GeneWeb - Directions for Use

| # GeneWeb - Directions for Use

Preliminary remark: the present documentation sometimes speaks about windows of "interactive commands". There exists from now a program "gwsetup", simpler to use, allowing to avoid to have to use them.

- You are a beginner:

  - How to start with GeneWeb.
  - See some frequently encountered problems.

- You want more details:

  - How to recover a database when a new version of GeneWeb is installed.
  - How to install GeneWeb as a server or CGI.
  - The access restrictions to the database.
  - How to make modifications in the database.
  - How to merge databases.
  - Cleaning up, renaming, backup databases: maintenance.
  - See the frequently asked questions.

- You want more and more details:

  - How to put links to your base.
  - How to customize the welcome page and the other pages.
  - How to keep data divided inside a database.
  - Information about consanguinity.
  - The GeneWeb source file format.
  - How to create a CD-ROM to distribute your database.

- You want to participate to the improvement of GeneWeb:

  - How to make remarks, suggestions, bug reports and contributions.

GeneWeb's welcome page is the following:

- http://www.geneweb.org/

It will give you the most updated documentation. It tells you where to download GeneWeb's latest version and what is its release number. Do not hesitate to consult it from time to time.

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