By nickbits on

Hi All,

I have been looking at the timeline module, which is fantastic. I am producing a history site for a local society so is just the tool I need. Anyway, to the point, I wish to add historical events for the last 2000 years. I thought a sensible idea would be to create a new node type using CCK. The node type has:

- A title
- A description
- A start date
- An end date

I then setup the timeline view so that the last two fields correspond to the start and end date in the view as stated in the instructions. I have also filtered the view so only this node type is used. However, the timeline only displays the date the node was created and not the dates entered. I have tried the two fields as both a date and a stamp with no luck.

Probably me being completly stupid, can anyone explain what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Nick

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ec’s picture

ec commented

Hy Nick,
I'm also trying to do quite the same thing as you and I'm also experimenting the same trouble. It seems that timeline doesn't take the cck fields ! Should we fill in a bug ?
Regards,
Eric

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mfer commented

Is this a bug? I would file a feature request to add CCK support.

ec’s picture

ec commented

I guessed that timeline was working with every date field, this includes cck. Here is what is in the README

The module supports plotting nodes on a timeline view using any date/time field.

So it seems to be more like a bug than a feature to be added, doesn't it ?

mfer’s picture

mfer commented

yeah... sounds like a bug. File a bug report so it can get patched and fixed up.

ec’s picture

ec commented

I have filed one here http://drupal.org/node/94031.
Eric

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MrTaco commented

for a fix, see my reply to your issue

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nickbits commented

I have also tested this on a fresh install of Drupal with no luck, which would suggest a bug to me. Will also fill in a bug report.

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Arto commented

CCK support has been added in release 1.0 of the Timeline module (see issue #94031).

For using Timeline with historical data, however, note issue #90594: unfortunately, at present you can't use dates prior to 1970 for timeline events.

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Arto Bendiken -- author of drush, Trace, Boost and Timeline.

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fm commented

Add me to the list of people waiting for the pre-1970 timeline events. My site features events from the 18th Century and historical dates are essential.

PLEASE continue your work on this issue with all haste. It is greatly appreciated and much anticipated!

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Arto commented

Pete, as it's not a feature I need myself, it's not going to be that high on my list of priorities. Anyway, it's not up to just the Timeline module - if you want it to happen, I recommend you work with the Date project to ensure that CCK can handle the historical dates in the first place, as mentioned in #90594.

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Arto Bendiken -- author of drush, Trace, Boost and Timeline.

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fm commented

I respect your desire to address your own priorities first, but please let me know how I may improve this issue's priority.

I've gotten the Date module to recognize dates after 1901 by installing php5. Unfortunately, the Timeline module still truncates the date range at December 31, 1969.