Brian, if you are a cut and paste coder, I think you might be a lot happier using the "exhibit" system which wraps timeline. It lets you specify the timeline you want using plain html, and lets you specify the data in a more-human readable "json" format. check out http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit
Brian L. Croxall wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been fooling around with Timeline for the last week, trying to > understand how the various functions work. This isn't easy for a cut > and paste coder teaching in an English department. I would like to use > Timeline in classes for students to collaboratively represent > historical events in a time period or to chart the events of a single > novel. > > As such, I am trying to figure out how to get the XML from a tool that > would allow multiple users to edit the data set and that would > dynamically update the timeline (i.e., Sally logs in to Google > Spreadsheets, adds a date and description to the proper fields, and > the timeline updates itself automatically from the published > spreadsheet). Is it possible to do something like this with Google > Documents or something like ZOHO? > > I've been working some with Exhibit, following David Huynh's > instructions for Google Spreadsheets, and trying to adapt them for > Timeline. I haven't yet been successful, however. > > Any advice will be very welcome. Thank you, > Brian Croxall > -------------------------------- > English Department > Emory University > 302-N Callaway > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 404.630.5271 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
