ed4becky

<ul>
<li>IMPORTANT as of version 3.7.0 Rootspersona requires PHP5.6 or above<br />
Check out the Changelog for new release details!</li>
</ul>
<p>Rootspersona creates one or more pages of family history using data imported from one or more GEDCOM files.<br />
It allows an administrator to create pages featuring people or evidence with a variety of panels that can<br />
be mixed and matched for optimum customization.</p>
<p><strong>New in 3.0!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>You can now identify Rootspersona as the System of Record, allowing you to edit your data online!</li>
<li>Includes a Top Ten Surnames widget!</li>
<li>Support for multi-site installs</li>
<li> <a href="https://rootspersona.com" title="Demo Site" rel="nofollow ugc">New Demo Site</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Support for GEDCOM Version 5.5
</li>
<li> Support for HTML5 microdata from historical-data.org
</li>
<li> Ability to upload more than one GEDCOM file from the same source and link families together
</li>
<li> Ability to select which persons from the GEDCOM file to create pages for
</li>
<li> As updates are made, GEDCOM files can be reloaded and existing pages will be updated
</li>
<li> Each page includes links to children and spouses
</li>
<li> Each page displays a visual family tree that includes three generations
</li>
<li> Ability to link pictures uploaded to WordPress to each person (up to 7)
</li>
<li> Flexible privacy options, including Public, Member Only, and Private
</li>
<li> MANY customization options…
</li>
</ul>
<p>** New in 3.0! **</p>
<ul>
<li> if you define Rootspersona as the system of record, you can now edit your data online!
</li>
<li> enhanced installer now supports multi-site installation!
</li>
</ul>
<p>For detailed documentation, goto <a href="https://rootspersona.com" title="Documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">rootspersona.com</a></p>
<h3>Upgrading from versions earlier than 2.4.0</h3>
<ol>
<li>If you are still running a version earlier than 2.4.0, you must first upgrade to 2.4.0 before going any higher</li>
</ol>
<p>Usage:</p>
<p>For detailed documentation, goto [rootspersona.com] (https://rootspersona.com “Documentation”)</p>
<p>To import your first GEDCOM and create your first page(s):</p>
<ol>
<li>Find the <em>Upload GEDCOM File</em> page link under Rootspersona Options.</li>
<li>Browse for a GEDCOM file on your local PC and select ‘Upload’.</li>
<li>Select one or more persons to create pages for and select ‘Submit’</li>
</ol>
<p>Your WordPress site will now have one or more <em>persona</em> pages for the people you selected!</p>
<p><em>Note: importing GEDCOM files from different programs can have unexpected consequences.<br />
Rootspersona uses the ids generated in the GEDCOM file, and different programs may assign the same ids to different people.<br />
It is recommended to manage your data in a single program (the ‘system of record’),<br />
and to use GEDCOM files generated by that program, only.</em></p>
<h3></h3>
<p>= 3.7.5 =<br />
* fix picFile matching<br />
* fix shifting captions in Picture Gallery panel<br />
* converted historical-data.org to schema.org</p>
<h4>3.7.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>incorporated name formatting fixes by Tony Smith</li>
<li></li>
</ul>
<h4>3.7.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix evidence title</li>
<li>fix groupd sheet</li>
<li>fix classification & persona_name</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.7.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix count on empty field</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.7.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix issue with attaching images</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.7</h4>
<ul>
<li>IMPORTANT Rootspersona now requires PHP5.6 or above</li>
<li>do not delete Evidence Index when deleting persona pages</li>
<li>minor bug fixes</li>
<li>fix SOR save issue</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.6.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dutch translation files</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.6.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix 404 jquery.tablesorter.js not found issue</li>
<li>fix issue with evidence page javascript</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.6.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>fixed data access issue for SOR mode</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.6.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>updated for PHP 7</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.3.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix issue with page title changing back to last name first</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.3.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix surname widget (missing div)</li>
<li>add batch id to notes lookups</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>added hide donation button option</li>
<li>fixed validation tool issue with corrupting page titles</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix jquery drag and drop issue on admin screen (WP 3.6.1 compatability issue)</li>
<li>fix parent page for evidence causing large top level menus</li>
<li>include name suffix (Jr, Sr, etc…) when displaying name(including page titles)</li>
<li>surname widget now has links</li>
<li>fixed bug blocking new facts in Persona Editor</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.1.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>some users reported install issues.  read only file was opened rw, perm issues</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.1.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>minor error when adding new page</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix WP 3.5 compatability issue with JQuery (showed itself on widget screen)</li>
