Hi Rob,

Nope, I still have those default purple-y blue icons for all of the
discrete events. I haven't revisited or updated the code in a while,
though, so there might be a fix out there. Good luck.

-Sandra-



On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Robert Fentress <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, Sandra.
>
> Did you ever get the iconCoder thing to work?  I'm having the same problem.
>
> -Rob
>
>
> On Monday, March 19, 2012 1:51:47 PM UTC-4, Sandra wrote:
>
>> Thanks! Fixing the typo in the call to rowStyler and changing the
>> switching script worked.
>>
>> It's embarrassing to have two big typos ... but I stop seeing them after
>> I've been staring at the screen a while.
>>
>> I'll triple check the iconCoder stuff for boneheaded mistakes, but
>> meanwhile, does anyone have a fix for event labels in Timeline wrapping
>> strangely when you change the font size or face?
>>
>> On Sunday, March 18, 2012 3:36:23 PM UTC-6, Contemplative wrote:
>>
>>> One more thing that I noticed:
>>>
>>> you have
>>>
>>> <div ex:role="view"
>>>                      ex:viewClass="Tabular"
>>>                      ex:label="List of events"
>>>                      ex:columns=".year,.month,.**
>>> label,.description,.shortURL"
>>>                      ex:columnLabels="year, month, event, description,
>>> link"
>>>                      ex:columnFormats="list, list, list, list, url"
>>>                      ex:sortAscending="false"
>>>                      ex:rowStyle="rowStyler">   <-this should be
>>> ex:rowStyler="rowStyler"
>>>                 </div>
>>>
>>> I think the missing "r" at the end of the ex:rowStyle might fix the
>>> coloring of you table.
>>>
>>> wjw
>>>
>>> On Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:27:33 PM UTC-5, Contemplative wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Sandra,
>>>> I have a row styler function that looks like the following and works in
>>>> my exhibit.
>>>> I noticed a slight difference in the way that we are using the switch
>>>> directive.
>>>> Perhaps that will help.
>>>>
>>>> var corn_or_beans = function(item, database, tr) {
>>>> if (database.getObject(item, "Commodity")) {
>>>> var commodity = database.getObject(item, "Commodity");
>>>> }
>>>> var color = 'red';
>>>> switch (commodity) {
>>>> case "corn": color = '#FFFF00';
>>>> }
>>>> switch (commodity) {
>>>> case "beans": color = '#FFEC8B';
>>>> }
>>>> switch (commodity) {
>>>> case "wheat": color = '#CDAD00';
>>>> }
>>>> tr.style.background = color;
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> wjw
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:20:01 PM UTC-5, Sandra wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Second issue (timeline colorCoder) now fixed. I was missing a > . ugh.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:44:47 PM UTC-6, DavidK wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  I'll try to take a look at this later, but just in terms of
>>>>>> gathering data, can you try using
>>>>>> http://trunk.simile-widgets.**org/exhibit/api/exhibit-api.js<http://trunk.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/api/exhibit-api.js>
>>>>>> which has a few bugfixes, and see if anything changes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/15/2012 12:09 PM, Sandra wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm impressed with Exhibit and Timeline, and have had a lot of fun
>>>>>> working with them. But it's been a real slog getting past a zillion 
>>>>>> little
>>>>>> issues. I've gleaned all I can from what I can find online. At this 
>>>>>> point,
>>>>>> I'm pretty close to being done with my Exhibit, but I still need help 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> a few pressing issues. I would absolutely appreciate any help I can get 
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> these issues. Screen caps and code attached!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  BTW, I'm using the Tabular and Timeline views in Exhibit. I don't
>>>>>> know enough javascript to play around with Timeline proper.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *ISSUES*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Exhibit rowStyler tabular view:* does absolutely nothing to the
>>>>>> table. It's all still white. Javascript console doesn't show any errors. 
>>>>>> My
>>>>>> code is modeled after the presidents example. With my limited knowledge 
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Java, I am stumped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Exhibit timeline extension colorCoder:* works except it totally
>>>>>> ignores one of the spans. The events with .stage="PLANNING" do not appear
>>>>>> purple on the timeline as I have set them up to do. They are grey, which
>>>>>> appears coded as "others" in the legend at the bottom of the timeline. 
