My shebang in ftree.cgi is #!"c:\Dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe" (by Gabor Sabo) copy c:\xampp\cgi-bin\ftree\graphics\ ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/xampp/cgi-bin/ftree/cgi/"
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR XAMPP for Windows 5.6.12:ĭownload I use xampp XAMPP for Windows 5.6.12 () to install and configure Apache If you are unhappy with the style and colors of the output then point the css_filename entry in PerlSettingsImporter.pm into your stly sheet. Call the ftree.cgi script with no parameters to get your index page.ħ. Copy the pictures of your family members to the pictures directory.Ħ.
Update the config/PerlSettingsImporter.pm file (you can specify the administrator's email, homepage, default language etc.).ĥ. This will freeze the first row and you can see the title of columns. Tip: Select the second row, click on menu Window and select Freeze Panels.
Modify tree.xls so that it contains the details of your family. files with extension pm, gif, jpg, png, tif, csv, txt, xls must be readable, files with extension cgi and pl must be executable).ģ. Uncompress and copy the demo package (make sure that you reserve the rights, i.e. Set up your web server (apache or IIS) so that it can run Perl scripts (e.g. HTML tables are generated to display these trees, linking in the portrait images where they exist. The program reads in the data file, and analyzes the relationships to determine the ancestors, siblings and descendants of the person selected. It runs as a CGI program - its output is the HTML of the page that you see. It contains no information about marriages and adaptation.įor a demonstration of this software, visit or. Note that the tree shows the "genetic" family tree. This means that the tree is easy to maintain. All the HTML pages are generated on the fly. Most other web-based "trees" are little more than text listings of people.Ī simple datafile contains details of people and their relationships. With this software it is possible to draw a tree of ancestors and descendants for any person, showing any number of generations (where the information exists).
When I designed the Family Tree Generator, I wanted more than just an online version of a traditional tree. Graphics/*.gif The system graphic files OVERVIEW: Tree.txt, tree.xls, royal.ged Example family tree data files Convert from csv (txt) format to excel format:įtree - Family Tree Generator, genealogical program on Perl PACKAGE CONTENTS: readme.txt This fileĬonfig/PerlSettingsImporter.pm Settings file.