 arguments:

  1. Initials, or short version of name - to be displayed in the minimized Status cell
  2. Name - to be displayed in the expanded Status cell
  3. URL - An URL for a page about the author; typically the author's TNG Wiki home page.

Compatibility with other Mods

No known incompatibilities or dependencies on any other published mods.

Related Mods

This mod is compatible with and coordinates with my other Mod Manager mods:

  1. Mod Manager Compare, which generates a report comparing the mods in the local site with (optionally) the mods in a remote site, and their Wiki articles.
  2. Mod Manager Latest, which repeats the mods-recently-processed mod filenames at the top of the Mod List.
  3. Mod Manager List Locations, which changes the detailed status status display in the Status column of the Mod List.
  4. Mod Manager Filenames, which highlights inconsistencies in the .cfg filenames, and turns the filenames in hyperlinks to the .cfg files.

Any or all of these mods can be installed independently, in any order.

Installation

Requirements

  • A working TNG installation.
  • An installed current version of the Mod Manager.
  • You should backup files listed in the panel on the right.

Procedure

  1. Remove and delete previous version of this mod.
  2. Backup the files updated by this mod. They are listed in the panel at the upper right.
  3. Download the .zip file, and extract its .cfg file to the mods folder.
  4. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files.

Problems?

  1. Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability
  2. Contact me through My Mod Support form.

Visualizations

Mod Manager List BEFORE:

Mod manager-before.png

Mod Manager List AFTER:

Mod manager note tags-after.png
Note that:

  1. I've added that Author tag to all of my mods. I've also added it to all mods that I have downloaded, just for consistency.
  2. The RR-Places Short Names mod listed here has the following tags:
!@#Author:RR%Robin Richmond%http://tng.lythgoes.net/wiki/index.php?title=User:Robinrichm%
!@#Note:Affects:Placesearch-More Info, Burials-More Details%
!@#Note:DependsOn:Placesearch-More Info, Burials-More Details%
!@#Private mod%

Mod Change History

Mod Version TNG Versions Date Note
11.0.0.2 11.0-11.1.2 24 Dec 2017 Allows multiple occurrences of the Note tag. Other internal changes.
11.0.0.1 11.0+ 17 May 2017 New mod - beta status

Sites using this mod

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

URL User Note Mod-Version TNG-Version User-language
Robin Richmond's Genealogy Database Robin Richmond Mod developer 11.0.0.2 11.1.2 English
Our Roy and Boucher Family Ken Roy Installed on a test site to evaluate whether it should become part of the Mod Manager 11.0.0.1 11.0.1 English