Tips & Tricks
Use the help section on Timeline's homepage.
Must Haves
Be sure to use appropriate dates in the correct fields of your spreadsheet template. Bad data will cause your interactive timeline to NOT WORK. Beware the spiral of doom!
Do not edit or modify the top row AT ALL. Again, bad data (unexpected changes) will cause your interactive timeline to NOT WORK. Beware of the spiral of doom!
Remember to refresh your interactive Timeline page after you make changes. It won't auto-update.
Images
Images must be stored on the web to work with Timeline by Knightlab.
Some data hosting sites do not work with Timeline by Knightlab, e.g. Google images. We have found several workarounds to help with this issue which are posted here.
Google - download the images to your computer then upload them to imgur.com. See imgur information below.
Photos stored on my computer can be uploaded to a web hosting site like imgur.com.
imgur.com - add images to convert them to the proper file format for use in Timeline.
When using the Media section of your Google Sheet, some webpages generate images on your timeline even though they are not image file links, they are URLs. More popular sites like Google.com, or Yahoo.com have already been recognized by PagePeeker so these images are readily available and therefore auto populate. If your URL doesn't display an image but you instead see the broken image icon, use PagePeeker to generate embed code that will work. Simply paste in the "unknown" URL and click "Go." Wait for it! Wait for it! Once ready, copy this embed code into the appropriate Media cell on your Google Sheet.
Must Haves
Be sure to use appropriate dates in the correct fields of your spreadsheet template. Bad data will cause your interactive timeline to NOT WORK. Beware the spiral of doom!
Do not edit or modify the top row AT ALL. Again, bad data (unexpected changes) will cause your interactive timeline to NOT WORK. Beware of the spiral of doom!
Remember to refresh your interactive Timeline page after you make changes. It won't auto-update.
Images
Images must be stored on the web to work with Timeline by Knightlab.
Some data hosting sites do not work with Timeline by Knightlab, e.g. Google images. We have found several workarounds to help with this issue which are posted here.
Google - download the images to your computer then upload them to imgur.com. See imgur information below.
Photos stored on my computer can be uploaded to a web hosting site like imgur.com.
imgur.com - add images to convert them to the proper file format for use in Timeline.
When using the Media section of your Google Sheet, some webpages generate images on your timeline even though they are not image file links, they are URLs. More popular sites like Google.com, or Yahoo.com have already been recognized by PagePeeker so these images are readily available and therefore auto populate. If your URL doesn't display an image but you instead see the broken image icon, use PagePeeker to generate embed code that will work. Simply paste in the "unknown" URL and click "Go." Wait for it! Wait for it! Once ready, copy this embed code into the appropriate Media cell on your Google Sheet.