Converting PostNuke module to PHPNuke, PHPGedView

Sergeant Joined: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 90

Hi guys and girls

First off, glad to see NukeMods is back and joined with NukeCops.

Second, I've brought this up before but didn't get anywhere (in other sites). There is an online genealogy (gedcom) viewer built on PHP called PHPGedView, found at http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net/index.html. This is a really good alternative than using some free web service like familytreemaker.com (no ads, etc).

Someone created a module for it so it can be used with PostNuke. I've wanted to convert either the PHPGedView files itself, or the PostNuke module files, found at http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net/modules.html. The main purpose of doing this is so that the userdatabase can be the same/shared with the Nuke database. This can be done according to the author.

Can anyone assist in converting? It's been a while since I've looked at the code, and I'm not really PHP literate yet, but I've done my share of "beginner" editing.

Thanks for any help you can give me!
MurphDog

Sergeant Joined: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 90

btw, I currently have it setup in an iframe. It looks all right but that still does not solve the user database problem.
Thanks
Murphy

Nuke Cops Founder Joined: Nov 14, 2002 Posts: 5939

Sounds like an interesting endeavor...

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:43 pm

Have you had any success? I'm also very interested in a module for PHPGedView to use the PHPNuke authentication. There is a great PHPNuke Genealogy website dedicated to the Pasteur family which uses a PHPNuke frontend with the Geneweb program as a Nuke module for their genealogy database. http://php.pasteur.net/index.php I don't like Geneweb as much as I like PHPGedView, and would like to find a way to integrate PHPGedView with PHPNuke for my family's genealogy site in a similar fashion. Since I'm not a PHP coder, I've always depended upon the kindness of strangers for help with these things Smile

Sergeant Joined: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 90

Nothing yet, however I did send an email regarding NukeCops paid services some time ago. Have not gotten a response back yet. Crying or Very sad

Hopefully soon.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jun 28, 2004 Posts: 1

Anyone get anywhere with this? I too am impressed with phpGedView and although the documentation says that it can be used as a phpnuke or postnuke module there are only files for postnuke.

Sergeant Joined: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 90

Nothing has happened yet, I got a response from ZX but I didn't follow through with it. because I offered to pay for it to be done. If it can be done, I will come back to it, but I recently decided to use a java applet. The same applet found on Family Tree Maker hosted sites. The creator of the applet has some demo pages found here. It is highly customizable.

Let me know if you have any question.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jan 02, 2004 Posts: 34

G'day mate, I'm interested in this as a module too but don't have a lot of time to spend on this project ...which applet did you use .. can I see it working on your site? It would be great if you could send me the applet code, Or do I have to configure it by myself?

Sergeant Joined: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 90

Here it is on my site, this is a rough draft and some people tell me they see it just fine, but on my systems I don't (all I see is the applet, no left blocks, no header and no footer, just the table with the applet inside it.
(Refer to http://www.nukemods.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=16061#16061 for issues I'm having )

http://www.theklings.net/modules.php?name=Genealogy

This applet was originally designed for use on FamilyTreeMaker hosted sites, but the person who created it has made it somewhat available. Check out his site / sites at
http://people.qualcomm.com/donb/

I'm at work right now, I'll add his other site when I get home because I don't recall the address.

It's easy to use if you already have a tree hosted on FTM's hosted pages, like my own, but I'm trying to find out how to host it on my own site so I don't need to depend on FTM to hold the file.

Private Joined: Mar 18, 2004 Posts: 42 Location: KY

phpGedView DOES work with phpnuke.
Download:
phpGedView-3.1.zip AND pgvnuke-3.1.zip

upload the files in the phpGedView-3.1.zip to a folder called phpGedView which you have made in your modules directory. THEN upload the files in the pgvnuke-3.1.zip to the same folder.

Now...
you have to copy the pgv_footer.php to the base phpNuke directory.

now you have to configure phpgedview...
you CAN NOT do it from within phpnuke.
Go to yoursite/your nuke directory/modules/phpGedView/

at this point it should tell you to set up your admin and to configure phpgedview.

NOW...

Go to phpnuke administration (ie admin.php) and then click on modules.
Activate phpGedView (or whatever you have called phpGedView) make it invisible becasue this link will not work.

Build a link somewhere for phpGedView - similar to the one below - note that the module it calls is pgvindex.php (not just the index.php so std links in phpNuke module won't work)

I made a block called My Genealogy and it jsut had a link in it to the right file...

looked like <a href="modules.php?op=modload&name=phpGedView&file=pgvindex"> The GedCom File</a>