For each history or image that you upload to your site, you must add a record of the history here in order for it to be recognized by the software.

Number of people, families or sources to link to this history: Indicate here how many individuals, families or sources (or any combination of those) will be associated with this history. For example, if the history is solely about one person, leave the number at 1. If two people from your database are mentioned, enter 2, and so forth.

This section will allow you to find and make changes to an existing history record. Any editing of the history itself must be done on your computer.

Search for: Enter a keyword or phrase associated with the history you want to modify. Multiple words will be treated as a single string of characters. The checkboxes below this field indicate which sections of the history records database will be searched for your word or phrase. To retrieve all history records, leave this field blank.

Look in: This is a list of searchable sections of the history records database. Place a check in the box next to each section (or field) you would like to have searched. Links (Person or Family ID) refers to the ID numbers of the people or families linked to existing historys. If you check the box next to Exact match only, your search term will only return records that match one or more of the checked items exactly in its entirety.

By default, histories linked to an individual, family or source are sorted by the order in which they were linked to the individual, family or source. To change that order, you must indicate a new order here.

Tree, ID: Select the tree and enter the ID of the person, family or source whose histories you want to sort. If you don't know the ID, click on the Find Person, Find Family or Find Source button next to this field.

After entering or retrieving an ID, click Continue to display the histories linked to this person, family or source and the current order in which they will be displayed with the record.

File to Upload: If your new history file has not yet been uploaded to your web site, click Browse and locate it on your hard drive. If the file is already on your site, leave this field blank.

File name within histories folder: If you had previously uploaded your history file using FTP, enter the path and file name of your history as it exists within the histories folder on your web site. If the history is already on your site, you can click on the Select button to locate the file. If you are uploading your history now using the previous field, use this box to enter a path and file name for your file after it is uploaded. A suggested path and filename will be prepopulated for you. NOTE: If you are uploading now, the directory you indicate here must already exist and must be writeable by all. If not, use your FTP program to create the directory and give it proper read+write+execute permission (777 or 775, although 755 will work on some systems).

OR Body text: Instead of uploading a separate history file, you can type or paste the text or HTML code into this box. If you are using HTML, do not include the HTML or BODY tags.

Convert line breaks to HTML on display: Check this box to have TNG convert line breaks entered in the "Body text" box to HTML line breaks. Leaving this box unchecked will result in line breaks being ignored. HTML line breaks entered in the box will always be respected.

Description: This should be short — just a few words to identify your history. It will be used as a link to your history file.

Always viewable: Check this box if you want this history to be displayed for the linked individuals, regardless of their living status and user permissions.

Open in new window: To cause a history to open in a new window when its link is clicked, check this box.

Notes: Include more detail here if necessary, including information about who is mentioned, what is described, who wrote it, etc. This will be displayed as a blurb accompanying your short description link (see previous field).

Link to individuals, families or sources: Enter the ID numbers of the individuals, families or sources you wish to associate with this history. If you don't know the ID number, click Find Person..., Find Family..., or Find Source... to search for it. You can also enter an "Alternate Description" and "Alternate Notes" for each link. If you supply anything here, the alternate description/note will be used with the history when it is displayed in conjunction with the linked individual instead of the main description/note entered above. If no alternate description or note is supplied, the main description and note will always be used.

Locate the line in the table that describes the history you wish to modify. Next, click on one of the possible actions listed at the left of that line. To change some or all of the information regarding this history, choose Edit. To permanently remove the record of this history, choose Delete. NOTE: Choosing Delete only removes the history record, not the actual history document.

Delete selected To delete multiple histories at once, check the boxes next to the histories to be deleted, then click the "Delete selected" button at the bottom of the screen.

To affect the order in which the histories are listed for an individual, family or source, enter a numeric value next to each description. Lower numbers sort first, and you may use decimals to insert one history between two others if convenient. For example, if you have 50 histories and want to move number 50 to the number 10 slot, you could change 50 to 9.5 and update the list. When the list redisplays, the histories will be renumbered in the new order.

To save changes and redisplay according to the new sort order, click Update. To save changes and exit, click Finish.