This tab provides special features to customize your family pages. Add text and images, as well as links to your own web pages.
Certain information needed to customize your pages is maintained in one of two ways. You may use your favorite genealogy program to define it in your family data file. Or, you may store it in GED-GEN, separately from your family data file.
See Method for an explanation and step-by-step instructions.
| Option | Meaning |
| Use "Fact" Tags in GEDCOM File | GED-GEN will read your GEDCOM file looking for the "Fact" tags you define here. When it encounters one of these special tags, it will process it appropriately. |
| Use Stored Configuration |
Click to define biography, relationship and image information. Click to define narrative, imported text, and image information. These buttons cause the Configure dialog to appear. GED-GEN stores the information you enter separately from your GEDCOM file. |
Hint: Once your custom feature settings are finalized, you can quickly include or exclude them before generating web pages. Click on the green "LED" dots that appear down the left side of the Custom tab.
Hint: The GED-GEN log file summarizes the individuals and families generated along with the custom features you defined. You can use these tables to verify your customizations are correct. Refer to the View command.
Each individual can have a biography link, relationship phrase and image.
See Individuals for an explanation and step-by-step instructions.
| Tab | Meaning |
 Biography Links |
Display a link next to an individual's name. It takes a visitor to your own web page containing a biography about the individual. |
| Relationship Text | Display kinship phrases to assist visitors navigating your family pages. |
| Individual Images |
Display images next to the individuals on your family pages. See Images for details. |
= Feature is available only in the registered version.
Each family group can have a narrative link, imported text and image.
See Families for an explanation and step-by-step instructions.
| Tab | Meaning |
| Narrative Links |
Display a link on each family page. It takes a visitor to your own web page containing a family narrative. |
| Imported Text |
Include the contents of an external file on a family page. |
| Group Images | Display a family group picture on each family page. |
= Feature is available only in the registered version.
Before using the "Stored Configuration" method to define custom features for the families in your GEDCOM file, refer to the discussion about Family Page References.
For individuals who have any of the above custom features defined, GED-GEN can display icons next to their names in the index. This emphasizes the individuals who have pictures, additional text and links to your other web pages. Visitors can see at a glance which family pages provide extra information.
Check the Display custom icons on the Index pages box to enable icons. One or more icons will appear next to an individual's name in the index depending on the custom features associated with that individual. You can display either graphical images or textual icons:
| Option | Meaning |
| Display images |
Choose this option to display icons using graphical images. GED-GEN provides a default set of images:  The text fields on this tab are the alternate text phrases displayed when the icon image is not available, or when you hold the mouse over an icon. (This depends on the Internet browser.) Customize the alternate text by changing any of these text fields. |
| Display letters or text phrases |
Rather than images, choose this option to display a textual icon. For instance you could display the letter B for a biography link or a phrase like Bio or (Bio) or Biography. Specify your textual phrases in the fields on this tab corresponding to each icon. For example, place a B in the "Biography Link" field. You can use HTML formatting. |
Graphical images are technically not allowed in the preformatted text area of an index page. However most Internet browsers display them properly and if you are not concerned with HTML conformance, you may prefer to use image icons rather than textual icons.
If you choose a proportional font by clearing the Use non-proportional font option on the Attributes tab, GED-GEN does not generate preformatted text areas. In this case graphical images will not violate HTML conformance.
There is no icon for relationship text because that text already appears in the index. If you want to omit a particular icon, leave its corresponding text field empty. For instance if you don't want the imported text icon to appear, clear the "Imported Text" field.
An icon appears if the corresponding feature is defined for an individual on at least one family page, but not necessarily their main family page. For instance if a child appears on a family page with a group image, that individual will have a group image icon. The index page link however will lead to their spousal family page, which may not have a group image.
If you want a legend that describes what each icon means, you must provide one yourself. You can add such a legend in your index page introductory text. (See the Headers tab.)
If you use images, each icon is a separate .GIF image file that is created in the destination folder along with your family pages. You can provide your own icons by simply replacing these files with images you create. However you must name your image files the same corresponding name:
| File* | Icon Description |
| b.gif | B for Biography. This individual has a link to a biography web page. |
| n.gif | N for Narrative. This individual appears on a family page that has a link to a family narrative web page. |
| i.gif | I for Image. This individual has an image. |
| g.gif | G for Group. This individual appears on a family page that has a group image. |
| t.gif | T for Text. This individual appears on a family page that has text that was imported from an external file. |
* Each file name includes the file prefix you specified on the Attributes tab. For example the biography icon would be named grpb.gif if the file prefix is grp.