Kiwitrees version 3.3.0 - changes list

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Kiwitrees Version 3.3.0 – changes included in this release. 12th April 2017.

New or significant changes

Replacement of all the old “reports” is complete.
- The Ancestors report – replaced by FancyTreeView style text-based report of ancestors. Also available as part of “Overview” menu with Descendancy, as a list of reports for named individuals or families
- Vital records, Family, Marriages, and Related families are all replaced by new versions
- The “Pedigree report (a printable version of the pedigree chart) has not been replaced. A similar result can be produced by printing the Pedigree chart
A completely re-written fan chart to replace the old one. Thanks to Rico Sonntag who originally developed this as an add-on module for webtrees (https://github.com/magicsunday/ancestral-fan-chart/)
New tools added to the “Sanity check” feature
- Check AGE tag for y/m/d attribute – “Invalid age”
- Baptised after a certain age (defaults to 20 yrs, but can be changed)
- Alive after a certain age (defaults to 120 yrs, but can be changed)
- Married before a certain age (defaults to 14 yrs, but can be changed)
- Being much older than spouse (defaults to 30 yrs, but can be changed)
Advanced search – add before / after options plus use two date or place options at the same time
Some GEDCOM items have been corrected to function correctly as defined in that specification
- The sub-tag AGE is added as an option to the education (EDUC) event
- A note added to an ASSO record is now correctly displayed
- Make the religion sub-tag (RELI) is now available as a sub-tag for BAPM, MARR, and DEAT events
- A new associate type “Religious witness” ( from the Danish term ‘fadder’) has been added to the pre-set list
Language names, such as in the Language drop-down selector, are now displayed in the site (or user) selected translation. These may not yet be the case for all languages immediately but will be as translators have the time to translate each of the (many) language names
A new configuration option is available in the user profile of site administrators: “Notification options – Clippings cart downloads”. Tick this to get an email each time a site member downloads part of your data through the clippings cart
Name and email address are now required fields on contact forms
Mp4 videos uploaded as media objects will now play in the same pop-up browser window as other media objects, unless your browser prevents this
The “Missing data” administration tool originally added as a straight copy of the old Report of the same name has been re-written. (see discussion: https://kiwitrees.net/forums/topic/sanity-request/
Major update to research links module. Many thanks are due to Wim Meijberg for his support, encouragement, and testing to improve this module, and for adding a HUGE number of Dutch research sites to the list!
- Gender is now available as a search term for sites that use it
- Extend research links to include death year
- Sites that rely on javascipt / ajax coding to process search terms can now be included
- Many new links are added: Dutch sites from Wim as mentioned above; plus others for the UK and New Zealand
- A completely new page (Lists > Research links) now compliments the existing side-bar tool. The new page allows the links to be used for searching individuals whose details you do not yet have in your family tree data
Installation: minimum PHP version required updated to 5.6. Earlier PHP versions no longer receive security maintenance from PHP, so it is essential that 5.6 is now the minimum.
A number of modules have been renamed:
simpl_privacy: privacy
simpl_research: research links
simpl_pages: pages
FancyTreeView: fancy_treeview_descendants (and a new version added: fancy_treeview_ancestors)
All temporarily named “resource_” plugins become “report_” plugins.
no_census: report_ukcensus
uk_register: report_ukregister
NOTE: This is a complex process that may cause some upgrade complications. Please read and follow the upgrade instructions for this release very carefully.

Improved

Add better positioning of multiple stories
Add burial to duplicate tags check
Add check for set time-zone in setup
Add config links to all admin module lists
Add missing BURI code
Add notes display on colorbox pop-up
Add relationship descriptions to related_indi report
Add WWW to standard source sub-tags on new source creation
Adjusting edit page styles
Allow BAPM or CHR to replace BIRT if it doesn’t exist
Allow for two ASSO links for baptism
Allow GIF images in FTV
Allow media list to filter by no TYPE
Amend help text for missing data tool
Change album link code to open new tab
Change Find unlinked individuals to Find unlinked records
Change media link code to open new tab
Change WEBTREES_EMAIL to KIWITREES_EMAIL
WT_WEBTREES to WT_KIWITREES
Change WT_WEBTREES_URL to WT_KIWITREES_URL
Replace WEBTREES session name with KIWITREES
Change widgets to display in accordion style
Changing from css to attribute for hiding elements in datatables
Create README.md
Create Restrict access function and apply to lists
Ensure automatic assessment of twins is consistent
Ensure sidebar config links are clickable
Extend formatting options for addresses
Fix missing relationship descriptors in “Change family members”
Fix style issue of yes/no option on changes and task list resource pages
Check and fix some HTML validation errors
Improve autocomplete display
Improve display of progress bar on GEDCOM import
Improve display of server usage tool
Improve Find unlinked records and add Batch update “Update links” plugin
Improve Google maps flag page
Improve layout of Individual Report
Improve navigator relationship labelling
Improve research links code
Improve stories display
Improvements to code – stories module
Improvements to family and individual reports
Improvements to kiwitrees theme flex box css
Improvements to narrative display of dates
Improving commenting for Latin phrases
Include all names in results of Facts & Resources, plus sort on given & surnames
Introduce require access() function
Load resources page data immediately if ID referenced
Make count words gender specific for some languages
Make help text consistent
Move census assistant to own module
Move execution stats to source code (Ctrl U)
Pedigree chart – centre display if generations < 6
Prevent tabbing to ‘more’ links
Protect from target=”_blank” vulnerability
Re-order options in Batch Update page
Re-write user administration
Recent changes block – code improvements
Remove GPL file replaced by LICENSE
Remove old fashioned term “thrice” in text references
Remove redundant PLAC statement in exported GEDCOM header
Remove unnecessary commas from FTV output
Rename LICENSE to LICENSE.md
Move media multi-linking from GEDFact_assistant to core code and remove GEDFact_assistant
Research links – updated and new NDL plugins
Research links – new NDL plugin
Resource Facts & Events – improve display of EDUC and OCCU facts
Revise kiwitrees theme link colors
Set default generations to preference setting
Simplify texts
Small improvement to Facts resource loading speed
Speed up note list display
Style changes to admin datatables
Tidy up administration page layout
Remove confusing server/client/user times from admin dashboard
Tidy up display of AUTH in source list of Individual report
Tidy up edit families code
Tidy up relationship labels
Update copyright statement across all file
Update DataTables files to latest version
Update help links addmedia page
Update module default access levels
Update TCPDF library to 6.2.12 (2015)
Upgrade CKEditor to 4.6.2
Updating CKE plugins
Upgrade galleria to 1.5.1
Use default modules list for set up