Releases for Timeline

Drupal 5.x release of timeline module. CVS tag DRUPAL-5--1-0

Primarily an upgrade form the 4.7 version with some bug fixes and Date module support.

On-going port to Drupal 5.x. Not ready for prime time just yet.

Changes since David Donohue's initial development release:

• Added an option for specifying which event/date the timeline views should initially be centered on after loading.
• Fixed widget creation so that the 'Loading...' bubble is displayed.
• #94031: Allow using custom CCK fields as the start/end date, title and description of timeline events (kudos to John Stalcup).
• #79472: Fix asynchronous timeline loading problems occuring in IE6 (kudos to John Stalcup and Erwin Lion).
• #91081: Corrected the timeline popup node links (kudos to Eric Charikane).
• #90660: Prevented other modules (e.g. devel.module) from intefering with timeline JSON or XML feed output (kudos to Steve Yelvington).
• #90272: Extended the module's installation and usage instructions, and reorganized the code for better extensibility.
• #90272: Implemented an installation hook which verifies that the required Views module is installed and enabled, and outputs a warning in case it is not.
• #90272: Implemented JSON output and added a setting for specifying whether to use JSON or XML for loading the timeline data feed.
• #90272: Simplified the XML output code by making use Drupal's built-in function format_xml_elements().
• #90272: Changed dates/times in data feed to use the ISO-8601 format, and added explicit date format specifier to data feeds.
• #90272: Added a setting for specifying the base URL to load the timeline JavaScript widget from.
• #90272: Added a setting and cache control implementation for specifying the client-side cache lifetime for timeline data feeds.
• #90272: Changed timeline data feed loading to use a relative, instead of absolute, URL to counteract problems when accessing a site via HTTP/HTTPS both.
• #90272: Added an explicit UTF-8 character set specifier to the HTTP Content-Type header of the data feeds.
• #90272: Implemented some initial Simpletest unit tests for verifying the well-formedness of the data feeds provided by the timeline module.
• #90272: Implemented a best-effort workaround for the widget's timezone display bugs, claiming dates are GMT while they're in fact explicitly adjusted to the current user's timezone.
• #90272: Added a wrapper DIV element around timeline DIV for easier control over theming, and added a visible border around the timeline widget for stylistic effect.
• #90272: Changed the default timeline CSS class name and width, and set the timeline XHTML element ID to the name of the current timeline view in order to facilitate custom theming.
• #90272: Separated timeline creation JavaScript code out of the module and into a file called timeline.js; also added an initial timeline.css stylesheet file.
• #90272: Successfully tested vertical timeline views (with newest version of the timeline widget).

The very latest bleeding edge — may be inconsistent or broken. Not recommended for anyone except developers wanting to keep up with the project.

The very latest version for Drupal 4.7.x. Tends to be relatively stable, since actual development happens on the HEAD branch, with new features only occasionally being merged or backported. Recommended for expert users who feel comfortable submitting bug reports for the occasional glitch.