Intro body text goes here, some HTML is ok
", "asset": { "media":"http://yourdomain_or_socialmedialink_goes_here.jpg", "credit":"Credit Name Goes Here", "caption":"Caption text goes here" }, "date": [ { "startDate":"2011,12,10", "endDate":"2011,12,11", "headline":"Headline Goes Here", "text":"Body text goes here, some HTML is OK
", "tag":"This is Optional", "asset": { "media":"http://twitter.com/ArjunaSoriano/status/164181156147900416", "thumbnail":"optional-32x32px.jpg", "credit":"Credit Name Goes Here", "caption":"Caption text goes here" } } ], "era": [ { "startDate":"2011,12,10", "endDate":"2011,12,11", "headline":"Headline Goes Here", "text":"Body text goes here, some HTML is OK
", "tag":"This is Optional" } ] } } ``` ### JSONP : Timeline can use a variation of JSONP to allow you to easily load data across different domains. To allow this to happen, the file must end with the extention `.jsonp` Here is the full model: ```javascript storyjs_jsonp_data = { "timeline": { "headline":"The Main Timeline Headline Goes here", "type":"default", "text":"Intro body text goes here, some HTML is ok
", "asset": { "media":"http://yourdomain_or_socialmedialink_goes_here.jpg", "credit":"Credit Name Goes Here", "caption":"Caption text goes here" }, "date": [ { "startDate":"2011,12,10", "endDate":"2011,12,11", "headline":"Headline Goes Here", "text":"Body text goes here, some HTML is OK
", "tag":"This is Optional", "asset": { "media":"http://twitter.com/ArjunaSoriano/status/164181156147900416", "thumbnail":"optional-32x32px.jpg", "credit":"Credit Name Goes Here", "caption":"Caption text goes here" } } ], "era": [ { "startDate":"2011,12,10", "endDate":"2011,12,11", "headline":"Headline Goes Here", "tag":"This is Optional" } ], "chart": [ { "startDate":"2011,12,10", "endDate":"2011,12,11", "headline":"Headline Goes Here", "value":"28" } ] } } ``` ### Google Docs: If you don’t want to mess with JSON, fire up Google Docs and build your timeline in a spreadsheet. It’s as simple as dropping a date, text, and links into the appropriate columns in TimelineJS’s template. You can find the template here: [TimelineJS Google Spreadsheet Template](https://docs.google.com/a/digitalartwork.net/previewtemplate?id=0AppSVxABhnltdEhzQjQ4MlpOaldjTmZLclQxQWFTOUE&mode=public) There are only a couple things you need to know in order to create a timeline using Google Docs: 1. Make the spreadsheet public: Google Docs are automatically set to private but the spreadsheet must be public. Click the blue “Share” button on the top right-hand corner. In the “Share settings” window, you’ll see the private setting of the spreadsheet: click “Change...”. In the Visibility options window, choose “Public on the Web” and save. 2. Publish to the Web Under the File menu, select “Publish to the Web.” In the next window, check the box next to “Automatically republish when changes are made.” Uncheck all other boxes. Click “start publishing.” This will give you the URL to embed in your HTML file. 3. Copy/paste the Web URL into your TimelineJS HTML file After you publish the spreadsheet, Google Docs will generate a link to the file. Copy the link for the Web Page option (as opposed to PDF, HTML, XLS, etc.), then paste it into the timeline’s HTML file (see [Add it to your site](#add-it-to-your-site) ) ### Storify: Support for Storify is still in it's early stages. It works though. Just paste a link to the storify story as the source. ## Media Included in the zip file is a kitchen sink example. This timeline shows how to incorporate the different media types from different services like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, TwitPic, Wikipedia, Dailymotion, SoundCloud and Vimeo. Just copy and paste the address of the media from the browser bar into the media parameter. TimelineJS will auto-magically pull in the media via their api and format it. ## Best practices Tips and tricks to best utilize TimelineJS 1. Keep it light - don’t get bogged down by text or other elements 2. Pick stories that have a strong chronological narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the timeline. 3. Include events that build up to major occurrences, not just the major events. 4. Don't overwhelm the user. A timeline with hundreds of events is probably not the best use of the format. ## License This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.