HuMo-genealogy can be installed in several ways. The most common use is installation with a (free or paid) web host (provider) that supports PHP and MySQL. It is also possible to install HuMo-gen on a local PC (mainly for testing purposes).

Important note for installation:

HuMo-genealogy works best under PHP 8.0 or more recent PHP version.

If you use a lower version, some functions will not work, and errors will be possible.

Installation options

The basic steps for installation:

  • Download HuMo-genealogy:

    Github: github.com/HuubMons/HuMo-genealogy/releases

    Sourceforge: sourceforge.net/projects/humo-gen/files

  • Unzip the package in a new folder that you may name HuMo-genealogy or genealogy or any other name you fancy (in this manual we will use HuMo-genealogy for the folder name. If you choose another name change the paths below accordingly).

  • If you install with a webhost, copy the folder you just created with its contents to the www folder of your server (sometimes called public_html). Now open your browser, go to: www.your_website.com/humo-gen/admin and follow instructions.

  • If you install on your own PC with XAMPP, copy your humo-gen folder to the “htdocs” folder of XAMPP. Now open your browser, go to: localhost/humo-gen/admin or maybe you have to use: localhost:8080/humo-gen/admin and follow instructions.

Installation of HuMo-genealogy using an internet provider

  • Unzip the HuMo-gen.zip file into a new directory on your PC. We suggest you name this new folder “humo-gen” or “genealogy”. We will use “humo-gen” for the examples in the manual.

  • Now use a FTP program (such as Filezilla) to upload the folder humo-gen with its content to your server into the www folder (sometimes called public_html).

  • In your browser (such as: Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox) open: your-website/humo-gen/admin/

Now follow further instruction of: Start HuMo-genealogy and first settings

With some American hosting providers (such as Bluehost.com) the values for DATABASE_USERNAME and DATABASE_NAME have to be preceded by the username of your control panel. For example if the values of these two entries above are: “myusername” and “mydatabase” and the username of your control panel is “mycontrol”, then the values that have to be entered are: “mycontrol_myusername” and “mycontrol_mydatabase”.

With some providers it’s needed to change the .htacces file to activate the newest PHP version:

For provider Hosting2go, add this line to the .htaccess file. See: hosting2go.nl/php5info AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php

For provider STRATO, add this line to the .htaccess file: AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php

For provider Tsohost, add this line to php.ini: session.save_path = /tmp/php_sessions

Start HuMo-genealogy More information about first start of HuMo-genealogy.