JFA · Documentation
Documentation
Install JFA, set up your archive, import genealogy and learn how photographs, documents, people and private media fit together.
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New to JFA?
01
Getting Started
Understand what JFA is, what you need and how the pieces of a Family Archive installation fit together.
02
Installation
Install the JFA plugin on WordPress and check the basic server and software requirements.
03
First Setup
Configure the archive identity, homepage behaviour, appearance and the basic settings for a new installation.
Genealogy
Bring the family context into JFA.
GEDCOM Import
Learn how JFA imports people and relationships from genealogy software and how GEDCOM is used as a bridge into the archive.
People & relationships
Understand how person pages, families and relationships give photographs and documents navigable context.
Archive material
Work with the material itself.
Photos & Documents
Add photographs, albums, PDFs and multi-part documents and connect the material to people, dates, places and sources.
Sources & provenance
Keep information about where material came from, creators, institutions, rights and digitization with the archive object.
Privacy & family access
Keep a private archive private.
Privacy & Private Media
Understand JFA private storage, protected media delivery and the checks that help keep archive files out of ordinary public upload URLs.
Family Accounts & Contributions
Create accounts for relatives and use the contribution and review workflow without opening the archive to public registration.
Administration
Make the installation your own.
Appearance & Branding
Configure the archive name, visual profile and other presentation settings provided by JFA.
Troubleshooting
Diagnose common installation, storage, permission and import problems.
Release Notes
See what changed between JFA releases and find information relevant to upgrades.
A useful boundary
JFA is an archive with genealogy context.
Dedicated genealogy software can remain the place where you research and maintain a large or complex family tree. JFA imports the genealogy it needs so that people and relationships can provide context and navigation for the family material.
Need to explore first?
Try JFA before installing it.
The public demo lets you explore JFA without changing anything on your own WordPress site.