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TNG integration (v 1.2.1)
These files are used to integrate TNG with Effortless Ancestry's services.
IMPORTANT: Users who are upgrading from a version prior to 1.2.0 must recreate their Effortless Ancestry tables (not the TNG tables!) using the Admin page as there has been a change made to the structure of the matches table. This will not result in any loss of data, since the data will be repopulated from our servers.
Also, if you find that no text is being displayed on your Admin pages, please verify that your modifications to cust_text.php match those of step 4 in the TNG Addon installation instructions.
ea_tng.zip (51.4KB)
ea_tng.tar.gz (85.6KB)
Additional Languages
To add an additional language to your Effortless Ancestry installation, download the file and unzip to your TNG site. If you would like to help by submitting any additional languages, please let us know.
Swedish: ea_swedish.zip
Installation
If you already have a previous version installed, simply unzip and/or upload the files over the existing files (your current settings will not be lost).
If this is a new install, instructions are included in the zip file as ea_install.html. Simply open this file in your web browser and follow the instructions.
Version History
1.2.1 - 17 Mar 2008
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are upgrading from a version prior to 1.2.0, it is important that you recreate your Effortless Ancestry tables using the Admin page. This will not result in any loss of data or match status, since the data will be repopulated from our servers when you view individuals.
- Users would receive an error message stating that communication could not be established if you recreated your ea_config.php file using the Admin page.
1.2.0 - 16 Mar 2008
- The encryption method used to communicate with the Effortless Ancestry site no longer requires that the PHP mcrypt module be installed. Backwards compatability is maintained for older versions.
- A main search page has been added, allowing you to search across all results. This page can be accessed as ea_main.php, and will be added to the "Info" menu as well.
- A modification was made to the matches table to accommodate the tree an individual belongs to. Without this change, users with multiple trees could have seen incorrect results.
- When viewing results, the individuals birth, death and marriage information is displayed in a frame for easy reference.
- The "score" of a result now displays two pieces of information: The percent confidence and a star rating:
1.1.6 - 20 Jan 2008
- Death place is now shown on the Research page.
- Results can now be sorted by clicking on the column header of the table.
- Status of matches is now synchronized between TNG and the Effortless Ancestry website. You can now mark status at either location and the change will be updated in both locations.
- Fixed a PHP error that could occur if only a single match were found for an individual.
- A new access level of 'View and Mark' has been added that will allow users to not only view results, but mark the status as either matching or non-matching. However, these users would not be allowed to submit individuals for search.
- All text has been moved into the text.php file to allow for multiple language support (only English is available at this time).
1.1.5 - 9 Jan 2008
- Additional fixes to resolve XML communication issues.
1.1.4 - 9 Jan 2008
- Fixed a missing parameter warning in ea_webutils.php. You would have only seen this if you have enabled warnings to be printed in your PHP install.
- No longer use the simplexmlelement to parse the XML communication, as this function is specific to PHP 5.x and does not work with TNG installations still on PHP 4.x.
ea_tng.tar.gz (85.6KB)
Additional Languages
To add an additional language to your Effortless Ancestry installation, download the file and unzip to your TNG site. If you would like to help by submitting any additional languages, please let us know.
Swedish: ea_swedish.zip
Installation
If you already have a previous version installed, simply unzip and/or upload the files over the existing files (your current settings will not be lost).
If this is a new install, instructions are included in the zip file as ea_install.html. Simply open this file in your web browser and follow the instructions.
Version History
1.2.1 - 17 Mar 2008
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are upgrading from a version prior to 1.2.0, it is important that you recreate your Effortless Ancestry tables using the Admin page. This will not result in any loss of data or match status, since the data will be repopulated from our servers when you view individuals.
- Users would receive an error message stating that communication could not be established if you recreated your ea_config.php file using the Admin page.
1.2.0 - 16 Mar 2008
- The encryption method used to communicate with the Effortless Ancestry site no longer requires that the PHP mcrypt module be installed. Backwards compatability is maintained for older versions.
- A main search page has been added, allowing you to search across all results. This page can be accessed as ea_main.php, and will be added to the "Info" menu as well.
- A modification was made to the matches table to accommodate the tree an individual belongs to. Without this change, users with multiple trees could have seen incorrect results.
- When viewing results, the individuals birth, death and marriage information is displayed in a frame for easy reference.
- The "score" of a result now displays two pieces of information: The percent confidence and a star rating:
Percent confidence: This number shows how well the fields matched. Each field is typically a piece of information about the individual, such as name, birth date, death place, etc.
Star rating: The star rating tells how many fields were matched.
Results with a high percent and high star rating and very likely matches, since there were several pieces of information that matched well. Having a high percent confidence with a single star rating points to a potential match only, as there aren't enough fields to make a better judgement.Star rating: The star rating tells how many fields were matched.
1.1.6 - 20 Jan 2008
- Death place is now shown on the Research page.
- Results can now be sorted by clicking on the column header of the table.
- Status of matches is now synchronized between TNG and the Effortless Ancestry website. You can now mark status at either location and the change will be updated in both locations.
- Fixed a PHP error that could occur if only a single match were found for an individual.
- A new access level of 'View and Mark' has been added that will allow users to not only view results, but mark the status as either matching or non-matching. However, these users would not be allowed to submit individuals for search.
- All text has been moved into the text.php file to allow for multiple language support (only English is available at this time).
1.1.5 - 9 Jan 2008
- Additional fixes to resolve XML communication issues.
1.1.4 - 9 Jan 2008
- Fixed a missing parameter warning in ea_webutils.php. You would have only seen this if you have enabled warnings to be printed in your PHP install.
- No longer use the simplexmlelement to parse the XML communication, as this function is specific to PHP 5.x and does not work with TNG installations still on PHP 4.x.
TNG Addon Files
If you are planning to integrate Effortless Ancestry with TNG, you will need some minor modifications to several TNG files. If you are using an unmodified version of TNG, you can download the edited files for your TNG version below. Make sure that you read the installation instructions carefully.
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