David Ledger - 2013-10-05

At 02:44 +0000 2/10/13, Robert Sterry wrote:
I have finally decided to bite the bullet and move from PHPGedView to
Webtrees. At the same time I want to prepare an installation that I can
eventually upload to a new host server.

Ideally I would like to first create a version of PHPGedView/Webtrees using
localhost [on XAMPP] to make sure it's all working correctly before
uploading to a new server.

I am familiar with doing this with a Joomla website installation but not
sure if PGV and/or Webtrees works the same.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Webtrees is a shadow of PHPGedView from the point of view of the
genealogy user. The main problem is that the different classes of
data are badly managed in the user display. PHPGedView lets you see
multiple classes in one Window/Tab, and all are downloaded so
switching between classes is 'instant'. Webtrees only lets you see
one and changing means a delay while it downloads. Worse than that,
if you view one class in one tab and another class for the same
person in another tab, refreshing the first then displays the class
of the second rather than the class you set it up to display. This
makes it very frustrating to use as you have to spend thought and
effort controlling the interface that should be spent handling the
data.

It looks like it's designed for users who can't get the concept of
multiple Tabs/Windows and who work using the MS-Windows one Window
model.

David

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David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK.
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