Hi David, Yes, I noticed the categorization. The next step will be to add that in, but I needed to get the core stuff in order to meet the deliverables.
It would be cool to also link the place names to a google map which could then auto-pan to the place indicated. Or better, add and remove places mentioned in the timeline as it pans. I know more about the Google Map API than the timeline API. One small thing I noticed with my bulky timeline is that the date indicators are along the bottom. It would be nice to be able to turn them on for the bottom and/or top. Or ideally if the timeline was quite bulky, to have them appear in the middle at specified intervals along the date separation lines. Thanks, James On Dec 24, 10:51 am, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote: > Good luck. > By the way, I noticed that you have color coded your timeline entries, > presumably according to some categorization. > If you used exhibit (http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit) to wrap your > timeline, you would be able to offer users the ability to filter on > which categories they actually wanted to pay attention to. And possibly > add other facets, like people involved or geographic area. You can see > an example of that > here:https://fc.gannacademy.org/gannopedia/jhistory/jhexhibit.html > > jameslove wrote: > > Thanks Larry, I think David did this for me in good Christmas spirit! > > It was the Oregon Treaty entry. I'll rework it and see if I can make > > it appear. > > > Thanks for the tips on the presentation. I need to just turn it on > > live and let people know by email that its working and then they log > > on and check it out. The perils of distributed projects with Christmas > > deadlines. Now that it is working, people will be impressed with the > > API timeline! Thanks. > > > Email me at [email protected] and I'll send you a copy of the > > offending XML with the entry. > > > One small thing I noticed was at 1807 "Emmigration into the Flathead". > > It displays following the duration bar and overlaps into the next > > entry. I've tried to reduce the text to "Flathead" in thinking that it > > was an issue of my reducing the text in the timeline div and the API > > thinking that the text was longer. That did not work. It's a small > > visual error, that I was going to ask about later. > > > Thanks for everyone's help and thanks for working on this API. It's > > visually well done and the synchronizing of the bands is very cool. > > Our Metis Timeline will be very educational for the sub-culture that > > we research (mixed aboriginal/european sub-culture) in mostly Canada, > > Northwestern USA. > > > Merry Christmas from Canada! > > > On Dec 24, 10:19 am, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi James, > > >> I believe that the problem is in your xml file: one (or more) of the > >> events after 1831 is a problem. > > >> Suggested fix: > >> Change your xml file. > >> First delete all events after 1831. Run your html file and everything > >> (hopefully) will work perfectly. > > >> Then start adding back in the events. Add them gack half (of the > >> remainder) at a time: add half of the events that are after 1831. If > >> everything still works then you know the problem is in the last part of > >> the xml file (the last 25% or so of the file). If the file stops working, > >> then you know that the problem is somewhere in the set of events that you > >> had just added back in. > > >> Use the technique to narrow down to the one or more events that are > >> causing the problem. > > >> I'd like to know what the actual event is that is causing the problem: I > >> may be able to make the Timeline more forgiving of the problem in the > >> future. > >> (Just having it crash is a bit boring.) > > >> In the worst, case: some tips about the demo: > >> 1) YOU should control the computer > >> 2) Just demo the parts of the Timeline that already work. It is already > >> quite impressive compared to nothing. Tell people that it is still in > >> beta, that it isn;t ready yet for wider use. > > >> Good luck! > > >> Regards, > > >> Larry > > >> ________________________________ > >> From: jameslove <[email protected]> > >> To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 12:48:30 PM > >> Subject: Presenting today Need Quick Help: console' is undefined error > > >> Hi All, > >> We've just got our British Columbia Metis (canadian aboriginal group) > >> timeline completed with lots of data. I've got to show it today. Any > >> thoughts on why suddenly getting this error in the API? I've turned > >> on only one band, since I thought that might be the issue. > > >> What happens is that when you slide the band towards the 1820's > >> suddenly you get the error and the data disappears. If you slide the > >> band slower, it occurs further into the 1820's or 30's. If you close > >> the error, the data suddenly reappears somewhere in the 1870's and you > >> can slowly pan back until in the offending time period, the error > >> occurs again. > > >> Line: 3794 > >> Error: 'console' is undefined > > >>http://www.bcmetis.ca/metis_timeline.php > > >>http://www.bcmetis.ca/metis_timeline.xml > > >> Thanks, > >> James Love > >> Associate Researcher > >> University of British Columbia - OK campus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
