Persistent Bookmarks

Persistent Bookmarks
Summary	Stores bookmarks in the database making them available on any computer or browser.
Validation	The mod is XHTML compliant.
Mod Updated	05 Feb 2025
Download link	For TNG 15.0 persistent_bookmarks_v15.0.0.3.zip ‎‎‎for TNG 13.0 persistent_bookmarks_v13.0.0.2.zip for TNG 13.0 TNG 12.0 persistent_bookmarks_v12.0.0.1.zip for TNG 12.0 TNG 11.0 persistent_bookmarks_v11.0.0.0.zip   TNG 10.1.0 persistent_bookmarks_v10.1.0.5.zip   TNG 10.0.3 persistent_bookmarks_v10.0.3.2.zip   TNG 10.0 persistent_bookmarks_v10.0.0.0.zip
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Author(s)	Bart 'Roebie' Degryse maintained by Ken Roy
Homepage	Persistent Bookmarks (This page)
Mod Support	TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer	TNG Community Forums
Latest Mod	15.0.0.3 for TNG v15 13.0.0.2 for TNG v13+ 12.0.0.1 for TNG v12+ 11.0.0.0 for TNG v11 10.1.0.5 for TNG v10.0.3 10.0.3.2 for TNG v10.0.3 10.0.0.0 for TNG v10 9.1.0.4 for TNG v9.1 9.0.0.5 for TNG v9.0 8.1.6 for TNG v8
Min TNG V	8.1.3
Max TNG V	15+
Files modified	admin_backup.php admin_genconfig.php admin_maketable_permbkmk.php (new file) admin_modmanager.php admin_optimize.php admin_removetable_permbkmk.php (new file) admin_restore.php admin_utilities.php ajx_addbookmark.php ajx_delete.php ajx_deletebookmark.php bookmarks.php cust_text.php customconfig.php tabledefs.php
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Notes

Purpose of the mod

This mod will store the bookmarks in a database making them available on any computer or browser. As storing these bookmarks happens per user this mod will only work for logged in users. The current way of storing bookmarks in cookies remains untouched and fully functional.

Developer

This mod was developed by Bart 'Roebie' Degryse

Now supported by Ken Roy

Requirements

• A working TNG installation.
• A backup of all affected files (see the list in the summary in the upper right corner of the page)
• An installed current version of the Mod Manager (is already included in TNG v9)

Revision History

Mod Version	Date	Contents
15.0.0.3	05 Feb 2025	Updated for TNG 15 by Ron Krzmarzick on 25 Dec 2024. Restricted download of Bart's mod were re-instated on 5 Feb 2025 by Ken Roy who has been supporting the mod
13.0.0.2	20 Mar 2021	Updated for TNG 13 to check collation sequence to correctly set the table collation sequence and database engine in creating the table change provided by Brent Hemphill for a different mod to support MySQL 8 Czech and Spanish translations provide by Ron Krzmarzick Dutch translations were provided by Bart when he originally published the mod Danish translations by Mogens Fenger Polish translations by Michal Jarocinski French translations provided by Katryne Chauvigné-Bourlaud German translations provided by Jürgen P. Bourdeaux
12.0.0.1	17 Sep 2020	Updated for TNG 12 new Mod Guidelines for custom text.
11.0.0.0	8 Mar 2016	Updated for TNG 11.
10.1.0.5	25 Jan 2015	Updated for TNG 10.1. Changes required in creating new Persistent Bookmarks table, if one did not exist.
10.1.0.4	11 Jan 2015	Updated by Ken Roy for TNG V10.1
10.0.3.2	23 Aug 2014	Updated by Ken Roy for TNG V10.0.3
10.0.0.0	6 Feb 2014	Updated by Ken Roy for TNG V10 table layout change in Admin >> Setup >> General Settings
9.1.0.4 9.0.0.5 8.1.6	21 Nov 2012	Changed the way code changes are imported in the target files to assure compatibility with other mods that use the same table management concept this mod outlined. Better separation between the three blocks of changes in this mod (table management, localization, business logic)
9.1.0.3	9 Nov 2012	jQuery based version for TNG v9.1.0
9.0.0.2 v8.1.5	25 May 2012	Renamed the two new files so that other mods can follow their concept more easily Small change in the edit parameters concept + change of the descriptions to make it more understandable Added the default text for the second edit parameter to the English and English-UTF8 cust_text.php
9.0.0.1 v8.1.4	21 May 2012	Fixed or language dependent label for the persistent bookmarks list*Rename table button in General Settings Remove table button in Mod Manager
9.0.0.0	28 Apr 2012	Initial config file release
8.1.3	28 Apr 2012	Initial config file release Starting with TNG v9.0.0.0 the logfile mentions the username of deleted users instead of their id. This mod introduces this feature also in TNG v8.1.3 since it needs to fetch that username anyway for its own use two (!) lines earlier.

