Spreadsheet format
Each row represents an event on the timeline. The Timeline spreadsheet requires exact data labels. Add these to your spreadsheet's first row exactly as they are written on this table.
Column | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Label | id | startdate | enddate | title | description | image | link | icon | importance | low_threshold | high_threshold | date_display |
Data Type | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | number | number | number | plain text |
Contents | A short, unique id for the event | Marks the start date for the event in plain text
| Marks the end date for the event in plain text | The label for the event. This will appear on the timeline. | Describes the event. This will pop up on the timeline when a user clicks the event's label. | An image URL. This adds an image link to the event. | A URL. This adds a link to the event's popup. | An image filename. This adds an icon next to the event's label on the timeline. | Represents the relative importance of the event. This determines the event's size and visibility on the timeline. | Determines the minimum zoom value at which the event is visible on the timeline. | Determines the maximum zoom value at which the event is visible on the timeline. | A variable that determines how a given day appears on the timeline. Note:
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Optional | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Source of events
Title of timeline: sets the title that displays in the header of the timeline
Description: describes the data represented in the timeline
Center date of timeline: sets the initial center of the timeline
Initial zoom of timeline: sets the initial perspective of your timeline
Minimum zoom of timeline: controls the minimum zoom factor of the timeline
Maximum zoom of timeline: controls the maximum zoom factor of the timeline
Image lane height: controls the height of the images at the top of the timeline
Maximum # of Popups: sets how many popups to keep open at one time
Show the footer?: Choose whether to show the date of an event and whether to have "previous" and "next" buttons at the bottom of the timeline
Show zoom bar?: choose whether the zoom bar is visible in the timeline