<li>Added advanced template feature</li>
<li>Fixed 404 error when permalinks used</li>
<li>Fixed error in bio shortcode (not retrieving data)</li>
<li></li>
</ul>
<h4>3.0.7</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix issue with FACT types versus EVENT types</li>
<li>added option to make Editor optional edit privileges</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.0.6</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix errant join when multiple batches</li>
<li>fix problem with pictures not appearing on edit screen</li>
<li>fix save privacy issue at persona level</li>
<li>address jQuery issue in WP 3.4</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.0.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>remove errant wp_ from table name</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.03.</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix event and fact matching</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.0.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>fix issue with mysql connections and families</li>
<li>fix issue with parental links when mysql connections needed</li>
<li>enhanced debug output with error_log even when xdebug not active</li>
</ul>
<h4>3.0.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added System of Record support, including adding and editing persons</li>
<li>Better handling of surname slashes to avoid mushed names</li>
<li>Updated installer to support multi-site WP</li>
<li>removed null surnames from top ten list</li>
<li>added error check for failure to upload a file</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.5.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Facts panel now displays Facts and Events</li>
<li>Cleaned up the options screen</li>
<li>fixed a couple of minor javascript bugs</li>
<li>fixed IE incompatability with the delete method</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.4.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Support for HTML5 microdata from historical-data.org</li>
<li>Added a top 10 surname widget</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.3.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>minor fix to CSS for date fields</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.3.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added simple debug option</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.3.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Reroute private person link on public person page site url</li>
<li>new style options to work with more themes</li>
<li>fox spousal dates on Descendants panel</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.2.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added Descendancy Charts to persona page</li>
<li>Minor bug fixes</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.1.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fixed missing batch_id for page edits</li>
<li>Fixed missing argument 1 error for edits</li>
<li>Use first 60 characters of TITLE if ABBR missing from GEDCOM</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>fixed issue with the Hide Locations option</li>
<li>reorganized options page</li>
<li>added more style overrides (backgrounds and border colors)</li>
<li>added option to delete data after deleting pages</li>
<li>fixed issue with multiple entries on index when the GED has multiple names</li>
<li>fixed localization bug (pointing to wrong directory)</li>
<li>added support for defining different ‘batches’ for GED files (support for separate ‘trees’)</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.0.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>rows per page option for indices made visible</li>
<li>added style attribute to index shortcodes – supports paginated (default) and scrollable</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.0.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fix issue with competing index pages</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.0.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fix issue with missing name in index if full name is not really complete</li>
<li>fix issue with multiple birth dates in GEDCOM overwriting death date</li>
<li>added surname attribute to index shortcode to support index by shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h4>2.0.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>changed the underlying code to be database driven</li>
<li>added more flexible privacy options</li>
<li>pictures now wrap on the persona page</li>
<li>No more xsl processing</li>
<li>plugin processes with less memory</li>
<li>picture selection now interfaces with the WordPress media picker</li>
<li>improved localization</li>
<li>indexes now paginated (but sorting is gone)</li>
<li>you can now customize the banner (the divider between persona panels) to be more consistent with your theme</li>
<li>support for multiple character encodings</li>
<li>added a second panel design for the header panel that display a bio</li>
<li>added an optional bio panel</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6.6</h4>
<ul>
<li>misc bug fixes</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>sorting Evidence Index by title</li>
<li>formatting Evidence title</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>sorry, few bugs in 1.6</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6</h4>
<ul>
<li>added more events to the Facts panel</li>
<li>added validation of parent page assignment to page validation</li>
<li>upload process uses less memory</li>
<li>upload process now converts most character encodings to UTF-8</li>
<li>added error checking for file not found, empty HTML pages</li>
<li>added Evidence pages</li>
</ul>


