
There are so many preferences that they have been placed on their own ‘Managers Preferences Page’. The options include the various facts that are displayed by default for each individual or family, how text is formatted, and how forms and charts are displayed. PreferencesĮach family tree can be displayed with various options and the Webtrees managers of the tree can change all of them. New news items can be created by adding whatever message you want and then clicking on the ‘Save’ button. Highlighting text and clicking on the ‘B’ makes text bold, clicking on the ‘I’ makes it italic, and so on. Any blocks with options are indicated by an ‘Edit’ link.Ī ‘News’ block has three links, ‘ Edit’, ‘ Delete‘ and ‘ Add a news article‘.Ī news block opens with a text box with controls at the top similar to most word processors. The Webtrees Managers of a family tree may have several editing options on the home page depending upon which blocks are being displayed by the administrator. The options are grouped into four sections, Family tree, Genealogy data, Add unlinked records, and Gedcom file. The above image shows the control panel for a manager of the Underwood Family tree, and the only options available are the ones currently visible. In the case of an administrator, this link provides access to the complete control panel, but Webtrees Managers only have access to options relating to their own individual family tree. Logged in Webtrees Managers will find an extra ‘ Control panel‘ link under the top menu ‘ My pages‘ link. They have the same permissions of Moderators, but in addition, they also have permission to change some of the settings or configurations in their own particular tree. Each Webtrees website can host several different family trees, and Webtrees Managers can administer each individual family tree.
