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Author Topic: IDEA:Converter- Gedcom to Wikimedia's Family Tree Format Code  (Read 8244 times)

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I think it would be cool to have a gedcom to wiki family tree template converter.   It would seem simple enough to do but ah, I'm not a coder.

I have actually had someone start this in Rent-a-Coder but he bailed out. His code kind of works but the results are a bit jumbled up and not perfect.  The results are attached.

Here is the original request I posted at rentacoder.com:

"I would like a developer to program a Web application that coverts gedcom genealogy files to Wikimedia family tree template code.

    * The wiki family tree template instructions are here: http://en.wikipedia..../Template:Familytree.
    * An example of a wiki family tree diagram is here:http://en.wikipedia....d_and_George_Weasley.
    * The gedcom genealogy file format is described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedcom - it was developed by the Mormons but is the "Lingua Franca" file format accepted by the Genealogy Community."

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Re: IDEA:Converter- Gedcom to Wikimedia's Family Tree Format Code
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2009, 11:23 AM »
Awesome responses.  I'll put them on my site.  However, how do I use the markup results?  I'm new to PHP.

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Re: IDEA:Converter- Gedcom to Wikimedia's Family Tree Format Code
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2009, 11:41 AM »
Never mind, I figured it.  I needed PHP installed and running and it wasn't on my home test machine.  I will install and come back with the URL.

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Re: IDEA:Converter- Gedcom to Wikimedia's Family Tree Format Code
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2009, 12:16 PM »
OK, here is a Linux based installation: Gedcom2Wiki converter installation.  However with a very easy standard 3 or 4 generation file 9 KB like this one: Simple GED File, it gives screwy results.   :(  Here are the problems I see:

  • The names of all the ancestors are bracketed by three.{{{}}}
  • The related lines go off the page.
  • The names of the ancestors are abbreviated.
  • I don't think the right relatedness is shown.

I tested the results markup in the Wikimedia Sandbox.

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Re: IDEA:Converter- Gedcom to Wikimedia's Family Tree Format Code
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2009, 12:19 PM »
See the attached photo illustrating the previous post.

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Re: IDEA:Converter- Gedcom to Wikimedia's Family Tree Format Code
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2009, 01:43 PM »
Duh!! I didn't read my first post, it was I who contracted for the PHP converter, it wasn't posted by donation coders.  At any rate, is there someone who can fix the code?