Timeline Extension

Thanks for your reply.

Something like that is very good, but it might need some changes.

It needs to span over a period of 1000+ years. I'm just worried that the timeline will try to list out the years individually instead of organizing them into a larger group such as "centuries".

Also, due the massive span of events, I'm concerned that it may affect the visibility/readability of the event text as well.

Altair (talk)

This one might work EasyTimeline, but I rejected it because of of the interesting wiki syntax needed.

For something that says "Easy", you need to define colors and all other sorts of information to get it right. example. Editing Ebrahim's page will show you how complex it is.

If you would like to learn, we can ask to get it

Dfoplayer (talk)

Yeesh, that is quite complex. Though, I wouldn't mind learning this.

I'm not too worried the color syntax or multi-dimensional layering. I only seem to require its one-dimensional vertical timeline features as shown in the first EasyTimeline example you posted.

If you can get this, I will be very grateful.

Altair (talk)

The site admin recommends we try to use normal mediawiki code, as this extension for one page might be overkill.

If you can find a template for timelines, that would be nice. I will also search for one.

Dfoplayer (talk)

Sounds good. If anything, we can always default to a color coded table.

Altair (talk)

Can you create a very simple image from MS paint or whatever image editor so I can see what you are trying to accomplish? Then upload to imgur or some other image hosting site?

Two possible templates could be horizontal or vertical.

Example for horizontal under "Modern_rules". Taxation in the United Kingdom

Example for vertical on the far right under "Key events in the Cambrian". Cambrian

Dfoplayer (talk)

Thanks for your reply. I hadn't much luck on finding many variations for timelines on my end, mostly tables and lists.

After reviewing the two, I'm heavily in favor with the horizontal one. For some reason, the Wiki is preventing me from posting links here... Anyway it looks very similar to the horizontal one, but with slight variations.

I plan to list out event links along with their dates like so: "A.Y. YYYY EventNameLink" with blocks spanning their approximate duration. If it is necessary, the events could be color coded (text or highlighted) for distinguish-ability depending on the location: Pandemonium (Terra), Arad Continent, or Empyrean. Individual events would have lines that point to somewhere in the timeline.

The information would span into two timelines, one for prior events and the other for contemporary events. This is to prevent the data from being too crowded toward the right end.

Altair (talk)

The horizontal would be best then.

The following wiktext should allow linking; I can not see why it would not work for you

 [https://link.goes.here/ display text after one space]

example dot com

Dfoplayer (talk)