Installing Php Ged View A collaborative online genealogy

Installing Php. Ged. View A collaborative online genealogy tool

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What is Php. Ged. View? Program which allows you to publish your genealogy on the internet p Open Source, Free p Dynamic – Edit online p Collaborative – Multiple people can edit online p Personal – you are publishing the data and you can control who and how p http: //www. phpgedview. net p

A Rose by any other name… Php Ged View The programming language GEDCOM Viewer

History 2002 – Started by John Finlay as just a viewer p 2004 – offered first online editing p 2006 – full online editing… desktop replacement capable p Today – Research Assistant, Google. Maps p Future – More ways to interact with the data, New Family. Search Integration p

Definitions Web Server - a computer on the internet that publishes data p Web Space - a place on an internet server where you can put files/data that other people can then access over the internet. p Web Host – a company that sells web space or web servers p Monthly transfer limit – the maximum amount of data that your host will allow you to send out in a month. p

Definitions Domain Name – the name for your web space like www. yourfamily. com p DNS – Domain name service, this is the part that tells where on the internet www. yourfamily. com is located p Domain Name Registrar – a company which registers domain names and activates them. p n n This is where you go to buy a domain name Some web hosts are also registrars.

Definitions (cont) p Static web page – basic HTML that users can download and read n n p Cyndi’s List Roots. Web Dynamic web page – a web page that users can interact with and send data to n n n Online banking Family. Search Ancestry

Definitions (cont) PHP – A programming language which is used to create dynamic web pages p Database – A program that runs on a server which allows other programs to quickly lookup and search large amounts of data p n n My. SQL a common open source Oracle a common proprietary

System Requirements p PHP 4. 3. 5 or higher n p Database n p PHP 5+ is recommended My. SQL 4. 1+ is recommended 20 MB – 50 MB of web space for program n 200 MB is recommended for all of your data and media items

Selecting a host p Thousands of hosts offering services n n Some good Some bad Google: “php host” p You may want to ask friends or family for recommendations p

Tips for selecting a host Look for a professional looking site p Look for how long they have been in business p Look for their support options p n p Email? Phone? 24/7? Price per support? Any backup services?

Good Payment Options ~$3. 00 per month p 500 MB to 1000 MB of web space p 500 MB monthly transfer rate p p You may want to start with the monthly rate and if you are satisfied with their service upgrade to the discounted yearly rate

Free Hosting Options p There are lots of “Free” hosting options n n n They may inject ads into your site They usually have lots of limits Shop around, check with your ISP List of free PHP Hosts http: //www. 0 php. com/free_PHP_hosting. p hp p One that I would recommend www. bytehost. com p

Premium PGV Hosting p Some companies specialize in Php. Ged. View hosting services n n p www. PGVHosting. com www. Your. Beginnings. com www. Ged. View. com www. Our. Roots. info Generally higher rates, but take care of all the technical stuff

Detailed Instructions Detailed installation instructions can always be found here: p http: //wiki. phpgedview. net/en/index. php/ Installation_Guide p

Getting Php. Ged. View Download from http: //www. phpgedview. net p Packages p n n n Php. Ged. View 4. 1. 3 – base package Themes – alternate color schemes and images Languages – other languages Modules – Google. Map, Research. Assistant, Lightbox Places – maps for various countries / states “All” package has everything + the kitchen sink

Uploading the Files Unzip the package – 7 zip, win. Zip p You need to upload them to your web space p FTP – File Transfer Protocol p n n n p A way to transfer files Need an FTP client, Cute. FTP, File. Zilla Host will provide username and password Web Accessible files go in a directory such as “public_html” or “www”

Setting File Permissions Some files and directories need to have write permissions p On unix systems the code is 777 p n n n config. php index media

Site Configuration Go to http: //www. yoursite. com/php. Ged. View p Enter database connection properties p Host should provide this information p Enter your information for admin user p

Starting with Data Upload GEDCOM – Upload a GEDCOM file from your computer p Create a New GEDCOM – allows you to start entering your data online from scratch p Add GEDCOM – use a GEDCOM file already on the server p

Upload a GEDCOM Browse to the location of the GEDCOM file on your computer p GEDCOM title – a human readable title which will be displayed on your site p All other options can be left at the default p You can change them later p Click on the “help” icon to read more about them p

GEDCOM Cleanup p Sometimes there is some clean up that needs to be done n n n p UTF-8 encoding Places in the wrong place Incorrectly formatted dates Click continue

Import Settings Next you will see some import settings p Usually can keep the defaults p Click continue p

GEDCOM Import PGV will now import your GEDCOM file p This can take several minutes p Progress bars show you how far into import you are p Click continue if you reach the time limit before the import is complete p

All Done You can now explore your data p Go to the Pedigree chart p Go to the welcome page p

Security Considerations Being Open Source PGV is extremely secure… p But you can make it harder for hackers… p n n Set your config. php file back to read-only Move your “index” directory to a location outside your “www” folder Rename the “index” directory Rename your “media” directory or use the media firewall