Django-TimelineJS

Django-TimelineJS

Document history with TimelineJS

Tags: timeline, shortcode, stamen, timeline.verite.co, VeriteCo, HTML5

Use TimelineJS developed by VéritéCo for your Django site. Just load the tags. I'm simply going to copy and adapt the info and docs as per the TimelineJS-Wordpress-Plugin

Description

There are lots of timeline tools on the web but they are almost all either hard on the eyes or hard to use. Create timelines that are at the same time beautiful and intuitive for users

TimelineJS is great for pulling in media from different sources. Just throw in a link from Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, Google Maps or SoundCloud and TimelineJS will format it to fit perfectly. More media types will be supported in the future.

Creating one is as easy as filling in a Google spreadsheet or as detailed as JSON.

You can also embed the Timeline on your post using this shortcode : [timeline src="Your source url here"]

TIP - If you want to embed outside of a post, use the following code: <?php echo do_shortcode('[timeline src="Your source url here"]'); ?>

Installation

• Upload the plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
• Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
• Learn how to create the TimelineJS source at http://timeline.verite.co/#fileformat
• Use the shortcode on your post/page: [timeline src="Your source url here"]

Extra tip - If you want do embed outside of a post, use the following code on your template: <?php echo do_shortcode('[timeline src="Your source url here"]'); ?>

File Formats

Google Docs:

If you don’t want to mess with JSON, fire up Google Docs and build your timeline in a spreadsheet. It’s as simple as dropping a date, text, and links into the appropriate columns in TimelineJS’s template.

You can find the template here: TimelineJS Google Spreadsheet Template

There are only a couple things you need to know in order to create a timeline using Google Docs:

• Make the spreadsheet public:
  Google Docs are automatically set to private but the spreadsheet must be public.

Click the blue “Share” button on the top right-hand corner. In the “Share

settings” window, you’ll see the private setting of the spreadsheet: click
“Change...”. In the Visibility options window, choose “Public on the Web” and
save.

2. Publish to the Web
Under the File menu, select “Publish to the Web.”

In the next window, check the box next to “Automatically republish when
changes are made.” Uncheck all other boxes. Click “start publishing.” This
will give you the URL to embed in your HTML file.

3. Copy/paste the Web URL into your TimelineJS HTML file
After you publish the spreadsheet, Google Docs will generate a link to the file. Copy the link for the Web Page option (as opposed to PDF, HTML, XLS, etc.), then paste it into the timeline’s HTML file (see Add it to your site )

Shortcode Options

Here are some of the options you can set in the config.

Language

lang Localization default is en Languages available:

• en English
• fr Français
• es Español
• de Deutsch
• it Italiano
• pt-br Português Brazil
• pt Português
• nl Dutch
• cz Czech
• dk Danish
• id Indonesian
• pl Polish
• sl Slovenian
• ru Russian
• sk Slovak
• is Icelandic
• fo Faroese
• kr 월요일
• ja 日本語
• zh-ch 中文
• zh-tw Taiwanese Mandarin
• ta தமிழ் - Tamil
• ar Arabic May be issues with right to left (need some help here)

Help us add more. Grab a copy of a language file and replace it with your language Example language file and find your language's two letter code here

###Start at End start_at_end set to true to start the timeline on the last date. default is false

###Start at Slide start_at_slide You can tell TimelineJS to start at a specific slide number default is 0

###Start Zoom Adjust start_zoom_adjust This will tweak the default zoom level. Equivilent to pressing the zoom in or zoom out button the specified number of times. Negative numbers zoom out. default is 0

###Hash Bookmark hash_bookmark set to true to allow bookmarking slides using the hash tag default is false

###Debug debug Will log events etc to the console. default is false

###Map Style Types Due to recent changes to the Google Maps API, you need a API Key in order to use custom map types. gmap_key: required in order to use maptype

maptype:

• Stamen Maps

• toner

• toner-lines

• toner-labels

• watercolor

• sterrain

• Google Maps

• ROADMAP

• TERRAIN

• HYBRID

• SATELLITE

###Font Options font:

• Arvo-PTSans
• Merriweather-NewsCycle
• PoiretOne-Molengo
• PTSerif-PTSans
• DroidSerif-DroidSans
• Lekton-Molengo
• NixieOne-Ledger
• AbrilFatface-Average
• PlayfairDisplay-Muli
• Rancho-Gudea
• Bevan-PotanoSans
• BreeSerif-OpenSans
• SansitaOne-Kameron
• Pacifico-Arimo
• Or make your own

####Font Combination Preview:

Best practices

Tips and tricks to best utilize TimelineJS

• Keep it light - don’t get bogged down by text or other elements
• Pick stories that have a strong chronological narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the timeline.
• Include events that build up to major occurrences, not just the major events.
• Don't overwhelm the user. A timeline with hundreds of events is probably not the best use of the format.

License

This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

Changelog

0.2

• First stable release.