TimelineSetter

A timeline is a chart in which events are presented on a line in the order they occurred.

TimelineSetter takes a specially-structured CSV file as input and outputs standards-compliant HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

Features:

• Add custom descriptions and even arbitrary HTML in each event card (description tooltip)
• Fluid embeds that will look great at any width
• Style the bar, notches and cards
• Get content from remote spreadsheets
• Available as a Ruby gem
• Supports any span of time from minutes to years
• Supports multiple parallel event series in a single timeline
• Can be embedded in CMSs or works as a stand-alone
• Requires no server-side processing after the timeline has been generated

What is new in this release:

• Fixed position bug that was preventing card flipping in IE <= 8.
• Added noscript fallback.
• Added Century, HalfCentury, Quincenenary, HalfHour, QuarterHour, Millenium intervals.
• Fixed CLI in cases where output directory already exists.

What is new in version 0.3.0:

• Add JavaScript API.
• Scope timeline to a given element to support multiple timelines on a page.
• Add date formatter config option.

What is new in version 0.2.0:

• New feature adds support for custom interval notch ranges.
• Change command line to output supporting assets by default unless -a is specified.

What is new in version 0.1.2:

• Support for decade and lustrum (five year period) interval notches.

Requirements:

• JavaScript enabled on client side
• TableFu