RE: [Phpgedview-talk] Question about the media portion of PHPGEDVIEW

[John F. <Joh...@ne...>]

What this means is that you can sub-divide your media files into
directories inside the media folder.  The directories will be based upon
the paths used to reference your media items in your GEDCOM file.

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When you export a GEDCOM file from many genealogy programs the media
links are included.  This does not mean that the media files themselves
are included, but that the links are included.

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In the GEDCOM they might look like this:

1 OBJE

2 TITL Grandpa Joe

2 FILE C:\pictures\genealogy\grandpa.jpg

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If you already have these links in your file, then you don't have to
recreate them in PGV.  You just have to upload the pictures to the media
directory using the "upload media files" page or using FTP.  PhpGedView
will automatically translate the paths from what they were on your local
computer to what they should be on the website.

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Now suppose you have two links to different grandpa.jpg pictures:

1 OBJE

2 TITL Grandpa Joe

2 FILE C:\pictures\genealogy\surname1\grandpa.jpg

...

1 OBJE

2 TITL Grandpa Fred

2 FILE C:\pictures\genealogy\surname2\grandpa.jpg

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In the default configuration this would cause a conflict because
PhpGedView is going to look for the pictures at media/grandpa.jpg and
won't be able to distinguish between them.

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To fix this, PhpGedView has the option of using subdirectories and
looking for the pictures at paths like this:

Media/surname1/grandpa.jpg

Media/surname2/grandpa.jpg

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Subject: [Phpgedview-talk] Question about the media portion of
PHPGEDVIEW

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STUPID ? ALERT!

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here is an excerpt from the installation instructions:

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 As of version 2.0 you can configure PhpGedView to recognize
subdirectories in your media folder. The subdirectories must be the same
names as the subdirectories in your media file paths pointed to in your
GEDCOM file. For example if you have the following media references in
your GEDCOM file:
C:\Pictures\Genealogy\photo.jpg
C:\Pictures\Scans\scan1.jpg
scan2.jpg

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What file is this referring to and where would it be located?