>> Of course, the documentation is in a wiki, so anyone inclined to help out, >> please do so!
Ok, I am on the first page of the documentation: http://code.google.com/p/simile-widgets/wiki/Timeline I will help out. How do I edit this? Thanks Jeff Roehl [email protected] (818) 912-7530 >________________________________ > From: David Karger <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Cc: Jeff Roehl <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:18 PM >Subject: Re: [Simile-Widgets] One of the big problems with timelines is >getting started > > >Well, you if you click on that relative pathname while looking at the source, >it will resolve it and load the absolute url in your browser. But I agree, >the documentation could do with some updating. Of course, the documentation >is in a wiki, so anyone inclined to help out, please do so! > > >On 8/23/2012 6:15 PM, Jeff Roehl wrote: > >Because this: >> >> >>http://simile-widgets.org/timeline/api/timeline-api.js?bundle=true >> >> >> >>The <script> link to the source is so hard to find. >> >> >>I cant find this in the documentation (I am not saying it isn't there). >> >> >>And not finding it there, I look into the example timelines, but their >>location of the JavaScript is ambiguous as they all link to it using relative >>paths, like this: >> >> >>api/timeline-api.js?bundle=true >> >> >> >>So this isn't helpful. >> >> >>So, now I am thinking, lets look at timelines "in the wild" to get the link. >>And guess what, the site you look at has downloaded the >>timeline JavaScript and installed it on their own server. So that's not going >>to work. >> >> >>In my opinion the location of the file, the name of the file and the >>parameter passed to the file should be easy to find. Really easy to find. >> >> >>This is so bad that I was using the wrong server and thus the >>wrong source-code for timeline for A FULL YEAR! >> >> >>The single most important piece of information that you need to use timeline >>is the hardest piece of information to find. >> >> >>I wonder how many people wanted to use timelines and gave up because >>they couldn't figure this out. >> >> >>This is not good news for our team. >> >>Thanks >>Jeff Roehl >>[email protected] >>(818) 912-7530 -- >>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. >> > -- >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. > > > -- 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.
