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== Creating a Timeline == | == Creating a Timeline == | ||
To create a timeline from scratch, you will probably have to read the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline EasyTimeline documentation]. When you do this, you'll find out that creating timelines is actually very easy. This is because the timeline extension is very powerful and gives you a lot of control over the content and layout of your timeline. The price of that control is a complex scripting language. Documentation for that language is on its [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax syntax] page. | To create a timeline from scratch, you will probably have to read the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline EasyTimeline documentation]. When you do this, you'll find out that creating timelines is actually ''not''' very easy. This is because the timeline extension is very powerful and gives you a lot of control over the content and layout of your timeline. The price of that control is a complex scripting language. Documentation for that language is on its [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax syntax] page. | ||
The page [[Timeline of Fifth Edition canon]] provides an example of a moderately complex timeline you may want to study. Feel free to copy from that timeline into the [[sandbox]] to experiment. | The page [[Timeline of Fifth Edition canon]] provides an example of a moderately complex timeline you may want to study. Feel free to copy from that timeline into the [[sandbox]] to experiment. | ||
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Revision as of 06:12, 28 January 2014
Project: Redcap supports the creation of graphical timelines via the EasyTimeline extension.
Editing a Timeline
If all you want to do is add a few events to the timeline, you can try looking carefully at the code on the page and imitating the commands you find there. Please use the "preview" button and don't be afraid to revert or cancel your changes if the formatting doesn't come out right.
Creating a Timeline
To create a timeline from scratch, you will probably have to read the EasyTimeline documentation. When you do this, you'll find out that creating timelines is actually not' very easy. This is because the timeline extension is very powerful and gives you a lot of control over the content and layout of your timeline. The price of that control is a complex scripting language. Documentation for that language is on its syntax page.
The page Timeline of Fifth Edition canon provides an example of a moderately complex timeline you may want to study. Feel free to copy from that timeline into the sandbox to experiment.