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This plugin improves many features of the Family Historian HTML pages created by the Publish menu Websites & Family Tree CD/DVDs… wizard. Most of the features can be added and removed by enabling and disabling their associated options.

• Ensures all user URL are active hyperlinks, and optionally open in a new browser Tab/Window.
• Allows long user URL to be displayed in abbreviated form.
• Converts special place-holder text to a current filename or date, a ‘Close Window’ button, relative URL, or a media hyperlink.
• Adjusts tabulated data into tidy aligned columns.
• Offers various alternative image pop-up options, and non-image media hyperlinks.
• Adds small family tree diagrams to the featured Individual and Family report pages.
• Adds Table of Pictures/Reports/Downloads pages.
• Adds an Index of Names page search filter.
• Adds alternate & married names and identity references to the Index of Names page.
• Creates a gendex.txt file for the gendexnetwork.org genealogical index.
• Applies current Output Language translations to every page.

See the Help & Advice for details.

Download Improve Website or CD DVD HTML V3.2

• Family Historian Version(s): V5 V6 V7
• Plugin Type: Standard
• Written by Mike Tate
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• Downloaded 1,622 times
• See Help page for more information
• Updated 18 Nov 2021

Version History

• V3.2:
  • Add GEDmill family tree diagrams to featured pages;
  • Add FH v7.0 Unique Id (UID) & Family Search Id (FSID) to Index of Names;
  • Offer translation of all pages to Default Output Language in FH v7.0;
  • Fixed some minor Media bugs; Only count changed pages;
  • Aggressive memory management added for Lua 3.5;
  • Updated library functions to v3.1 with monthly version check;
• V3.1: Updated library functions; FH V7 Lua 3.5 IUP 3.28; Support relative URL to items within same folder;
• V3.0:
  • Allow the Home Welcome page to use any filename instead of index.html;
  • Hyperlinks / Text tab option to insert a Close Window button on the Home page;
  • Load non-image Media icon files from embedded code instead of FHUG online files;
  • Index of Names tab option to limit surname length in the first column of Index of Names;
  • Tooltip Balloon mode disabled for Crossover, PlayOnLinux & PlayOnMac;
  • Updated library modules to V2.9;
  • Various other minor enhancements and bug fixes;
• V2.9: Fixes minor problems with user dialogue Media buttons and some internal features;
• V2.8:
  • Hyperlinks / Text tab supports a {{MEDIA:file|text}} place-holder for hyperlinks
  • Media Popups tab can turn any non-image Media into icon hyperlinks;
• V2.7: On Index of Names the Search Box allows Enter or Return key to Start Search;
• V2.6: Minor update to fix possible issues with HTML/URL encoding;
• V2.5:
  • Hyperlinks / Text tab allows converted tabulated text to be restored to original unaligned mode;
  • Index of Names tab text Search Filter box can now be optionally added and removed;
  • Index of Names tab text Search Filter box revised to support an index up to 20,000 names;
  • Supports V6.0 Unicode character sorting in Index of Names page;
• V2.4:
  • Hyperlinks / Text tab excludes URL within <script> or <noscript> added in Wizard Step 8: Final Details;
  • Hyperlinks / Text tab optionally converts tabulated text into vertically aligned columns;
  • Image Popups tab supports a new Dojo Zoomer image popup style;
  • Image Popups tab supports the Wizard Step 7 picture popup option None;
  • Index of Names tab automatically includes a text Search Filter box;
  • Index of Names tab improves the Alphabetic Lookup features;
• V2.3: Add Table of Pictures/Reports/Downloads options;
• V2.2:
  • Add Create GenDex tab option
  • Add Customised version Large Screen popup option
  • Use XHTML Transitional when open In new Tab or Window chosen
• V2.1: Improve handling of anchor tag attributes without quotes;
• V2.0: Change GUI to tabbed interface;