Template basics

by | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized

A new set of tutorial articles have been started on TNG templates.  The first release includes a comparison chart of the 18 templates, template selection, your ‘Welcome Paragraph’, main and header title, the main image and header links.  The rest of the...

Finding married names in custom events

by | Nov 28, 2018 | Tutorials

In a related tutorial article, we talked about Getting exposure on the search engines for our TNG site.  Now, how about letting the light shine a bit on our ancestor ladies? A big problem in searching for our female ancestors is the name change upon marriage.  Let’s...

Getting exposure on the search engines

by | Nov 21, 2018 | Tutorials

You have your TNG website set up, it is nicely populated with dead people, your photos are magnificent, and you are anxious to let the world know about it. So, how do you get the word out so that the internet search engines can find your handiwork?  There are some...

Copying text to TNG from a word processor

by | Nov 5, 2018 | Tutorials

TNG has a lot of places where you can enter text, such as the homepage welcoming paragraph and sidebar features.  You can add stories in the Histories area of media, add sources, notes and more.  You may find obituaries, marriages and other newspaper notices that can...

Add ‘Military’ to your collections

by | Nov 5, 2018 | Tutorials

Using Collections in your TNG site is a good way to organize your photographs.  See the tutorial section on Media Collections for other ideas. What about military photos?  How about images of earned medals, battlefields and cemeteries, army buddy group photos,...