Hi Bill, My suggestion is jump right in! I came to the group pretty green, too. The SIMILE developers have done a great job of abstracting the layers of complexity. The biggest initial challenges for me, were: 1. The terminology (usual with any new tool) 2. The format of the data (xml, json, etc)
Bottomline, you will have to invest some time, but it is worth it. If you haven't already, review the example Timelines and identify the one that most closely approximates your vision. Then make a copy and make the changes to run it locally on your web server. This process alone will greatly improve your comfort level. You will not need to do any "programming" to get to this point. You will have a working Timeline over which you have full control. The next step would be to substitute your data for the example's. Best of luck, -Mark On Aug 26, 9:00 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a very great need to produce an interactive time line. I have > researched every kind of time line software I could find on the web > and nothing compares with what I can see your SIMILE Timeline can do. > The problem is, I'm not a programmer. Other than work in Basic and > some machine code years ago, I have little other exposure or > background. > > Is there a "package" of some kind that will allow this beautiful tool > to be used by someone like me. I need this so badly that I am willing > to invest the effort to learn how to use it at the coding level if > necesary, but I need to focus on using the tool rather than developing > it if at all possible. > > I know I am probably way out of the league of the group I am > addressing, but the tool you have is awsome and I really need to learn > how to use it. > > Any advice will be appreciated. > > Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
