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Program updates - Sept 08
ideasguy:
Many thanks to Laurie and Malcolm for testing the latest updates on Tuesday 16th Sept
The updates are now released and published on the normal IG Pro Product Support web site.
For purposes of a "guided tour" of the new things in the updated programs, direct links to a few of the key updates are listed below.
My second posting to this forum topic has additional instructions, and a set of simple "Challenges" for you to tackle. In the process, you will be introduced to the new features included in the program updates.
Instructions (Part 1):
Close IG pro
Download ALL of the updates below
Heres the links:
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BEGIN downloads
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA004-dl.exe
When installed and executed, should indicate Version 49 or later
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA005-dl.exe
When installed and executed, should indicate Version 32 or later
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA030-dl.exe
When installed and executed, should indicate Version 23 or later
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA032-dl.exe
When installed and executed, should indicate Version 31 or later
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA901-07-dl.exe
When installed and executed, should indicate Version 11
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/IGPro-Fileset-ENDE.exe
www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/webfiles-dl.exe
END of downloads required for the Challenges in the next posting. There are more updates on the Product Support web site
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Instructions (Part 2):
Start IG Pro
Start About Ideas Genie - GA200
Note the name of the Core data path (Item 6)
(better still, click the Print button and have the page handy for below)
Quit GA200
Under the System tab, start the program Special-GA901
In title bar, Should indicate: GA901S07 Database alterations - Version 11
Click Help button and read.
If File path indicates .\ (dot backslash) then all is OK
If not, it may show the Core Path name as shown in GA200, Item 6 (above)
If either of these, then it is OK to continue
Click Go button
Instructions (Part 3):
Note: This step is only necessary if you have created one or more WPG projects using GA032
Close IG Pro
A new version of the stylesheet plantlist.css was included in the download, and has been installed in this folder:
c:\igdata_sets\web
You need to get into that folder, and COPY (DONT MOVE) the file plantlist.css to each of your Web Project folders.
Whats new?
Read the next posting in this topic (if you are receiving a broadcast message, please visit the forum)
ideasguy:
Things to do to test the new program releases, and see Whats New
Challenge No 1
Program GA032
You can now edit the style sheet plantlist.css, and select colours to suit your WPG project
Start GA032
Select (or create) a review with at least one plant
Click Web button
In screen GA032S04, click Colours (Step 7)
Screen GA032S10 appears
Click the Help button at top of screen
Select colours for your stylesheet.
Click Save Changes
Back in screen GA032S04, click Generate and then View your web site
Repeat and play with the colours!
Challenge No 2
GA032
Not obvious to the casual user, but Ive made a major revamp to the magic code that runs when you click the Generate button
Before
Web pages were allocated sequential numbers, used as URL's in your WPG web sites. e.g.
mybestplants0001.htm
mybestplants0002.htm
mybestplants0003.htm
etc
NEW:
The new page is allocated the next highest number. The sequential order of your Plant List now looks like this:
mybestplants0001.htm
mybestplants0002.htm
mybestplants0004.htm (the NEW item)
mybestplants0003.htm
In the list, the photos are numbered 1 to 4 (no change).
To test this:
Add a new plant to your WPG project
Generate
View
HOVER over each link in the Plants list
Observe the URL which is shown in the status bar at the bottom of your web browser.
More info about this change:
If you added a plant, or a photo, which appeared mid way in the list, then the NEW addition would be allocated one of the URL's above, and items further down the list would be allocated a different or new URL
This is undesirable for a number of reasons:
a) Google will index your pages. If you publish a change, google will not know immediately, and visitors who find your page in Search Results will be mis-directed (until Google re-indexes your site).
b) If you have hundreds of pages in your project, then this new change will mean you dont have to upload all the pages if you add a new plant or photo to your WPG project.
c) A link to a certain web page in WPG projects wlll now be consistent.
This is better for the IG community.
Now you can place links to WPG pages created by other members in your own FG, IG, Bonsai Genie or IG Pro database. These links will now be stable.
Challenge No 3
Program GA030 and GA005
Now you can insert an auto-generated list of plants into the Photo Description field for photos linked to Garden Areas.
You can do this in GA030 or GA005
Start GA030
Link a photo to a garden area as normal.
Now edit the photo as follows.
