Hi Mary,
If you need those week and day numbers, then you need a new kind of
"ether painter", in Timeline's terminology. That requires writing a bit
of Javascript code and I can help you with that. I'll get to it in a few
days.
One issue: I think the quickest way for me to implement this is to
require your events to be grounded in real time. That is, an event must
be associated with a particular date ("2006-12-16") rather than just a
number ("1"). Will that be a problem?
Cheers,
David
Mary McRae wrote:
> I've just discovered Timeline and think it would be valuable to
> document some particular processes required by my organization. These
> timelines are not tied to specific dates. For example:
>
> day 1: submit request
> day 1-5: request reviewed; accepted/rejected
> day 5: event posted
> days 5-19: review
> days 20-24: conference
> day 33: final comments
> day 35: final posting
>
> I would like to use week# on the bottom with day# on the top... this
> would help users plan their events and make sure they get the timeline
> right.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
> x
> x--------------------------x
> x
>
> week1 week2
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I am not versed in javascript, although the coding seems fairly
> straightforward. I *am* well-versed in XML, although don't see a
> schema posted for an XML dataset but made some assumptions from the
> sample data provided.
>
> My XML file looks like this:
> <data>
> <event isDuration="false" start="1" end="1" title="Submit Proposed
> Event" link="http://www.mycompany.com"; >
> The requirements for event submission can be found here
> </event>
> <event isDuration="true" start="1" end="5" title="Review Proposed
> Event" link="http://www.mycompany.com"; >
> Upon receipt of an eventsubmission, the administrator will review for
> the following:
> </event>
> <event isDuration="true" start="5" end="19" title="Announce Comment
> Period" link="http://www.mycompany.com"; >
> The administrator will open the event for public review
> </event>
> </data>
>
> Do I need a custom extension or is there some other way to get the
> results I'm looking for? I have a dozen or more of these types of
> timelines and I'm hoping Timeline can meet my needs.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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