Thank you all for the helpful responses. For now we are just formatting the html in there as a quick fix, but will look into css in the future. :)
-jgro On May 21, 11:31 pm, contemplative <[email protected]> wrote: > As mentioned by the previous posters, the bubbles can contain almost > anything. How you go about getting what you > want, I think, depends on your situation. > > I have tried both the function override of the bubble composer and > providing the html in the delivered xml file. > In my case, the latter worked better for me. My timeline info comes > from a database query, the results of which are > formatted into the requisite xml format required by the timeline at > the server. I found that it was easier to do all the > layout (tables ordered lists, url's) at the server, and leave the > styling at the client via css. The bubbles on my timeline > carry a fair amount of detail which displays nicely as a table. Some > of those table cell values are also links which allow > the user to generate a new timeline based on params sent back to the > server. It is all very flexible. > > Partly this is due to the fact that I am very weak in javascript and > fairly strong on perl. The other part is that I like > to leave as little processing as possible to the client, as I don't > know what browser the client might be using. Yet > another consideration that came into play was that my timeline is > generated entirely dynamically, based on inputs > from a form that the user fills out(much like NPR has on their > timeline), so there are no static html pages or xml files. > > Any of the methods mentioned by responders to this post will work, and > it is worth the time to explore them to > see which might work best for you. > > my $0.02 worth > > wjw > > On May 21, 5:48 am, Marko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don't use html, but use css. Break down all elements into the database > > (json/spreadsheets) and you can style every item in the lens like you > > want with css. You can even have scrollbars in the bubble. > > > On May 21, 2:11 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > You can also override the function that composes the bubbles. That way > > > you don't have to mix presentation html in with your data. See other > > > messages about how to overwrite the bubble compose function. > > > > Larry > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jon Crump <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 11:46:55 > > > To: SIMILE Widgets<[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: Timeline: formatting the description bubble > > > > On Wed, 20 May 2009, jgro wrote: > > > > > Has anyone out there been able to add any formatting to the > > > > description bubble on a timeline (ie. when you click on a dot, a > > > > bubble with a more in-depth description of the event pops up). We > > > > need a list of items to be displayed in this bubble. I tried adding > > > > some html tags within the xml file, but simile doesn't seem to like > > > > them. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! > > > > You can use html tags within the xml description element if you escape all > > > the tag brackets thus: > > > > for <element> use: > > > <element> > > > > hope that works for you, > > > > Jon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
