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From: Michelle LeClair <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] !Re: New question about software
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:26:59 -0400
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=toz3J3rFPfhSueExajzH_WFvwPQByE+8H7QgL@mail.gmail.com>
Donna,
TNG is great (I have it on my personal site). I can commiserate with your
experience as I don¹t know programming very well but when I had a problem I
sent an email to Darin (TNG¹s owner/creator) and he went in himself and
fixed it for me. It took him about 2 seconds to do and I was up and running
in about minutesa problem I was agonizing over for hours!!!
His tech support is phenomenal. But, I can also understand the time
commitment as I don¹t nearly spend as much on my own site as I¹d like to.
When and if you have the time again, there are people that will help you if
you like the features of TNG. But if you¹re happy with Tribal Pages maybe
that is the program for you.
Michelle
From: Patti Hobbs <>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:05:40 -0500
To: <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] !Re: New question about software
Donna, that is surprising. I am not an expert at the programming languages
nor MySql, but I found it no harder to set up than other software that uses
a sql database. So if you've set up web software that uses sql, TNG should
have been equally as easy. You don't have to understand how sql runs in the
background once you're past set-up.
If I had seen your request, I would have helped you. Or I would have thought
you would have had several people offer.
Patti
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Donna McR <> wrote:
> SimplyHosting.com will do a one-time setup for your TNG, using your GEDCOM
> upload. They are inexpensive and have good tech support. TNG does create
> a
> wonderful gen site. The TNG software is not expensive, nor are most
> webhosts.
>
> Nevertheless, managing the TNG program---fine tuning and editing---is way
> past my skills, and I even bought a companion manual, etc. The baseline
> assumption is SQL proficiency. I tried twice--several months apart--to set
> up and manage a TNG website, but it was just not something I could do.
> Each
> time I was working with the most recent software version. TNG will not run
> on a site that offers a more user-friendly interface, such GoDaddy Website
> Tonight sites. It is SQL or nothing.
>
> On the TNG forum, I posted a request to hire someone to work on my site for
> me after the initial setup, but got no takers.
>
> I have run my own commercial website using SQL, but after setup, it was
> pretty easy to run, manage, and expand--learning curve not so steep.
>
> I ended up going with TribalPages for my own family website:
> http://www.gonetotexas.tribalpages.com/ I put it up and then have just
> neglected it---quite like the cobbler's children who have no shoes. My
> client work takes all my time now. Second to that are my NGS study course
> and my DAR and UDC applications. So my poor family genealogy website
> remains neglected and quite shabby.
>
> I do understand that some have found ways to modify TribalPages to add more
> events and sources, etc. My own family's genealogy is the most poorly
> documented of all, in terms of format and source choices to show. I wish
> I'd learned backwards---with more experience elsewhere before tackeling my
> own family database.
>
> I still own my domain for my genealogy website, if I ever find a genealogy
> website creator that is compatible with my learning potential!
>
> Best wishes with TNG-----
>
> Donna
>
>
>
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