In GA030S01, navigate to display the linked photo.
The Link details are shown in a window Under the list of files in that folder (the list at right of screen).
In the Link details list, click (to select) on the line beginning with GDN:
(indicating that its a Garden Area link)
Click the Edit button (only appears when Photo has links)
Screen GA005S04 appears
(note that this is one of the screens "borrowed" from program GA005, so the instructions will be the same for GA005 from this point)
Lassoo one or more plants in your Garden Photo
(If you dont know how to do that, drag the Help (?) icon over the image and release. Help will be shown).
Now click Photo title and Notes (near the top of screen)
Youve seen the Auto Compose, Undo and Photographer buttons before.
Added to that bank is a new one - Plants with co-ordinates.
Also a new Help button is adjacent.
Click Help - read and all will be revealed.
Heres the relevant extract from the help
--- Quote ---The Plants with Co-Ordinates button
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Once you have lassooed one or more plants, you can use this button to generate a list of those plants and add it to the Photo description.
This is useful when the photo description is viewed in other programs, particularly the Web Page Generator (in GA032)
Having the list of plants in the photo description is valuable web page information.
The help will explain that that you must lassoo plants in the photo before they can be added to Photo Notes.
--- End quote ---
The Challenge:
Click the Plants with co-ordinates button.
Ummm... thats it!
You should see an auto-generated list of your lassooed plants in the Photo Description field.
Challenge No 4
Start GA032
Select (or create) a review with at least one plant
Click Web button
In screen GA032S04, click Web Pages (Step 5)
Screen GA032S08 appears
As before, create a thumbnail for one of your plants.
Once you have one thumbnail created for a plant, a More button becomes visible
Click More
Option buttons are revealed.
NEW: There are now 3 option buttons (there were 2 buttons before).
1) Another Plant Photo (no change)
There is no change to the functionality
2) Other photo (Renamed - was Garden Photo before)
There is no change to the functionality
3) Garden Photo NEW :)
The Help text has been re-written.
Pass the mouse over each of the 3 controls and read up.
Click Garden Photo
Screen GA032S12 appears
Click Make a new thumbnail
Screen GA032S15 appears
Use the pop-ups to Select a Gardener and Garden Area
For purposes of this challenge, select the Gardener and Garden Area used in Challenge No 3 above.
Click Continue button
(If no photos are linked to that Garden Area, a message will appear, and you will be prevented from continuing to next screen)
Screen GA100S66 appears
Photos linked to the Garden Area appear as thumbnails.
Click on a thumbnail image to select a photo
Click the Use this button
The WPG will create a thumbnail in the Web Project folder
Screen GA032S08 re-appears
Note that the notes you created in GA030 (in Challenge No 3) appear in the Notes about this photo field.
If challenge No 3 was completed, the notes will include your list of lassooed plants.
End of challenge No 4
Lyn and Malcolm:
--- Quote ---b) If you have hundreds of pages in your project, then this new change will mean you dont have to upload all the pages if you add a new plant or photo to your WPG project.
--- End quote ---
b
Nice one George, will help me alot.
--- Quote --- a} Google will index your pages. If you publish a change, google will not know immediately, and visitors who find your page in Search Results will be mis-directed (until Google re-indexes your site).
e]
--- End quote ---
Yes, hadn't thought of that.
I haven't time till tonight to take the downloads and try it out George, just turned the computer on to order some spare parts for work.
Malcolm
ideasguy:
Yes, I thought you'd like that b) item, Malcolm.
You had mentioned that you were uploading individual pages, and that would have led to a number of problems to the overall web site.
The above will fix that.
However, please upload your entire web site afresh.
Thereafter, (if you choose) you can upload changed pages.
Lyn and Malcolm:
--- Quote ---Instructions (Part 2):
Start IG Pro
Under the System tab, start the program Special-GA901
In title bar, Should indicate: GA901S07 Database alterations - Version 11
Click Help button
If File path indicates .\ (dot backslash) then all is OK
Click Go button
--- End quote ---
Taken the updates.
File path indicates
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MALCOLM\LOCAL SETTINGS\APPLICATION DATA\IDEASFORGARDENS\IDEAS GENIIE PRO 5\
Cant see .\ anywhere
I have not clicked the go button
Malcolm
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