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“TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet. Timeline JS can pull in media from a variety of sources. Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Document Cloud and more!

Tips & tricks:

• Keep it short, no more than 20 slides for a reader to click through.
• Pick stories that have a strong chronological narrative
• It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the timeline
• Write each event as a part of a larger narrative
• Include events that build up to major occurrences — not just the major events.”

Timelines are a great way to show lots of rich media in a structured way based on chronological order so they are perfect for telling stories of your community.

Timeline JS is created by Knight Lab. Click the web link to see examples.

• Open the Google spreadsheet template and make a copy
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pHBvXN7nmGkiG8uQSUB82eNlnL8xHu6kydzH_-eguHQ/copy
• Replace the sample content with the information for your timeline (dates, text, links to media, etc), adding more rows as required.
• ‘Publish to the web’ in Google Sheets (File/Share/Publish to the Web/Entire Document/Web page)
• Close the ‘Publish to the web’ pop-up box.
• Copy the URL (link) of your Google Sheet from the address bar
• Paste this URL (link) into the ‘Insert Media Link Here’ section of your new Artefact on AceCulture.eu
• Complete the other sections of the Artefact (Title, Short Description, Tags, Artefact Text, etc)
• Click ‘Save & Close’
• Your new Artefact containing your Timeline will be live on AceCulture.eu