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> other color coded events appear the correct color and correctly in the
>>>>>> legend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Exhibit timeline extension iconCoder:* does absolutely nothing. I
>>>>>> still get those little purple default dots on all my events. I have tried
>>>>>> both relative URLs and full URLs in the coder div, and I have tried 
>>>>>> putting
>>>>>> the icon URLs into the database itself with an 'icon' and an 'iconURL'
>>>>>> property.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Exhibit timeline extension event label divs:* are fine if I don't
>>>>>> style them. But if I use CSS on the div.timeline-event-label class to
>>>>>> change font-family or font-size, the text of the event labels wraps to a
>>>>>> second line, which in some places makes them illegible as the event
>>>>>> placement appears to assume single-line labels. I can get away with 
>>>>>> skinny
>>>>>> sans-serif fonts like Gill Sans if I make them 12px or smaller, but 
>>>>>> that's
>>>>>> a little too tiny for my taste and for my web editor's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I've attached screen captures of the above problems in action
>>>>>> (except the rowStyler issue). Code at the bottom of this post. You can 
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> a working version of the page live at http://sandrachung.com/**
>>>>>> exhibit/timeline3copy.html<http://sandrachung.com/exhibit/timeline3copy.html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *What I've done*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *API versions:*
>>>>>> I've tried a couple different versions of the Exhibit API and
>>>>>> timeline extension. With Exhibit 3.0 Scripted, my site just sits there 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> churns the "working" box at me and displays no timeline or tabular view. 
>>>>>> If
>>>>>> I'm using the Google spreadsheet converter for my database,the console
>>>>>> tells me  object #<object> has no method 'make *iso* 8601 date
>>>>>> string'. 
>>>>>> <http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ix=sea&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#hl=en&sa=X&ei=MwZhT9a6GeOe2wX2wf38Bw&ved=0CBgQBSgA&q=Object+%23%3CObject%3E+has+no+method+%27make+ISO+8601+Date+String%27&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=8fc685d9ca728249&ix=sea&ion=1&biw=1408&bih=779>If
>>>>>> I give it validated Exhibit JSON, it gives me a "poorly formed" error
>>>>>> message (I've checked for weird spaces and commas and found nothing;
>>>>>> JSONlint also says it's fine). These two versions seem to give me the 
>>>>>> most
>>>>>> consistent results with either a validated JSON file or converted Google
>>>>>> spreadsheet:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      <script src="http://api.simile-**widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/**
>>>>>> exhibit-api.js"<http://api.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/exhibit-api.js>type="text/javascript"></
>>>>>> **script>
>>>>>>     <script src="http://api.simile-**widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/**
>>>>>> extensions/time/time-**extension.js"<http://api.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/extensions/time/time-extension.js>type="text/javascript"></
>>>>>> **script>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Database: *
>>>>>> I've tried both the Google spreadsheet converter and linking to a
>>>>>> local JSON file. I created the local file by cutting and pasting the
>>>>>> database from my working version with the Google spreadsheet converter
>>>>>> (using the scissors icon). Validated with JSONlint.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Browser: *
>>>>>> Everything I've done I've tested in Chrome, Safari, and FF, all on a
>>>>>> Mac, and so far they're all giving me the exact same issues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Relevant code:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   <html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  <head>
>>>>>>     <title></title>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     <script src="http://api.simile-**widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/**
>>>>>> exhibit-api.js"<http://api.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/exhibit-api.js>type="text/javascript"></
>>>>>> **script>
>>>>>>     <script src="http://trunk.simile-**widgets.org/exhibit/api/**
>>>>>> extensions/time/time-**extension.js"<http://trunk.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/api/extensions/time/time-extension.js>type="text/javascript"></
>>>>>> **script>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  <script>
>>>>>> var rowStyler = function(item, database, tr) {
>>>>>> var stage = database.getObject(item, "stage");
>>>>>> var color = "white";
>>>>>> switch (stage) {
>>>>>> case "PRE-CONCEPT": color = "#C8BDB2"; break;
>>>>>> case "CONCEPT": color="#F7D2CD"; break;
>>>>>> case "PLANNING": color="#DECFE8"; break;
>>>>>> case "DESIGN": color="#CCD7EE"; break;
