Help:Children

Familypedia's specialized software allows easy display of an individual's children and (if either parent has a standard page) siblings.

Standard start
The standard input form for new individuals (currently usable only with the Firefox browser) has a section for adding children of the first-named spouse. It does not reappear after the first save. See a separate section below for how you later add or edit children.

Entry and display
Children of a particular spouse are listed on the form in a single box separated by nothing but single "plus" signs. Do not use your "Enter" key". Each name should be in the standard page name form, i.e. generally including birth surname and at least a birth year or a death year. Do not include question-marks, slashes, or square or curly brackets.

Display of the children will be in a separate box for each spouse group (headed by the parents' names), created by showfacts children, a template that can be moved around on the individual's page using a normal edit. Each will have its pagename as a link in the first column; if the child has a separate page, detail from that page will be added to other columns. As at October 2010, those details are confined to dates and places of birth and death, but there is discussion of whether additional columns should be added, e.g. for spouse(s).

To show details of children before they have their own pages, a separate table may be added below the template. An example is at John Vivion III (1714-aft1791).

No need to insert or edit any child twice
If the spouse has a separate page that shows the children, a new individual does not need any separate typing for them if the individual is properly linked to the spouse. All it needs is showfacts children, mentioned above. If a form for children of that spouse appears (as is normal on creating a page), ensure that it is blank, so that the software will always retrieve the latest version from the spouse page.

Adding or editing children
To edit children when there is already a box on the page for one or more children of an individual, click its "edit facts" link. The resulting form allows you to edit that box and add or edit any others required for children with another parent.

If no children box is present, the above form takes an additional click to reach: click the "edit facts" link on the main infobox; the person form has a link to the children near the top, near other links such as advanced form, sensor page, and editing without form.

Siblings
An individual's page can show siblings, automatically updated, using a template such as Showinfo siblings.