Terry Reigel

The reason for accepting one over the other should be noted, but where?  In the citation detail, memo or perhaps somewhere else?

Yes.

I do some of both, depending on the nature of the issue. Minor issues, especially when I think one source is probably just wrong, I usually document in the CD for the citation of that source. If it's a bit more complex, I note in each citation what that source says, then cite a special "conclusions" source in which I write up the whole thing in the CD. Note that these methods put the issues in the footnotes, which is where I think they generally belong.

But if it's really important, I put the discussion in the memo of a tag. I have a custom "Research Notes" tag for documenting and discussing significant conflicts in sources, especially conflicts in parent/child links.

All this is discussed more fully in my article on Conflicting Information on my website.

I know it is a known issue, because I started the original thread, but I never read your reply due to the breakdown. Could you please repeat your answer

Sorry - didn't realize why you re-stated it. My answer was something along the lines of it indeed seems to be a bug, and it's been reported. I'd expect it to be fixed in the next release.

Thanks for clarifying the other issue also.

You're welcome.

I still don't know what caused it, but I'm glad you fixed it.

What is the quickest way to install through version 6.03 on my new computer?  Can I install version 5.xx from CD, then use only the latest version 6.03 upgrade file or do I have to install each upgrade sequentially?

As Les says, you can download the trial version and unlock it, which is the fastest way, especially if you have a high speed Internet connection. If you install from the CD, you have to update in two steps - first to 5.15 (assuming that's not what's on your CD), then to the current version of TMG 6.

This is a known bug and should be fixed in the next release.

You can't check that box with the mouse, as you discovered, but you can with the keyboard. Tabbing to the checkbox (Shift-tab takes you there in one step after you open the screen) and press the spacebar to check the box.

John,

I'm a bit surprised at the sudden interest in this issue, since the Report Definition screens have not changed, so far as I know, since the introduction of TMG 6 last December or thereabouts.

We are talking about the Report Definition Screen, right? It's the same for all the Narrative reports, and those are taller than the corresponding screen for the box charts and most of the other reports.

I think I see the problem - at my preferred size, those screens run around 545 pixels high, which would be pretty tight on an 800 x 600 screen.

Why does my report in narrative reports print "at age at age."

I'd guess because you have a Sentence that includes:

at age

Perhaps if you told us more about the tag that's producing the double phrase, we could be more specific.

Hello again. From Terry's list, here is my question:

 

4) The conditional brackets do not work for the father [FATH] and mother [MOTH] sentence variables. Even with the conditionals, the "unknown person" phrase appears.

Yes, this is known issue - see this topic.

Incidently, why is it that every first sentence that does not start with [P], will have the primary name tag printing [P] anyway ( maybe this is a new topic). <_>

Because the primary name is "hard wired" in as the first thing in each narrative report. If the first tag includes the [P] variable as the first term, the duplicate name that would otherwise appear is surpressed. I don't know that I know why it's done that way, but it is.

For two data sets within a single project, probably the easiest way to copy tag types is to create a person, attach a tag of that type, and copy the person to the other data set. Likewise, one can attach a citation using the source type, and do the same.

The trouble it takes to do this as one creates new tag and source types is one of the major reasons I don't recommend keeping separate working data sets.

Yes the back button does take me back to the list of forum messages BUT if you use the back button the topic you were reading does not get marked as read - folder icon remains orange vs. blue for read topic.

I use the back arrow (not actually - I use the mouse gestures in Opera) to get back to the list of topics. After reading all the topics I care to, I click the orange icon for the folder, which marks the folder and all it's messages as "read." Works well for me.

They are at http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/style...lder_post_icons

I don't know what you mean.  I don't see any such link there nor do I understand why you'd point to that folder.

They were linked via the img function to serve as bullet points in my post.

I originally uses icon11, which was probably some other icon at the time - don't know why I'd use the smilie with the shades as a bullet.

Terry

What happened to the gifs that were at:

http://www.whollygenes.com/forums200pf2/st...der_post_icons/

I referenced them in a post (in the TMG Users' Genealogy Web Sites forum, so its supposed to be a "permanent" topic) and they no longer work.

And especially note the check box for "Is daylight savings time in effect" -- unlike Windows, the forum does not automatically change the time on the appropriate date - you have to turn it on and off as required.

SPAM complaints for a newsletter!!!

 

The world of the internet never ceases to amaze me...

You'd better believe it! My wife sends out meeting notes for a local group to about 100 members who have asked for it. We recently got a warning from our ISP to stop sending SPAM!

Turns out one of the members had used her work e-mail address. She left that employer without giving us a new e-mail address, and apparently someone there clicked on the "this is SPAM" button rather than reply to us and ask to be removed. Apparently AOL doesn't read the supposedly offensive message, but simply reports it to the sender's ISP. Our ISP threatened to cut off our e-mail, saying they can't afford be "blacklisted" by AOL, even though they read the message and recognized it had been requested. They advise not allowing anyone with an AOL address to sign up on any mailing list. Is that crazy or what?

A spell checker is now implemented.

So it is. Thanks.

A suggestion for the site would be to change the button at the bottom of the post screen from a 'reply with quote' button to just a 'reply' button.

I don't agree at all -- I find the "reply with quotes" function very helpful - it's much easier than constructing a quote manually.

If the quoting is intentional then maybe a little guidance is needed to highlight to people that there is no requirement to quote a complete post as you wouldnt be replying to it if you wasnt referring to it. Quotes are only needed to highlight specific lines in a post.

I agree with that, but question how one conveys that sort of information to a group of users who include many novices at this sort of forum.