>>>>>> case "CONSTRUCTION": color="#CCE5DE"; break;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> tr.style.background = color;
>>>>>> };
>>>>>> </script>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     <link rel="exhibit/data"
>>>>>>           type="application/jsonp"
>>>>>>           href="https://spreadsheets.**google.com/feeds/list/**
>>>>>> 0AtaqlNJIHEAedFU4QkxiS1BQU0tRR**ThmODgyNjBaZ0E/oda/public/**
>>>>>> basic?alt=json-in-script"<https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/0AtaqlNJIHEAedFU4QkxiS1BQU0tRRThmODgyNjBaZ0E/oda/public/basic?alt=json-in-script>
>>>>>>           ex:converter="**googleSpreadsheets" />
>>>>>>     <link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css"
>>>>>> media=screen />
>>>>>>  </head>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  <body>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  <div ex:role="coder" ex:coderClass="Color" id="stage-color">
>>>>>>    <span ex:color="#472200">BEFORE NEON</span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:color="#D81E05">CONCEPT</**span
>>>>>>    <span ex:color="#59118E">PLANNING</**span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:color="#0038A8">DESIGN</**span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:color="#007c59">**CONSTRUCTION</span>
>>>>>>  </div>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  <div ex:role="coder" ex:coderClass="Icon" id="dot-color">
>>>>>>    <span ex:icon="images/brown-button.**png">BEFORE NEON</span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:icon="images/red-button.**png">CONCEPT</span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:icon="http://localhost:**8888/exhibit/images/purple-**
>>>>>> button.png" <http://localhost:8888/exhibit/images/purple-button.png>
>>>>>> >PLANNING</span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:icon="http://localhost:**8888/exhibit/images/green-**
>>>>>> button.png" <http://localhost:8888/exhibit/images/green-button.png>
>>>>>> >DESIGN</span>
>>>>>>    <span ex:icon="http://localhost:**8888/exhibit/images/blue-**
>>>>>> botton.png" <http://localhost:8888/exhibit/images/blue-botton.png>
>>>>>> >CONSTRUCTION</**span>
>>>>>> </div>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       <table width="100%">
>>>>>>         <tr valign="top">
>>>>>>             <td ex:role="viewPanel">
>>>>>>                <!--This div creates the timeline view-->
>>>>>>                 <div ex:role="view"
>>>>>>                 ex:viewClass="Timeline"
>>>>>>                 ex:label="Interactive Timeline"
>>>>>>                 ex:timelineHeight="300"
>>>>>>                 ex:topBandHeight="80"
>>>>>>                 ex:topBandUnit="month"
>>>>>>                 ex:topBandPixelsPerUnit="80"
>>>>>>                 ex:bottomBandHeight="20"
>>>>>>                 ex:bottomBandUnit="year"
>>>>>>                 ex:bottomBandPixelsPerUnit="**60"
>>>>>>                 ex:start=".start"
>>>>>>                 ex:latestStart=".latestStart"
>>>>>>                 ex:earliestEnd=".earliestEnd"
>>>>>>                 ex:end=".end"
>>>>>>                 ex:isDuration=".isDuration"
>>>>>>                 ex:colorKey=".stage"
>>>>>>                 ex:colorCoder="stage-color"
>>>>>>                 ex:iconKey=".stage"
>>>>>>                 ex:colorCoder="dot-color"
>>>>>>                 ex:bubbleHeight="400"
>>>>>>                 ex:bubbleWidth="300"
>>>>>>                 ex:configuration=**timelineConfig">
>>>>>>                  <div ex:role="lens" class="timeline-bubble"
>>>>>> style="display:none;">
>>>>>>                      <img ex:src-content=".imageURL"
>>>>>> class="bubblepic" />
>>>>>>                      <p><span ex:content=".month"
>>>>>> class="title"></span> <span ex:content=".year" class="title"></span>
>>>>>>                      </p>
>>>>>>                      <p ex:content=".label" class="title"></p>
>>>>>>                      <p ex:content=".description"
>>>>>> class="description"></p>
>>>>>>                      <div ex:if-exists=".URL"><a
>>>>>> ex:href-content=".URL" class="bubblelink" target="_blank"> read more
>>>>>> </a></div>
>>>>>>                   </div>
>>>>>>             </div>
>>>>>>                 </div>
>>>>>>                 <!--This div creates the table view-->
>>>>>>                 <div ex:role="view"
>>>>>>                      ex:viewClass="Tabular"
>>>>>>                      ex:label="List of events"
>>>>>>                      ex:columns=".year,.month,.**
>>>>>> label,.description,.shortURL"
>>>>>>                      ex:columnLabels="year, month, event,
>>>>>> description, link"
>>>>>>                      ex:columnFormats="list, list, list, list, url"
>>>>>>                      ex:sortAscending="false"
>>>>>>                      ex:rowStyle="rowStyler">
>>>>>>                 </div>
>>>>>>  </td>
>>>>>> </tr>
>>>>>> </table>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  </body>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  </html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  -Sandra-
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