Hey Derek, you should check out http://www.freshlabs.de/journal/archives/2006/10/wordpress-plugin-simile-timeline/ , Tim has created a timeline plugin for wordpress. You might be able to port it over to your CMS. Or perhaps dissect it enough to build your own plugin.
Cheers, Derek Derek Kinsman The Idea Company New Media Designer http://www.ideacompany.ca/ http://boring.ambitiouslemon.com/ 1.416.371.5652 Derek Keats wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 14:55 -0500, Michael McDougall wrote: > >> I assume your timeline gets its data using something like >> >> Timeline.loadXML("example1.xml", function(xml, url) { >> eventSource.loadXML(xml, url); }); >> >> This should work the same whether 'example1.xml' is a static file or is >> generated dynamically (using JSP, Java servlets, PHP, CGI or whatever >> web framework you like best). >> >> Do you need something different? >> > > > Thanks Michael, but I cannot seem to make it work. Let me try to > explain. These are test data and a snippet in PHP. > > The script generation works when $this->timeLine is assigned to a file, > but not when $this->timeLine is assigned to the string containing the > data. > > Hope this makes sense. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > regards > derek > > public function teststream() > { > $this->timeLine = '<data date-time-format="iso8601"> > <event > start="1955-08-12" > title="Derek Keats born" > image="http://localhost/images/csail-logo.gif";> > Derek Keats born at James Payton Memorial Hospital, in Gander, > Newfoundland, Canada. > </event> > <event > start="1989-01" > title="Joins UWC" > link="http://www.uwc.ac.za/";> > Derek Keats joined the University of the Western Cape in Cape > Town, South Africa as a lecturer in the Botany Department. > </event> > </data>'; > ... > } > > > and the Javascript generation > > /** > * > * Method to return the Javascript to create a basic timeline > * @return string The javascript for rendering the timeline > * > */ > public function getScript() > { > //die($this->timeLine); > $ret = "\n\n<script language=\"javascript\"><!-- > var tl; > var eventSource = new Timeline.DefaultEventSource(); > function onLoad() { > var bandInfos = [ > {BOTTOMBAND} > Timeline.createBandInfo({ > eventSource: eventSource, > date: \"" . $this->focusDate . "\", > width: \"100%\", > intervalUnit: Timeline.DateTime." . > $this->intervalUnit . > ", > intervalPixels: " . $this->intervalPixels . " > }) > ]; > tl = > Timeline.create(document.getElementById(\"my-timeline\"), > bandInfos); > Timeline.loadXML(\"" > >>>>>>$this->timeLine <<<<<<<-----------------------ITS > HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > "\", , function(xml, url) { eventSource.loadXML(xml, url); }); > } > .. > } > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer > http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/uwc2006/content/mail_disclaimer/index.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
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