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Add Trees Quick Start

🌳 To create chart image files
  1. Select one or more individuals in Family Historian
  2. Run the Add Trees plugin
  3. (Optional) Open Options to set the layout, colours and output folder
  4. Click Generate and Exit
🌐 To embed charts in your website
  1. Publish your Family Historian website first
  2. Select one or more individuals and run the Add Trees plugin
  3. Open Options > Output, tick Embed in website and set the Website folder
  4. Click Generate and Exit
What This Plugin Does

The Add Trees plugin draws a small chart for each individual you select: three generations around them — their parents, their siblings, their partners and their children — with boxes optionally linking to that person’s own page. It saves one chart per person, and can place the chart on the matching page of a website.

  • Chart any number of people in one run, one image each
  • Link each relative’s box to their own website page — see Key Terms below for who qualifies
  • Style the charts to match your website: colours, shapes, fonts and layout
  • Embed the charts into your website pages
  • Keep living or private people off the charts

Links are added only for relatives who are included in the same run. To link everyone, select everyone who has a page on your website.

Key Terms You’ll Need To Know
Term Definition
Focus person The individual a chart is built around; their box is highlighted
Navigation chart A three-generation diagram (parents, siblings, spouses/partners and children), each box a clickable link
SVG file The image format each chart is saved as; it stays sharp at any size and opens in any web browser
Embedding Placing a chart directly on the matching page of your Family Historian website
Theme A named, saved set of chart colours you can reuse
Flag A Family Historian record marker (such as Living or Private)
Two Ways To Work
🌳 Standalone Charts

What it does: Saves one chart image (SVG) per person to a folder

Use when: You want chart images to use anywhere — a document, a slideshow, or on their own

Example: A chart for each direct ancestor, to include in a family history book

→ See Step-by-Step Guide

🌐 Embedded In Your Website

What it does: Places each chart on the matching page of a Family Historian website

Use when: You publish a Family Historian website and want a navigation chart on each person’s page

Example: A “see also” chart on every individual’s page, linking to their close relatives

→ See Step-by-Step Guide

Common Questions
Q: How many charts does it make?
A: One per individual you select, so select as many as you like. Each is saved as its own SVG file.
Q: Do I need a website?
A: Only for embedding. The standalone SVG files are created whether or not you have a website; embedding adds them to an existing set of HTML files.
Q: Can I keep living people off the chart?
A: Yes — and by default the plugin already does, matching a Family Historian website: people flagged Private are left out, and those flagged Living show basic details only (no dates). You can change this on the Privacy section.
Q: Will it overwrite my website pages?
A: By default, no more than the target container. With the default Placement (“Replace div contents”), the chart replaces the contents of the page’s “See also” box; nothing outside that box changes, and running again simply updates it. If you turn on “Remove a section”, that section’s other content is deleted too, so check your Placement setting before you run.

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