Icons Tab

For individuals who have an individual or family gallery, GED-GEN can display icons next to their names in the index. This emphasizes the individuals who have an associated multimedia gallery.

Gallery icons may appear in conjunction with Custom Feature Icons.

Option	Meaning
Display multimedia gallery icons on the Index pages	Enable icons with this option. One or two icons will appear next to an individual's name in the index depending on the whether they have an associated individual or family multimedia gallery. You can display either graphical images or textual icons.
Display images	Choose this option to display icons using graphical images. GED-GEN provides default icon images: = Family gallery = Individual gallery The text fields on this tab are the alternate text phrases displayed when the icon image is not available, or when you hold the mouse over an icon. (This depends on the Internet browser.) Customize the alternate text by changing any of these text fields.
Display letters or text phrases	Rather than images, choose this option to display a textual icon. For instance you could display IG for an individual gallery or a phrase like Ind-Gal. Specify your textual phrases in the fields on this tab corresponding to each icon. For example, place IG in the "Individual Gallery" field. You can use HTML formatting.

An icon appears if the corresponding gallery is defined for an individual on at least one family page, but not necessarily their main family page. For instance if a child appears on a family page with a family gallery, that individual will have a family gallery icon. The index page link however will lead to their spousal family page, which may not have a family gallery.

If you want a legend that describes what each icon means, you must provide one yourself. You can add such a legend in your index page introductory text. (See the Headers tab.) Here is an example legend you can copy and paste into your index page introduction:

<div style="text-align:center;">
<img src="grpb.gif" alt="Biography" title="Biography"> = Biography  
<img src="grpi.gif" alt="Individual Image" title="Individual Image"> = Individual Image  
<img src="grpn.gif" alt="Narrative" title="Narrative"> = Narrative  
<img src="grpt.gif" alt="Text" title="Text"> = Text  
<img src="grpg.gif" alt="Group Image" title="Group Image"> = Family Group Image<br>
<img src="grpgi.gif" alt="Individual Gallery" title="Individual Gallery"> = Individual Gallery  
<img src="grpgf.gif" alt="Family Gallery" title="Family Gallery"> = Family Gallery
</div>

If you use images, each icon is a separate .GIF image file that is created in the destination folder along with your family pages. You can provide your own icons by simply replacing these files with images you create. However you must name your image files the same corresponding name:

File *	Icon Description
gf.gif	GF for Gallery, Family. This individual appears on a family page that has a family multimedia gallery.
gi.gif	GI for Gallery, Individual. This individual has a link to an individual multimedia gallery.

^* Each file name includes the file prefix you specified on the Attributes tab. For example the family gallery icon would be named grpgf.gif if the file prefix is grp.