changing the name of a field being displayed.

[brandonh]

Could you point me in the direction of what files I need to edit to change mother to Doe and father to Sire, Surname to Herd Name etc

Thanks,
It's for the goaties
Brandon

[Huub]

Hello Brandon,

Welcome at the forum!

Goats


Probably the best way to do is, is changing the language files.
Go to: Admin -> Control -> Language Editor.
Select the language file, and change the language items.

Maybe disable other languages:
Go to: Admin -> Control -> Extensions.
Disable other languages.

[brandonh]

this is so awesome! you guys have made an awesome tool here! one more question I hope is just as easy to resolve, I wont the surname to always display first, (dropping the comma wouldn't even be a bad thing) is that possible too!

Thank you so much!!
Brandon

[Huub]

Brandon,

In most scripts a class is used to show the firstname, prefix and surname.

To change these items, you have to change the script: include/person_cls.php.
Use notepad or notepad++ to open the script, and search for these items:

line 293:
$name_array["name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;
change into (just add // before this line):
//$name_array["name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;

line 298:
$name_array["short_firstname"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;
change into:
//$name_array["short_firstname"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;

line 310:
$name_array["standard_name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;
change into:
//$name_array["standard_name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;

For the index lists:
line 330:
$name_array["index_name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname.', ';
$name_array["index_name_extended"].=$personDb->pers_lastname.', ';
change into:
//$name_array["index_name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname.', ';
//$name_array["index_name_extended"].=$personDb->pers_lastname.', ';

I didn't test these changes... I do think the comma will be removed in most reports and pages if these codes are used.

[brandonh]

I have tried that, and tried swapping where it calls for firstname and lastname, all that seems to happy is the lastname (herd name) disappears.

Thanks again for your amazing support!
Brandon

[brandonh]

hey again,

just seeing if you might be able to offer any advice, I tried adding those // but it just keeps dropping the surname and now the prefix is displaying twice...

I also reached out on email, not sure if you received it.

Thanks,
Brandon

[Huub]

Hi,

I haven't received a mail.

I wont the surname to always display first, (dropping the comma wouldn't even be a bad thing) is that possible too!

I probably misunderstood, I thought you wanted to remove the lastname.

Sorry, at this moment I don't understand the problem... Do you want to show or hide the lastname?

[brandonh]

my apologies, I was probably not very clear.

I would like the last name to always display first, then the first name

(prefix last name firstname suffix)

Thanks you!
Brandon

[Huub]

Brandon,

Try this (not tested):
Change this code:

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			// *** Firstname, patronym, prefix and lastname ***
			$name_array["name"]=$pers_firstname." ";
			// *** feb 2016: added patronym ***
			if ($personDb->pers_patronym) $name_array["name"].=$personDb->pers_patronym." ";
			$name_array["name"].=str_replace("_", " ", $personDb->pers_prefix);
			$name_array["name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;

Into this code:

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			// *** Firstname, patronym, prefix and lastname ***
			$name_array["name"]=str_replace("_", " ", $personDb->pers_prefix);
			$name_array["name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;
			$name_array["name"].=$pers_firstname." ";

And this part of code:

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			// *** Example: Predikaat Hubertus [Huub] van Mons, Title, 2nd title ***
			$name_array["standard_name"]=$nobility.$title_before.$pers_firstname." ";
			if ($personDb->pers_patronym) $name_array["standard_name"].=" ".$personDb->pers_patronym." ";
			$name_array["standard_name"].=$title_between;
				// *** Callname shown as "Huub" ***
				//if ($personDb->pers_callname AND $privacy=='') $name_array["standard_name"].= ' "'.$personDb->pers_callname.'" ';
				if ($personDb->pers_callname AND ($privacy=='' OR ($privacy AND $user['group_filter_name']=='j')) )
					$name_array["standard_name"].= ' "'.$personDb->pers_callname.'" ';
			$name_array["standard_name"].=str_replace("_", " ", $personDb->pers_prefix);
			$name_array["standard_name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;
			if ($title_after){ $name_array["standard_name"].=$title_after; }
			$name_array["standard_name"].=$stillborn;
			$name_array["standard_name"].=$lordship;
			$name_array["standard_name"]=trim($name_array["standard_name"]);

into this code:

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			// *** Example: Predikaat Hubertus [Huub] van Mons, Title, 2nd title ***
			$name_array["standard_name"]=str_replace("_", " ", $personDb->pers_prefix);
			$name_array["standard_name"].=$personDb->pers_lastname;
			$name_array["standard_name"]=$pers_firstname." ";
			$name_array["standard_name"].=$stillborn;
			$name_array["standard_name"]=trim($name_array["standard_name"]);

[brandonh]

I have triple checked to make sure I was replacing all of the proper code and I am still not seeing the surname at all, it is only displaying in the index page not in any tree/chart views or on the profile pages.