I've been working on a module to provide a simple individual view which is oriented to unsophisticated readers, as discussed in an earlier post. Building on some ideas in that discussion, I've extended the preliminary code to show selected individual facts when the person does not have a biography-note to display. I've also put in draft versions of the nine included themes, which can now be selected. (There's much progress in other areas too, but it may not be apparent in the demo).
If you want to take a gander, try http://genlit.org/vc/individual.php?pid=I8&ged=Demo.ged
That person has no bio and shows various facts (using fake data). See his father for one with a bio. If you want to switch to the current view mode, there's a link near the footer on each individual page.
To delve deeper, you could try some themes or try making the browser window different sizes. (BTW, InternetExplorer gives a different layout than do standards-compliant browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.) You can use full mode to examine what the "Markdown" mark-up syntax looks like in James A.'s note. This syntax generates his bio paragraphs (not much to see beyond the italics and link syntax.)
Comments will be appreciated to help improve the module. I've still got some work to do to whip the code into shape suitable for the source trunk.
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I suppose a "button" to show a "snapshot" might appeal to some, but I wonder if anyone really interested in genealogy is going to have a problem with the detail, notes & sources in a "genealogist's view."
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I can see this as a Theme which the "unsophisticated readers" could switch to as oppose to a module. As admin, I have all Sources and Notes displayed in full however I could see that annoying to "casual" viewers. One thing unrelated to your module but to all the displays I've seen, is none address a means to "highlight" (icon usually) individuals that have children of their own thereby continuing the tree further. In Reunion, colour setting is used. One for parents who have parents and one for children of those parents when viewing "family". JewishGen using icons in the Index to indicate the person has ancestors listed and/or descendants. Others use "+". I could see that helpful in such a view as yours so these same readers can easily tell which names to click to see more about the their descendants.
Making the screen wider didn't do anything but shift all details. Making screen narrower did narrow the bio information.
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I usually have a lot more information in my "PLAC" tag than you do, for example: (farm/address, city, county, state, country). This can get long and your area for this when it includes a date could wrap around, think about making the date and place to have two lines.
I like the idea of a simple basic facts page and another one with all facts, notes, etc.
How does this page change for users with update/change capabilities? For example the person wants to add a place of birth when you only list the date. Do they need to go to the expanded page, then find the information to be updated?
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2010-02-03
If you're thinking about creating it as an optional module (the best idea IMHO) you should get a copy of the branch svn code ("CA branch"). It has features that look likely to find their way into the next release that completely change the way modules are managed. It might save you having to re-write a lot of code almost immediately after you think you've finished it.
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Kiwi,
Is there a place where the module interface change is described? I try to keep the "publication report" module current for its three users. :) (Well mostly for me)
John
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2010-02-03
Is there a place where the module interface change is described?
No, there is no documentation at this stage that I'm aware of. Its still in development, although I would say its nearing completion. I would recommend downloading and installing a copy from svn - perhaps using Xampp for local testing.
The change is part of a completely new module and tab management interface. A brilliant improvement.
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I've been working on a module to provide a simple individual view which is oriented to unsophisticated readers, as discussed in an earlier post. Building on some ideas in that discussion, I've extended the preliminary code to show selected individual facts when the person does not have a biography-note to display. I've also put in draft versions of the nine included themes, which can now be selected. (There's much progress in other areas too, but it may not be apparent in the demo).
If you want to take a gander, try
http://genlit.org/vc/individual.php?pid=I8&ged=Demo.ged
That person has no bio and shows various facts (using fake data). See his father for one with a bio. If you want to switch to the current view mode, there's a link near the footer on each individual page.
To delve deeper, you could try some themes or try making the browser window different sizes. (BTW, InternetExplorer gives a different layout than do standards-compliant browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.) You can use full mode to examine what the "Markdown" mark-up syntax looks like in James A.'s note. This syntax generates his bio paragraphs (not much to see beyond the italics and link syntax.)
Comments will be appreciated to help improve the module. I've still got some work to do to whip the code into shape suitable for the source trunk.
I suppose a "button" to show a "snapshot" might appeal to some, but I wonder if anyone really interested in genealogy is going to have a problem with the detail, notes & sources in a "genealogist's view."
I can see this as a Theme which the "unsophisticated readers" could switch to as oppose to a module. As admin, I have all Sources and Notes displayed in full however I could see that annoying to "casual" viewers. One thing unrelated to your module but to all the displays I've seen, is none address a means to "highlight" (icon usually) individuals that have children of their own thereby continuing the tree further. In Reunion, colour setting is used. One for parents who have parents and one for children of those parents when viewing "family". JewishGen using icons in the Index to indicate the person has ancestors listed and/or descendants. Others use "+". I could see that helpful in such a view as yours so these same readers can easily tell which names to click to see more about the their descendants.
Making the screen wider didn't do anything but shift all details. Making screen narrower did narrow the bio information.
I usually have a lot more information in my "PLAC" tag than you do, for example: (farm/address, city, county, state, country). This can get long and your area for this when it includes a date could wrap around, think about making the date and place to have two lines.
I like the idea of a simple basic facts page and another one with all facts, notes, etc.
How does this page change for users with update/change capabilities? For example the person wants to add a place of birth when you only list the date. Do they need to go to the expanded page, then find the information to be updated?
If you're thinking about creating it as an optional module (the best idea IMHO) you should get a copy of the branch svn code ("CA branch"). It has features that look likely to find their way into the next release that completely change the way modules are managed. It might save you having to re-write a lot of code almost immediately after you think you've finished it.
Kiwi,
Is there a place where the module interface change is described? I try to keep the "publication report" module current for its three users. :) (Well mostly for me)
John
No, there is no documentation at this stage that I'm aware of. Its still in development, although I would say its nearing completion. I would recommend downloading and installing a copy from svn - perhaps using Xampp for local testing.
The change is part of a completely new module and tab management interface. A brilliant improvement.