Links into GeneWeb
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This section describes the syntax of links to pages of a GeneWeb base as they appear in the URL window of your browser. It may be useful both to GeneWeb users, and to persons who, without knowledge of GeneWeb, may want to insert in some of their web documents a link to a page produced by a GeneWeb server that they may have found on the Web.
Addresse of a base
The address of a GeneWeb base has the form http://server:port/base?
where:
server
is the IP address or DNS name of the server hostion the GeneWeb daemon:port
is the TCP port on which the daemon is listening, the default value being 2317 for base access with gwd and 2316 for management with gwsetup (these two parameters may be changed at launch time of these two programs);base
the name of the GeneWeb base.
The question mark is the delimiter between the base name and the gwd query parameters. Depending on the situation, the parameter delimiter in URLs may change between ;
and &
. Both can be used simultaneously.
Links to persons, access_by_key and opt=no_index
Within GeneWeb, persons can be identified through two main methods, names and id:
p=first_name;n=last_name
(exact match);p=first_name;n=last_name;oc=occurrence
if there are homonyms;i=1234
GeneWeb internal id.
GeneWeb id numbers are unique across a base, but may change over time after cleanup for instance.
Les numéros d’id des individus sont modifiés par la commande gwc
si vous faites un nettoyage de la base. Ils ne sont donc pas pérrènes.
Obtaining permanent links is achieved through two methods:
- using option
access_by_key=yes
in the .gwf configuration file of your base, which will prevent the use of internal ids for URL construction; - adding
opt=no_index
to an URL containing id numbers will return the URL with unique but bulkier keys of individualsp=firstname;n=lastname;oc=occurence
instead of id numbers.
This last remark applies to all GeneWeb queries, particularly those about parental relationship where many individuals are referenced.
Pedigree collapse, dag=on
On ascendant and descendant trees, dag=on
will merge common anscestors.
Origin of a person, opt=from
The opt=from
option is used to determine which source file a particular person's data comes from. See merging bases for details. This information appears in italic after the family os the person, and is visible only to wizards.
Cancel GeneWeb links, cgl=on/off
Use the cgl=off
(cancel geneweb links) option to cancel GeneWeb links in a given page. This may be useful for printing, or to do a copy/paste operation of a page into some other document where you don not want to transport the various GeneWeb links.
Names for one person, opt=misc
The opt=misc
option will display at the end of the page all the first_name last_name alias combinations considered valit-d to invoque a particular person.
Hidden titles, all_titles
all_titles=on
Refresh modified pages, escache
escache=0