Oh, I see. Thought that was a bit curious, too. :) 

Do you know if I'd be better off trying to get exhibit work than continuing 
to work directly with the timeline api?


On Wednesday, 8 May 2013 13:50:24 UTC+2, David Karger wrote:
>
>  That's a bug in the code; it shouldn't be loading from simile.mit.edu at 
> all (deprecated).   We'll put fixing it on our (long) todo list but would 
> love for someone to submit a patch.
>
> On 5/8/2013 7:45 AM, Kristian Niemi wrote:
>  
> Thanks for your suggestion, David!
>
> Indeed, I've tried it --- but unfortunately it doesn't make a difference.
>
> However, I believe the crux is that timeline-api.js attempts to load the 
> following file:
> http://static.simile.mit.edu/ajax/api-2.2.0/simile-ajax-api.js
>
> Hmm... Perhaps the problem can be circumvented by the use of a local copy 
> of the above file, and the use of Timeline_ajax_url... I'll give it a try.
>
> /Kristian
>
> On Wednesday, 8 May 2013 13:26:19 UTC+2, David Karger wrote: 
>>
>>  Perhaps if you use secure http instead:
>>
>>  
>> https://api.simile-widgets.org/timeline/2.3.1/timeline-api.js?bundle=true
>>
>> On 5/8/2013 6:51 AM, Kristian Niemi wrote:
>>  
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to get a SIMILE timeline to function on Google Sites. Which 
>> has included writing a Google Gadget.
>>
>> I've made some headway in making it work, but now I've got stuck.
>>
>> It works in Firefox and Opera, but not in Chrome or Internet Explorer.
>>
>> Currently inclined to believe the problem has to do with fetching of 
>> insecure content, as Chrome puts it. At least, it throws that error. More 
>> specifically, Chrome refuses to load 
>> http://api.simile-widgets.org/timeline/2.3.1/timeline-api.js?bundle=true
>>
>> How can I work around this problem?
>>
>> I've found some references that the problem might lie in bad coding, too 
>> --- commas where there shouldn't be any, and the like ---, but I haven't 
>> managed to find any such errors. (That doesn't mean they're not there. I 
>> just can't find them.) 
>>
>> The source of the Google Gadget can be found here:
>>
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7999671/bugreports/SIMILE/SIMILEtimeline_wrapper.xml
>>
>> The expected result (as shown by firefox, opera) can be viewed here:
>> http://j.mp/timeline-hinduism-overview
>>
>> The JS I'm feeding to SIMILE can be found here:
>> http://j.mp/timeline-hinduism-overview-js
>>
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated!
>>
>> As you can probably tell by the source contained in the files above, 
>> javascript is not my strong side.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Kristian
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