Gday David. Many thanks. I have managed to bastardize the Google Map portion now to fit in with the site, and propogate it. Will convert to Google Spreadsheets asap.
Link is : http://www.visatimeline.com/my-visa-timeline/mapexpat.html Will look at the timeline area later, and read a bit more me thinks. Many thanks. Ste On Nov 27, 11:05 am, David Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ozzy wrote: > > I am just getting to grips with Exhibit, it is SO powerful ! > > Keep those compliments coming; it'll keep us working :)> We currently are > developing a site athttp://www.visatimeline.com/my-visa-timeline/index.html > > > I have a few questions, and I have read as much of the documentation > > as I can: So apologies if my questions are answered elsewhere. > > > 1. propogating the data via Google Spreadsheets is brilliant, and > > ultra lightweight on our server. But how do we get back the > > "pluralism" > > > Example: our site labelk is Expat, and more than 1 its "plurified" > > using json, but with the spreadsheet version I can not see where we > > can pluralise the label tag. > > If you mean how to make things plural, note that exhibit can draw from > several data sources at once. Plural labels are specified in a > "schema", like the example below from my publications page. Since you > are unlikely to be changing it often, you can just serve it as a static > file from the same place as your are serving your html page: <link > href="my-schema.js" type="application/json" rel="exhibit/data" /> in the > head will do the trick. > > { > types: { > 'Person': { > pluralLabel: 'People' > }, > 'Publication': { > pluralLabel: 'Publications' > } > }, > properties: { > 'powerpointURL': { > valueType: "url" > }, > 'author': { > label: "author", > pluralLabel: "authors", > reverseLabel: "author of", > reversePluralLabel: "authors of", > groupingLabel: "their authors", > reverseGroupingLabel: "their work" > } > > > > } > > 2. I am struggling to cope with dates, as most of our users are > > British/Australian our date format is different from the US system, > > example: > > > 10/09/2004 to us means 10th September 2004 ie dd/mm/yyyy > > as opposed to the US system of mm/dd/yyyy > > > I also would like to propogate the timeline properly with date > > fields , ie day and month.. > > > This I am seriously struggling with, so appreciate any guidance > > please. > > > Essentially: we wish to track the timeline of each member, a member > > embarks onto the timeline at a specific date say dd/mm/yyyy 18/08/2003 > > and culminates their timeline on 27/09/2005 > > > I am struggling to actually display this for our users, and realise I > > am messing up somewhere. Also be useful, to "offer a day count to the > > timeline" so users can measure the time-stretch in number of days > > ( start to finish ) of each member. > > There's good information in the wiki on how to format dates. Check > here:http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit/2.0/Formats > > > 3. Our members enter 2 cities ( as we are a Migrancy Expatriate site ) > > they will have city A ( from ) and city B ( to ) > > I wish to be able to pull the information from our file, either google > > spreadsheet file / json / or different to plot these 2 points onto > > Google Maps, and with link bubbles back to their timeline. > > the only tricky part is getting latitudes and longitudes of the cities. > if they are already in your files, you just need to add them to your > exhibit data and re-plot. Various discussions on the mailing list about > the best way to re-render when data changes; none of them pretty.> Tall order > I am sure, but I have seen many utilise the map feature, > > albeit I can never find it on MIT website, and its integration with > > exhibit. > > see here for an example of linking map and > timeline:http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit/examples/presidents/presidents-2.html > > > Many thanks ( 1st post so please be kind ) > > > Great work --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