Installation

1. Download the appropriate zip file as shown in the summary in the upper right corner of the page. NOTE that I host these zip files on my own server. That way I can count the number of downloads for each mod I made and estimate the relevance of such mod.
2. Extract the config file from the downloaded zip file into the mods folder.
3. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the mod.

First Time Post Installation

The following apply to first time install only.

TNG version:

≤ 10.0.3

Go to Admin >> Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings >> Table Names. Name the new bookmarks table to your liking (default is tng_bookmarks) and press the Create... button. A success or error message will appear.

You can rename the table later on at any time by changing it's name and pressing the Rename... button. You won't loose any existing data!

TNG version:

≥ 10.1.0

Use the Mod Manager Create Persistent Bookmarks Table button to create the required tng_bookmarks table

Upgrading

1. Take a note of the current name of the bookmarks table. You can find this at Admin >> Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings >> Table Names.
2. Follow the normal automated uninstall procedure, as shown in the example Mod_Manager_-_Installing_Config_Files#Remove_Mod_Steps to remove the old version of the mod.
3. Download the zip file with the newer version from the summary in the upper right corner of the page. NOTE that I host these zip files on my own server. That way I can count the number of downloads for each mod I made and estimate the relevance of such mod.
4. Extract the config file from the downloaded zip file into the mods folder.
5. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the mod.
6. Go to Admin >> Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings >> Table Names. Name the new bookmarks table exactly the same as before (see step 1) and press the Create... button. A success or error message will appear. On success the message will disappear after a few seconds and the button will be replaced with a Rename... button. This way all your bookmarks data will be retained.
7. You can rename the table later on at any time by changing it's name and pressing the Rename... button. Again, you won't loose any existing data!

Uninstalling the mod

If you want to fully uninstall this mod remember to delete the bookmarks table after uninstalling the mod. At this moment the mod has no option to do that for you. So you will have to do it directly on the database server by using phpMyAdmin (available on most hosted servers) or alike.
Starting with version 9.0.0.1 and 8.1.4 the mod now has an option to delete the bookmarks table. Pressing the Remove button in the Description column of the mod on the Mod Manager page before uninstalling the mod itself will do the trick.

In the event of a problem

• Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability
• Copy the backup of the affected files back to your TNG directory
• Contact us through the TNG forum.

Other Languages

Those who use other languages in addition to English can find appropriate mods to add Dutch, French or Spanish custom text additions in the summary in the upper right corner of this page. Follow the same procedure as explained above to install them.

Note: To use the multiple languages, in addition to installing the appropriate language file (or manually adding the $text['permbkmk'] variable to cust_text.php), you must Edit the mod parameters and set the first parameter to false. Once you've done that the text from the second parameter will be used for languages for which you haven't installed an appropriate language file (or manually added the required variable).

If you want to add another language please send me the translation (either the texts or as a full language mod) and your name (so I can give you credit) by opening a request in the TNG Community Forums

Feature List

• Each visitor has his bookmarks available on any browser or computer. He only has to log in to see them.
• No limit to the number of bookmarks a visitor can store.
• The current cookie bookmark system remains untouched and fully functional for visitors that don't or can't log in.
• The bookmark table can be optimized, backed up or restored just like any other table.
• The bookmark table's structure will be backup up together with all other tables. Note that restoring such backup after explicitely deleting the table and uninstalling the mod will restore the bookmarks table. So you should probably make a new table structure backup after uninstalling the mod.
• Deleting a user will also delete any bookmarks (s)he might have stored.
• New Fixed or language dependent label for the persistent bookmarks list.
• New Rename table button in General Settings
• New Remove table button in Mod Manager

Visualization of this mod

The following images show the visual effects of installing the mod.

Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings Under the 'Table Names' header on the General Settings page you'll find an extra textbox and button where you can name and create the table for storing the bookmarks.
Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings When you click the Create... button the table is created. Next to the button a success or failure message will appear. After a little while the success message will disappear again and the Create... button will be replaced with a Rename... button.
Utilities >> Back up, Restore & Optimize Table Data The mod adds the bookmarks table to the list of tables you can optimize, backup or restore.
Bookmarks With the mod installed the bookmarks page first shows those bookmarks that are stored in the database (if any). Unter that you'll still find the bookmarks stored in the cookies (if any). These two groups are totally independent from each other. Thus you can delete from one group without affecting the other group When you're not logged in you'll only see the cookie bookmarks. Starting with version 9.0.0.1 and 8.1.4 the first list on the bookmarks page - the bookmarks that are stored in the database - has a label too.
Admin >> Mod Manager >> Edit You can use the mod's parameters to set the text for the label of the persistent bookmarks list on the bookmarks page. This can be a fixed text (default) or language dependent labels in the cust_text.php file can be used.
Admin >> Mod Manager Starting with version 9.0.0.1 and 8.1.4 the Description column of this mod has a Remove button to remove the bookmarks table from the database. After clicking the button a success or failure message will appear next to the button. On success the button will disappear and a few seconds later the whole note on removing the bookmarks table will disappear.

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
no public site	Bart 'Roebie' Degryse	Mod developer	9.1.0.4	9.1.0	NL/EN/ES/FR
Our Roy and Boucher Family	Ken Roy	Now support Bart's mod	v15.0.0.3	TNG 15.0.1	EN, FR
Treichel-Familie.de	Andreas Treichel	Public & Private	15​.0​.0​.3	TNG 15.0.1	DE, UK, FR, ES, PL
Our Family Histories	Bryan S. Larson		See here	See here	EN
my family		(no public site)	see User:ojay	see User:ojay	D,(NL),(EN)
MyFOOTDEEAncestors	Mrs Montgomery		9.1.1.2	9.1.1	EN
Kemp(e) Family History	Andrew Kemp		see User:Kempons	see User:Kempons	EN
Mitchell Families Online	Roger Mitchell		V9.0.0.2	TNG 9.0.3	EN (GB)
Nordic Ancestry	Mogens C. Fenger	Not a public site	V10.0.0.0	TNG 10.0.0	DA,EN
MOTYER Family Genealogy	John Mark Motyer	Public site	See here	See here	EN
Hooley Family Links	Rick Hooley	Public/Private	See Here	See Here	EN
The Williams Family Tree	Phil Williams	Public Site	10.0.3.2	10.0.3	EN
Brady Family Tree in Western Australia	Darryl Brady	Public site	10.1.0.5	10.1.1	EN, DE
R G Strong Family Genealogy	Russell Strong	Public Site	13.0.0.2	14.0.4	EN, FR, DE, NL
Roots & Relatives Remembered	Ron Krzmarzick	Public & Private	See here	See here	EN,DE,CS
Martius Family History	Hendrik Martius	Half-Public Site	11.0.0.0	11.0.2	DE, EN, FR , NL
OurLife Family History - McMullen Clan	Sean Thompson	Not a public site.	11.0.0.0	11.1.0	EN
Drzewo Genealogiczne Rodziny Pepel	Klemens Pepel	Not a Public site	11.0.0.0	11.1.1	EN, PO
Racine d'Alsace	J-Louis Valory	Public/Private - T17 customized	11.0.0.0	12.0.2	FR
Bumbery-Wangler	Bob Bumbery	Public/Private site	12.0.0.1	13.0.0	EN
The Cole / Tanner Family Tree	David Cole	Public/Private	see here	see here	EN, DE, FR, ES, NL
Martius family	Hendrik Martius	Half public	11.0.0.0	12.0.1	DE, EN, FR, NL
Baza danych Rodziny Jarocińskich	Michał Jarociński	non-public site	13.0.0.2	14.0.3	PL, EN
Solem Genealogy	Jan-Thore Solem	Private	13​.0​.0​.2	14.0.2	EN, NO