Manage

This tab allows you to locate existing sources, then edit or delete them.

Search for
Enter a keyword (or part of a word) matching all or part of the following fields: Source ID, Short Title, Long Title, Author, Call Number, Publisher. A cookie will store the value entered here for future searches. Click the Search button to execute the search. Click the Reset button to blank out the field. If the Search button is clicked with no search criteria, all source records will be returned.

Tree
Select a tree from this dropdown box prior to clicking the Search button to restrict the results to sources assigned to the selected tree.

Exact match only
Check this box prior to clicking the Search button to restrict the results to records where one of the fields named above matches the search criteria exactly.

Edit/Delete/Test
Click on the appropriate icon in the Action column to edit, delete or test (preview) the source record listed on that row.

Add New / Modify Existing Sources

To add a new source, click on the Add New tab, then fill out the form. To edit an existing source, click on the Manage tab, then locate the source using the Search utility and click the Edit icon next to that source.

Fields available on both the Add New Source and Modify Existing Source screens include:

Tree
Select one of your existing trees. Each source must be assigned to a tree. The tree assignment may not be changed once a source is created (instead, delete the source and re-add it under another tree).

Source ID
The Source ID must be unique and should consist of an upper case "S" followed by a number. An available, unique ID will be supplied when the page is first displayed and whenever a different tree is selected, but you may enter your own ID if desired. To check if the ID you have entered is unique, click Check. A small pop-up window will tell you if the ID is in use or not. To automatically generate a new unique ID, click Generate. This will locate the highest number in your database and add 1. A small window may briefly appear and disappear. To ensure that the displayed ID is not claimed by another user before you can save your record, click Lock. NOTE: If you are using this software in conjunction with a PC/Mac-based genealogy program which also creates IDs for new records, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that keep all IDs in sync between the two programs at all times. Failure to do this may result in collisions, and may also cause your source associations to become unusable. If your desktop program creates IDs that do not conform to traditional standards (for example, the "S" is at the end, not the beginning), you can edit the "prefixes.php" file that came with TNG to change the convention TNG uses to match this.

Short Title
An abbreviated title for the source.

Long Title
A more formal, longer title for the source.

Author, Call Number, Publisher
Additional information related to the source (if available).

Repository
Select the repository where the source resides. If the repository does not yet exist, go to Repositories and add it there, then come back and select it here.

Actual Text
A quote from or a portion of the source material (optional).

Other Events
Use the buttons below the Other Events box to add, edit or delete non-standard events. The order in which these events are displayed is determined by date (if applicable), and by the event types' assigned priority. This priority may be changed when editing the event types. NOTES: Changes made here are written to the database as they are made, meaning that they are already saved before you save the rest of the Existing Source information.