TNG Help

Below are instructions for uploading and/or installing your new TNG template from Genealogy Web Templates.

After you purchase the template, unzip the file. You will find a "readme" file, a "histories" folder and the template folder. You will need to ftp the template (transfer the template) from your computer to your host. I use Filezilla, but you can use any ftp program you like.

FTP & Uploading

How to FTP

There are a few FTP programs that you can use to upload your file to the web. Most of the interfaces look very similiar. Below is a screenshot of "Filezilla." You will need the information shown below on all of the programs.

Filezilla

1. Host - Your domain name/url goes here

2. Username - This is the FTP username you created with the host (your server company)

3. Password - This is the FTP password you created with the host - It may or may not be the same as your password to sign into your control panel with your host.

4. The Local Site - This is where you will navigate to in order to find your web. These files are on your computer and are listed on the left in filezilla.

5. The Remote Site - This is the host or web files which are listed on the right in filezilla.

6. You will click on the public_html in order to upload your files. Find the tng/templates folder.

filezilla

7. Navigate to your folder or desktop where you've downloaded and unzipped the template. Open it by double clicking on the folder to see the files. With my downloads, the template folder is inside the TNG folder (which also contains a histories folder as well as other files). You will upload only the template folder. The name of the folder will be template200, template201, template245, etc. Do NOT upload the folder labeled TNGv14-241, TNGv14-219, TNGv14-269, etc., you must open that folder to find your template.

8. On the "remote site" find the "templates" folder inside TNG and click on it to open it. You will be able to see all of the TNG templates listed. Right click and choose "upload" or drag the files from the local site (your computer) to the remote site (the web) into the templates folder.

9. Go to your template setting page and choose the template. Click Save.

You're ready to go with your new look!

Installing Your New Template

For most of you, Darrin has the template settings built into TNG and all you have to do is to upload the new template; however, he and I have decided that my newest templates can be installed when they are purchased. Below are the instructions for your template installation.

Replace the XXX with your template number.

You will need to upload the template as well as the “templatemsgs-marshaXXX” and the template_importer.php
Upload the template to your templates folder (see above instructions for uploading your template) – make sure that you are only uploading the folder that is named templateXXX
Upload the templatemsgs-marshaXXX and the template_importer.php to the root file of TNG, not in the templates folder
Go to this page in your browser: https://yourdomainname.com/template_importer.php?filename=templatemsgs-marshaXXX
You will get this message:
Template Importer
Importing new template settings from templatemsgs-marshaXXX into the database (template XXX)...
Your template variables have been imported.
Go to your template settings page and select the template.

If you need any help, I can do this for you.

My Site Name and Links in the Header Aren't Showing

When your site's name and/or links to the left in your header aren't showing up OR they are showing up some, but not correctly means that you don't have the latest version of TNG that has the header variables. There are three fixes for this:

Install the latest update for TNG - Darrin just put these variables in place at the end of August 2023.
Install the variables yourself. It's easy.
Contact me and I will install them. I need your ftp information, the language(s) you use and the name you want to use for both variables. If you have more than one language you will need to send me the translations for each language. If you added any variables that were not in the language files from TNG, please let me know as the new file will overwrite your language file.

Here's how you do it:

Open the TNG folder and find the languages folder.

Find your language. I use English-UTF8. If you are unsure which to use, use your language's UTF8 file. Open the folder.

Open the admintext folder for your language. Each language has its own admintext.php file.

When you open the admintext.php file, you should see the following code at the top of your page. You may or may not have numbers showing you the line numbers on your editing program. I use Expression Web 4 to edit, so it shows the line numbers. If you want to download a free version of EW4 for PCs not Macs, you can get it on my site here: EW4.exe. Do NOT use MS Word.

5. Paste in these two lines at the bottom of the template section:
$admtext['headerlink'] = "Header Link";
$admtext['headerlinktext'] = "Header Link Name";

6. Change ONLY the highlighted words above to text in your own language. Be careful not to delete the " (quote) or ; (semicolon)

Do not change #5 to your language.

When you are sending me the translations, please send them in this format:
I used Google Translate, so it may not be exactly correct.

Italian-UTF8
headerlink = Collegamento dell'intestazione
headerlinktext = Testo del collegamento dell'intestazione

Danish-UTF8
headerlink = Overskriftslink
headerlinktext = Overskriftslinktekst

Romanian-UTF8
headerlink = Link antet
headerlinktext = Text link antet

You don't have to send me English Translations, just tell me English.