Comments on: Random Genealogy: Online Genealogy Collaboration

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:04:45 +0000

These are common complaints from people who think they can easily integrate, which they should, but can’t. I’d love to hear a solution if you can find one.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:41:53 +0000

My site uses both TNG and Wordpress–not so much “integrated” as simply playing together side-by-side. I’m concerned that too much meshing of the applications could make upgrades a nightmare. That said, I would like to use the drop down TNG navigation menu, but I can’t figure out how to make it accessible from the Wordpress side–the current navigation links are in the sidebar. Unfortunately, Wordpress does not seem to be very popular among those who visit the TNG forum.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:21:35 +0000

@Colin P:

Let me know when you have it all put together as I would be interested in the process. Please report how it goes “seamlessly” together, since I can’t find any instructions anywhere on this.

By: Colin P

Colin P — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:42:56 +0000

I did a little bit of research into exactly this point, and found an ideal companion to WP in that the guts of both can be hidden and then ‘dressed’ with themes or templates. Integration is thus very possible - in fact Keith the program’s author runs his site on WP.

So check out Retrospect GDS at http://www.infused-solutions.com/retrospect2. Just like WP it is nominally free (under a GNU General Public License). You do need your own webspace and a database, but most WP installations are set up this way anyway. After installation, you just upload your latest gedcom file to keep things current.

Sorry I can’t show you a live version as I’m still (very) slowly building a website that combines both seamlessly! There is a demo on the Retrospect site though.

By: Bernard Doddema

Bernard Doddema — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:10:56 +0000

I’ve used two of the programs mentioned: TNG (which is up to version 6) and PHPGedView. Both are really great programs.

PHPGedView is free and works great. I just had some issues with it and decided to fork out the money for TNG. I was glad I did.

TNG offers loads more options and really is just an amazing piece of software. Plus, the author is willing to help out if you have issues. How many people do you know that will do that?

As far as integrating into WordPress–no. I haven’t seen anything yet but wish it was so. It’s hard to get a consistent look. There are members of the TNG community that use WP and are trying to come up with some sort of workable solution.