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I am not an expert, or indeed a novice, at web design so I have read through all five pages of this forum before asking this question. So far, I am delighted with the results I have achieved by using the new Report Generator to publish my GP tree online. However, I would like to go further. I would like to be able to add Excel databases of BMDs, maps, charts and other articles. I would also like to add links to useful websites for Ulster genealogy. From what I have read so far, would I be right in saying that it is not possible to do any of this just yet but that it is planned for Version 2.0? However, I also read that it is possible to include files in "skins" and that someone has put music onto a site. Can you direct me to the section of the support pages which will tell me how to do this.Update: a new "ftp client" tool has been released: http://www.genopro.com/help/ftp-client/
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The final release of GenoPro 2.0 should be available by the end of this month (November 2006). We have a new website ready for the launch, which includes the documentation of the Report Generator. In the meantime, you are welcome to take a look at the source code of the English Narrative English. Just click on the "Edit Skin" button and GenoPro will create a directory containing all the source code for this report. Take a look at Config.xml to see your options to tweak your report.
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The facility you are looking for is already available although rather hidden. Look at
http://familytrees.genopro.com/appleshaw/test/
Go to Joe Bloggs and click on certificate. This will open a sub frame 'certificate' with a URL in it. This will load an html page (not relevant but to demonstrate)
There is another link 'data' which provides a URL for a wk3 file. On my browser this provides a link to download the file or to open it with the default spreadsheet program.
If you were to use a facility such as the Google spreadsheet this would probably work without problems. Similarly images and documents should be no problem as most browsers will be configured to recognise these file types.
Final note: you have to use the full URL - no abbreviation of the http bit.
Where to put it? On the Sources tab is a box Repository. If you edit the tab (box bottom right) there are extra boxes to place a local reference or URL - and test if they work
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Thanks for trying to help me but it was really way too difficult for me. I got as far as trying to either open or save the data file and with both, my computer tried to open Windows Professional, which I do not have, even when I tried to open it with Excel, which I do have. The file when downloaded was only 1kb, so there cannot have been much in it. I think I will be better waiting for the new version and following a set of simple instructions as workarounds are beyond my abilities.
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Good lord, that was scary! I had a look at both Individual.htm (which you suggested elsewhere) and config.xml and felt like I was holding a fragile eggshell! I quietly closed both before I did any damage. Thanks anyway, I will just wait patiently for the new version. If it isn't obvious how to add extra data then, I will have to give up a bit disappointed.
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I would like to be able to add Excel databases of BMDs, maps, charts and other articles. I would also like to add links to useful websites for Ulster genealogy I hope the following will encourage you to grow your Report for the benefit of all who read it. Please follow this method for including ANY of the above easily into Genopro. I am assuming that you are using Familytrees.genopro.com to host your Report. Double click on an individual on your tree to enter the 'properties dialog'. Enter a source title/source name and then double click the line it is stored on in the table at the bottom of the page called 'source list' This will show the Source/citation properties dialog. In the field 'Source File or URL' you can enter the Web reference for the file you want to reference or browse to locate it. If it's a Web site for example, then that is that. NOW, the hard part. Your file must be on a server connected to the Web. With Genopro, files are uploaded to the server by the Report Generator. When using the Report Generator we generate a Custom Skin, and when on the 'Generate Report' dialog we can choose 'edit skin'. In here if we place a file such as say 'MY.xls' being an excel reference to be viewed on your genopro report. So copy your excel file to this directory. Your reference in 'Sources' for this file will be 'http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/GrayGordon/MY.xls' Of course it won't be there now, as you have to upload it via the Report generator. I commend you to give it a go. There is a sample of the results of such an entry at http://familytrees.genopro.com/poolzone/test3/ look at member 5B.
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This is a neat idea, I personally hadn't thought of putting an URL in the sources.
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I am sooooo disappointed! Thanks to your brill guidance Poolzone, I nearly did it! But not quite, dammit! I now have a Sources Button on my site that wasn't there, and when I click on it, it shows that there is a map of the Bann valley Area!! Click on it and you get the url I copied in just like you said - http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/GrayGordon/MacosquinOSMap02.jpg. But then when you click on that.......... it says, "Page NOT Found!  Where did I go wrong?I chose a map of the area my folks came from, about 300 kbs, copied it to the directory that popped up when I double clicked Edit Skin - just under all the IE files such as toc_trees.htm. I did NOT open any of these and try to put it in there - such as the "individual" one which someone suggested yesterday. I then copied my url from my site into the Source File or URL window, deleted the default.htm bit at the end and added the title of the map file - just as it is above. There is one vague area you haven't mentioned. Under the Options tab of the Report Generator, it says that the skins are located in a file called C:\GENEALOGY\GENOPRO\Skins\, whereas I the directory where I placed the map file was actually C:\GENEALOGY\GENOPRO\Skins\Customized English Narrative Report. I have tried using both to generate the report, with no difference in the result. I feel I am so close................. but will have to wait til tomorrow night to try again - if you can explain where I went wrong.
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Hold the front page!!!I have just repeated the procedure with an xls database - and it worked!!!! Thank you Poolzone! Any ideas why the map jpg didn't work - and still doesn't?
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If it is just a picture you want to show under sources, just edit the source and go to the picture tab, browse for the picture you want to show and confirm this. For the picture you do not need to enter a URL entry.
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