For "instant events"--events that have only "start" but no "end"--you can only set the icon, not the background. That's because these events are supposedly instantaneous and do not have any duration in time so they cannot be rendered as blocks with background colors.
David OOzy Pal wrote: > Thank you, I was able to get the icon to work but not background > color="red". Can you help. Below is my data files > > <data> > <event start="Sat Nov 1 2003" title="K1" > icon="images/dark-red-circle.png" color="red" > > TEST 1 > </event> > <event start="Sat Apr 3 2004" title="S1" > > TEST 2 > </event> > </data> > > > On 6/25/07, David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OOzy Pal wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> My timeline is divided into different groups for example (1900-1940 is >>> group1 and 1941-1960 is group2). How can I make different color/image >>> for each group. >>> >>> >>> >> Look for the "Kennedy shot" event in >> http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/examples/jfk/jfk.html >> and note that its icon is red instead of blue. Then find "Kennedy shot" >> in the data file >> http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/examples/jfk/jfk.xml >> to see how that color and icon are specified. >> >> Cheers, >> >> David >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
