nicjohnson / gent

Genealogy todo list in Django.

Gent

A simple genealogy todo item app.

Installation

These installation instructions assume some basic knowledge of Django.

• Clone the repo
• Create a virtualenv for the project if you want
• Copy settings_sample.py to settings.py and edit to taste (and make sure you put something in SECRET_KEY)
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• ./manage.py migrate
• ./manage.py createsuperuser
• ./manage.py runserver 8001

Usage

Items are attached to families, which have a husband and/or a wife.

To add a new item/family:

• Click the "Add Item" button at the top of the screen (or hit Ctrl+Return)
• Type in the todo item in the box at the top of the dialog
• In the Family field, type the husband's name followed by a slash followed by the wife's name (and you can leave the husband's or wife's name blank)
  • For example, "Gregorio Sanchez / Isabella Gutierrez"
  • If you've already added families, they'll show up in an autosuggest box
• Click Add Item
• On the detail page for the new item, you can click on the family link and then edit the family to add Family Tree ID numbers
• To complete an item, click its box on the detail page
• To uncomplete an item, click its box again on the detail page

On the family page, items can be rearranged (drag and drop).

To see everything in the system, search for *.

Keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+Return to open Add Item dialog
• Shift+Return to save changes on a dialog
• / to focus on the search box
• h to return to the home page