Biddy Day/Hinson Reunion

May 042010

Posted by Jerry at 6:20 am Reunions Add comments

“Biddy Day”, in honor of Bridget Ann Waters Hinson, is always on Mother’s Day right after the church services at New Hinson Baptist Church in Faydette, AL. It started in 1917 and I pray that our future generations will keep it going. This reunion started 11 years before Biddy died.

Jerry

Site Updates

04-13-2012 Added the ability for users to add a profile image.

04-09-2012 Added the ability for members to include images with comments to posts.

04-04-2012 Upgraded software to fix numerous small bugs

03-28-2012 Added "Blog" link to menu bar on family tree to make it easier to return to main (this) page.

03-26-2012 Removed the necessity for logging in on main page. Determined that it was not necessary. Only login required is when you visit the family tree.

03-14-2012 Added Photo/Document tab to menu bar (see instructions)
This allows members who are visiting a page to submit photos of that individual directly to me and tells me where the image goes. I can then add that image to the tree. Members with 'editor' access can add the image directly.

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03-03-2012
Working on site for past two weeks.

Setup subscription field for newsletter

Worked on the design of the site to get both the blog and the famiy tree to look the same. Getting there but still some work to do.

Found a name that links into the Hinson, Crutchfield and Williams lines of our site. Today, I added 395 families, 1422 individuals, 81 sources plus more. Check the "What's New" tab on the tree home page.

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02-15-2012

Fixed the problem with double sign-in temporarily. Only those who are signed in can see the 'Family Tree' tab.
Once signed in, the tree can be accessed without additional sign-in.

Tree seems really slow right now and I am working hard to speed it up a bit.

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02-12-2012

So far, nothing has been done to correct the problem with the plugin so I've disabled the plugin completely. What this means to members is that you will have to sign in to the site and then when you go to the Family Tree, you will need to sign in again. I am sorry for the inconvenience and am working hard to find a solution.

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02-06-2012

While working on site, noticed that I did not have to sign in to access tree. Started working to figure out what I had done wrong

After two or three days of pulling hair and consulting with the folks who programmed the Family Tree program and one of the guru's at this type stuff, it was determined that it was a problem with the plugin that needs to be corrected.

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02-01-2012

Purchased upgrade version of TNG (Family Tree Program) and can now start back working on site

Changed background image to tree.
Installed integration plugin to to eliminate having to sign in twice.
Added some new photos and info to master data base
Added Album and photos for my line

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01-16-2012

Notified all members of the change to the new site.

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01-01-2012

Added a message to the forum to see how it would appear on the front page

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12-26-2011

Added the forum and coordinated colors between forum and site.
Added Mass Mail program for mailing to members.

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12-20-2011

Stopped all integration work until further notice. Explanation sent in email. I will continue to tweak the look and feel of the site.
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12-18-2011
*New day, need to once again delete WordPress site and reinstall.
*uuuhhhhh, nope. Not working on the site today.
Today is Sunday. Going to church and think about Jesus and the season.Plus, I need a break.

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12-17-2011
*Working with ISP to get everything restored to previous state.Problems on their end.
*Site back online at 10:51am
*Reinstalled everything
*Plugin not working
*Deleted and started over ad nauseam
**TNG vs. 8.1.3 installed and working correctly. This portion is finished
*Reinstalled WordPress

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12-16-2011
*Major problems. Deleted all previous work and started over.
*Site crashed. Both old and new sites are down.
*Hope to have restored by end of work today.

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12-15-2011
*Finished and installed header

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12-14-2011
*Tweaked the look and feel of the site.
*Added the dark brown header to boxes in sidebar
*Worked on site header

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12-13-2011
*Installed new copy of WordPress
*Installed Suffusion Theme
*Migrated 312 articles from Joomla site and sorted into 7 categories.
*Migrated all members
*Installed WordPress/TNG bridge and made necessary changes to sync the two programs so that there would be a unified sign-in.
*Started work on changing CSS files to unify the look and feel of both programs.

Jerry

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