GeneWeb 5.00 - in preparation

Preliminary remark: I neglected to record the changes between January 2005 and July 2005, but there are a lot of them... I complete the missing part when I have some time (and some courage).

This version is not yet distributed, but is running in beta test in my genealogy site. Here have been the changes since the previous version:

New feature: using UNICODE utf-8

This Version allows to mix pages in different languages (using utf-8 encoding). Databases version <= 4.10 can be read but still in old encoding. By re-creating the database, the new encoding is used.

The new version number (5.00) is in honour of this new encoding which is a major change.

GeneWeb server or CGI (gwd)

• [02 Sep 05] Added a "search" form in database forum.
• [17 Aug 05] The pages "statistics", "history of updates", "database forum", "calendars", and some pages displaying relationship links by trees are now customizable. They resp. use the template files "stats.txt", "updhist.txt", "forum.txt", "calendar.txt" and "dag.txt".
• [23 Jul 05] All "ancestors" pages are now customizable. Depending to the kind of page, they use the new template files: "ancmenu.txt", "ancsosa.txt", "anctree.txt" and "anclist.txt".
• [02 Jan 05] Each complete date has a link to the calendars page.
• [20 Dec 04] Fixed bug: in display places/surnames, when vars are used in base configuration file (base.gwf), the alphabetical order was done before the vars substitutions.

GeneWeb compiler (gwc) and GeneWeb uncompiler (gwu)

• [13 Jul 05] Wizard notes are now saved and restored.

GeneWeb databases Transfer Program (gwtp)

• [08 Jan 05] Fixed bug: databases created by version 4.10 could not be uploaded.

New features: Wiki syntax and miscellaneous Notes

• [14 Jul 05] It is now possible to use a specific ("Wiki") syntax inside database notes, individual notes, wizard notes and database forum. It is also possible to add new "miscelleneous notes". The syntax is close to the one used by Wikipedia (see Web). In database notes and wizard notes, an automatic summary is displayed. Wiki syntax and HTML syntax can be both used in the same page. The Wiki syntax is:
  • Lines starting with from 1 to 6 '=' and ending with the same number of '=' are section titles (1 = most important.. 6 = less important). If the text is modifiable, they can be independantly editable (a link "(modify)" is displayed to allow it).
  • An empty line makes a new paragraph.
  • Group of at least 2 lines starting with space and with an empty line before and after the group of lines are displayed are they are with a fixed size font.
  • Lines starting with one or several '*' are list items. The number of '*' is the list level (must start with one '*' then two '**' etc.)
  • Lines starting with ':' are indented.
  • Text between '' are displayed in Italic.
  • Text between ''' are displayed in Bold.
  • Text between ''''' are displayed in Bold-Italic.
  • Text between { and } is displayed with GeneWeb highlight (bold green by default).
  • Characters ' [ ] { } can be displayed as they are if prefixed by %.
  • The syntax [[first_name/surname/oc/text]] makes a link to the individual with key (firstname, surname, oc) with 'text' displayed. Simplified syntaxes: if oc = 0, [[fn/sn/t]] can be used, and [[fn/sn]] is equivalent to [[fn/sn/0/fn sn]].
  • The syntax [[[name/text]]] makes a link to a "miscelleneous note" (new feature), an independant page which can be edited (if updating allowed), and using Wiki syntax also. The page name is 'name' (only letters, digits and '_' allowed) and 'text' is displayed as link. If the page does not exist, the link is displayed in red. These new pages are saved by gwu only if they did not become isolated (= no more linked by database notes, individual notes, wizard notes nor another (recursively) linked miscelleneous note). Simplified syntax [[[name]]] displays 'name' as link text.
  • If there is a line containing '__NOTOC__' the summary is not displayed.
  • If there is a line containing '__TOC__' the summary is displayed at this place instead of the default place.
  • If there is a line containing '__SHORT_TOC__' a short summary is displayed.

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