There is a section labeled "Support Forums" -- that's the place to ask questions about TMG or other WG products. Pick a forum that matches the product you are asking about, and post a "new topic."

You should be able to start new topics in those forums - I see that you are registered with the board, and in fact did post a question to the TMG5 forum on Aug 29. Perhaps you were trying to post in a different section of the WG Community?

The Gold Editon of TMG can create reports in the native file formats of many word processors. Creating your reports as word processor files allow editing and further formatting in the word processor before printing or transmitting it by e-mail. Some users have questions about how to send reports to file - the following outline may help:

Decide where on your computer you want the word processor files created. By default, they are placed in the "Reports" folder, under the folder where TMG is installed. That works, but I think that makes the reports harder to find if you want to open them again later. I'd suggest placing them in either "My Documents" or a sub-folder you create under My Documents.

The easiest way to change the folder used is to open Preferences (File menu) and select the Current Project Options > Advanced screen. The last of the five fields at the top is for the Reports folder. Click on the [...] button, and in the Select Folder screen that opens, find the folder you want to use, select it, and Click Select, then OK.

Specify the report is to "Print" to a word processor file. Open the report definition screen for the report you want to use, from the Reports menu. (You will need to repeat this process for each different report type you want to send to your word processor).

In the lower box, labeled "Print to:" choose "File." Next to that, click on the drop-down list for "File Type:" and scroll down that list to your word processor. For example, if you use MS Word, find the entries for "Word for Windows." So far as I know, it doesn't matter a lot which version you choose, but I'd avoid one later than the version of Word you have. ("Word for Windows v8" is Word 97.) I've used older versions with Word97 and had no problems, except if you edit the file in Word and save it, Word will ask if you want to change to the later format - just say "Yes."

Next, in the "File name" screen, where it will say somethink like "*.DOC," replace the "*" with a name of your choosing. I always use a generic name, like "Ancestors" or Descendants" or "IN" so I don't have to change the name each time I run the report. Then, if it's a report I want to save, once I've opened it in my word processor I use File > Save As to save it under a more descriptive name.

Finally, (after you've set the desired subject in the box at the top) click "Print & Save" to save your modified report definition, and "print" the report to the file. When it's done, TMG will offer to open the report in your word processor. You can do that, or open your word processor manually and open it.

Registered once--next time on I apparently had written my name and password down wrong. System never offered me chance to re register or to mail me what my name and password supposedly are. 

When you try to log in, and fail, there is a prompt:

"I've forgotten my password! Click here!"

Click on the "Click here" and you are taken to a screen where you can re-establish your password.

It was my intent to not include the citations for the sources on the website.  If anyone wants them they can ask. 

 

Jill

Jill, I completely agree with your plan to not include sources and details other than BMDB on the website, and expect those who view the site to come to you to get them. I do exactly the same, based on my view that the website is not a tool for sharing information directly, but rather one to establish private communications which can lead to two-way dialogs.

My one suggestion would be to add something about sources to your introduction, like the statement you already have about other details being excluded. I've done a similar thing on my site (which is not nearly so pretty as yours ), and also added a note to that effect at the top and bottom of each person page. I don't recall how I did the latter - think it was with a custom theme.

I go to My Controls, then to the bottom of the page I choose Chat Room.  I get a large blue box with two windows: Nickname and Room.

I'm not sure what you got to, but you were definately at the wrong place.

Start at the main page for the Wholly Genes Community. You should see large four boxes, each with a number of items in them:

- New and Information

- Support forums

- Other

- Board Statistics

Scroll down to the "Other" box, then look for the Chat Room item, the last one in that group. Click that link to go to the WG chat room.

I noticed Opera on my list of programs.  Should I blow it away?

Definately not. In my opinion it's one of the best browsers around. I use it all the time, and much prefer it to IE. But there are a few sites, like the WG Chat Room, that don't work with it, so I use another browser for them.

I think the problem is that no one knows what the problem is.

When I try to use the chat link at the bottom of the "Other" section of this forum I get a screen with the label "Wholly Genes Chat Room" at the top and a space to enter a nickname. Nothing about which room - there is only one.

Exactly how are you getting to the chat room?

Are you using Internet Explorer or another browser? I know there is a problem using Opera, but it's different than you describe.

First users get on board and must individually subscribe to each forum in order to post a topic to the forum.

As Virginia says, you don't need to subscribe to post - subscribing only notifies you of new topics in that forum.

It is recommended that the background on the "Subscribe to this forum" button be changed to a different color once the user has subscribed so that the user can visually see which of the forums are open for posting and which are not.  Or possible the button contents changed to something like "subscribed - to unsubscribe"   assuming the user would have this option.

I agree it would be nice if the "Subscribe..." button refected that you were already subscribed. But in the meantime, you can review all your subscriptions from your control panel.

Now the user posts a topic.  When doing so the user gets to choose if the topic is to be email communicated or not, default is communicate.

I don't see an option to choose whether your post is to be communicated. That's controlled by whether or not any given user has subscribed to that forum. The only option I see related to e-mail is whether you want to receive e-mail notification of any replies to your post.

Why should not all posting and replies be automatically email communicated and the user's profile dictate who is to recieve them?

You can control in your control panel what the default setting is for the e-mail notification of any replies to your post.

I don't think most users would want a default setting that deluged them with e-mails. I'd think most users would want to follow a few topics, and would subscribe to them, ignoring the others.

In the overall then, the Wholly Genes Community (WGC) Beta Forums ...

I don't think this is the place to discuss beta issues.

I just tested it and it worked fine for me with IE. I know it doesn't work properly with Opera. I'd make a guess that it's a firewall issue, since neither of your browsers will work with it.

You're welcome. Glad it worked.