The August release doesn't bring new features, but a couple of nice improvements 🌞

• OpenHistoricalMap custom date filtering replaced by a dedicated library #479
• More verbose error messages
• Lots of translation updates!

Thanks to all the contributors!

Compatibility with new search backend

The main change in this release is to add compatibility with the new search backend introduced in Gramps Web API v2.4. This is done in a backward compatible way, so the frontend will work with both Web API v2.4 and v2.3 for now.

The main differences from a user perspective are

• Slight changes to the search syntax – see the Web API release notes
• The search index needs to be rebuilt after upgrading Web API to the new version. A notification will be displayed to users with owner permissions. When this happens, please go to the administration settings and click "update search index". For any issues arising in this process, please open an issue in the Web API repository.

Other improvements

• The name of a repository can now be edited (#471)
• Translations have been updated

Support for OpenHistoricalMap and map time slider

This release adds support for OpenHistoricalMap as a layer in Gramps Web!

OpenHistoricalMap is an open geographical database built on OpenStreetMap's technology, but adding a time dimension and thus mapping historical places throughout history.

With a new time slider at the bottom of the map view, the high-resolution vector map can be adjusted to a given year. The time slider also optionally filters all places, shown as pins on the map, depending on whether an event took place in that location around the selected year. The place filter is also available on the normal OpenStreetMap layer.

You can find the OpenHistoricalMap layer by opening the layer switcher in the bottom left of the map view.

Thanks to @1ec5 from the OpenHistoricalMap community for the idea & contribution!

Other improvements

• URLs are now automatically turned into clickable links in attribute values and the citation volume/page field #464
• A bug was fixed that made editing attributes of sources impossible
• Translations have been updated

Just when you thought a month would pass without a Gramps Web release, version 24.6 is ready!

Improved name editor

The editor for a person's names has been significantly improved by @BlitzundBogen:

• Surnames can now be sorted
• Individual surnames and individual names can now be deleted
• The user interface has been made more intuitive and robust

Pictures in relationship graph

@geostag added support for pictures in the relationship graph!

Other improvements

• Translations have been updated
• A change in the Chrome browser necessitated a modified treatment of translation strings during development. As a positive side effect, frontend development is now also possible when using other browsers, e.g. Firefox. (@khashashin & @DavidMStraub)

Advanced filters using Gramps Query Language

This release adds an optional advanced filter to the object list views (people, families, events, ...) based on the Gramps Query Language (GQL). For an explanation and examples, see the Gramps Web documentation.

Other improvments

• Allow editing media also if openCV is not installed (#424, thanks @Zegeri)
• Fix regression in fan chart display not allowing to change the number of generations (#434)
• Translation updates

Browse tree edit history

This release introduces the Revision History view, which allows to browse all changes – additions, deletions, edits – of the tree, regardless who made them. For each edit transaction, you can see which user made the change, when they made it, and what exactly was changed.

This implements a long standing feature request and should make the collaborative editing experience much more pleasant and robust.

One of the next releases will even allow to selectively revert individual changes!

Other improvments

• Editing images was not possible when the library for face detection is not installed. Thanks @Zegeri for the fix
• Show page number in the citations view. Thanks @stdtom for the addition
• Translations have been updated. Thanks to the Gramps Weblate community

Note added

The non-standard tag v24.4.40 was created by accident. The next release will be v24.5.0.

Relationship Graph

This release brings a great new feature: the Relationship Graph, implemented by @geostag!

Zoomable and scrollable like the ancestor, descendant, and hourglass charts, the relationship chart not only displays ancestors or descendants of a person, but all people related to the center person with a defined maximum degree of separation.

So you can finally browse an interactive chart showing your siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles & more all at the same time!

Option to delete all objects

This release adds a new feature available to tree owners: they can now delete all objects in a tree, or optionally only objects of a specific type. It a requires a user to have logged in recently; otherwise, the password needs to be re-entered. This is to add an additional layer of security.

Other fixes

• An issue with the login form on MacOS has been fixed
• An incorrect gender colour for descendants in the hourglass chart has been fixed

This release is a pure maintenance release without new features, but plenty of updated translations.

Gramps 5.2 & Gramps Web API 2.0 compatibility

This release is compatible with the newly released Gramps 5.2 and Gramps Web API 2.0.

When you upgrade (see the upgrade guide at https://www.grampsweb.org/setup/v2/ and don't forget to back up your tree!), you will be presented with a screen allowing you to upgrade your database to the new Gramps 5.2 schema.

Progress bars for all background tasks

This release drastically improves the experience for long-running background tasks. In the past, only an indeterminate spinner was shown. Now, a circular progress bar is shown and a tooltip provides more information, like the progress percentage and, in some cases, details about the current step. Even more, you can now switch the view, or even close and reopen the browser window, and the progress bar will be shown and updated automatically!