Rootspersona

Rootsersona creates one or more pages of family history using data imported from a GEDCOM file (version 5.5).

grahamh63

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<p>GedShow is a simple WordPress plugin that allows the uploading of a gedcom file to a WordPress website. Once the plugin is installed there is a new menu item in the Admin menu panel on the website entitled Gedshow. On clicking this menu option a file upload dialog page is displayed allowing you to browse your computer for your gedcom file and then upload it. Once the gedcom file has been uploaded some of the data is extracted from it and loaded into the WordPress database. The uploaded information can then be displayed on a page using a shortcode.</p>
<p>The first shortcode is [gedshow living=”yes”] or [gedshow living=”no”], as usual the shortcode should be typed in lowercase and surrounded by square brackets. This displays a list of all the surnames in the database with a count of the number of records who have that surname in brackets next to the surname. The surname is displayed on a button, clicking on this button then shows the first and surname of all those individuals of the surname clicked and hides the all surnames records, again the names are displayed on a button. Clicking on this new button shows the individual record of that person. Currently occupations, birth, baptism, death, burial, residence and occupation dates and places are shown. If the individual had children a ‘show tree’ button is displayed, clicking this button shows a graphical tree of the family below the marriage details. The names of the  spouse and children of the individual are links and clicking on any of these changes the display of fact to that new individuals details.</p>
<p>The second shortcode is [surname sn=”smith” living=”yes”] or [surname sn=”smith” living=”no”]. Replace smith with the surname of your choice within double quotes (ensuring that the surname exists in your gedcom). This shortcode then displays the data as above.</p>
<p>The third shortcode is [gs_individual id=”I1″ name=”Y” facts=”Y”] This shortcode can be placed on any page or post and will display the persons name (if Y is in the shortcode) followed by their Birth, Marriage and Death details and then any person level notes. Additional information and photos can then be added in the usual way. The reference number can be found for the person in the header of their normal Gedshow page by hovering over their name. More details on the demo site.</p>
<p>The fourth shortcode is [gs_tree id=”I1″] This displays a 3 generation Ancestor tree for a chosen individual. The id number is found in the same was as shortcode 3 above. The shortcode can be used anywhere on a page or post. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SHORTCODE DOES NOT CHECK FOR LIVING INDIVIDUALS BEING DISPLAYED.</p>
<p>The first two shortcodes can now have living yes / no qualifier. So [gedshow living=”yes”] or [surname sn=”smith” living=”yes”]. If you do not add the living qualifier living=no is assumed.<br />
<strong>For these new shortcodes to work you MUST re-import your gedcom file as there are database changes.</strong> There is a new page on the demo website on using this new living qualifier.</p>
<p>The fifth shortcode is [gs_allnames] This is for a page specifically for search engines it lists all the individuals in the database with their dates of birth and death (if known) in a simple table. It does not include living individuals.</p>
<p>When first and surnames are shown on either the button or in the heading for individual records the sex of the individual is shown after the surname using the unicode symbols, ♂ for male and ♀ for female.</p>
<p>The ‘Upcoming Birthdays’ widget is available in the Widgets pane as Gedshow Birthdays. It can be displayed in any widget area (ideally around 250px wide or wider) the title and number of birthdays to show is selectable in the widget dialog (default 10). Only the day and month are shown so display of Living people is not repressed.</p>
<p>The ‘Top Surnames’ widget is available in the Widgets pane as Gedshow Surnames. This widget shows a configurable number (default 10) of the highest number of surnames  in the database.</p>
<p>The ‘Anniversaries’ widget is available in the Widgets pane as Gedshow Anniversaries. This widget shows a configurable number (default 5) of the upcoming wedding anniversaries in the database.</p>
<p>The ‘In Memoriam’ widget is available in the Widgets pane as Gedshow In Memoriam. This widget shows a configurable number (default 10) of the upcoming deaths in the database.</p>
<p>Current limitations:</p>
<ul>
<li>Only one gedcom can be uploaded, the previous one will be deleted if a new one is uploaded.</li>
<li>UTF-16 gedcom files, native to Family Historian V6, are not supported. Export as utf-8 format gedcom for use in this plugin.</li>
<li>Large gedcom files with >25000 individuals are unlikely to load due to webserver timeouts (this may be a smaller number on free / shared webhosts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Future enhancements:</p>
<ul>
<li>Suggestions for added functionality welcome</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://gedshow.le-fever.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo site – Full shortcode</a><br />
<a href="https://gedshow.le-fever.org/gedshow-surname/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo site – Surname shortcode</a><br />
<a href="https://gedshow.le-fever.org/richard-spencer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo site – Person story shortcode</a></p>
<p>Users group on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/706380551130147/" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a></p>
<p>Any comments / feedback to <a href="mailto:gedshow@orba-design.com" rel="nofollow ugc">gedshow@orba-design.com</a></p>


GedShow

GedShow creates a shortcode to display the contents of an uploaded gedcom file to show the family history of individuals in the file.

Rootspersona vs GedShow