TimelineTest

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax

Soviet Timeline Example

<timeline> # All measures are in pixels ImageSize = width:350 height:550 PlotArea = left:50 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1919 till:1991 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1920 # there is no automatic collision detection, # so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData= bar:Leaders color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:start till:1922 shift:($dx,1) text:Vladimir~Ilyich~[[Lenin]] from:1922 till:1953 shift:($dx,1) text:[[Stalin|Josef Stalin]] from:1953 till:1964 shift:($dx,1) text:Nikita [[Khrushchev]] from:1964 till:1982 shift:($dx,1) text:Leonid [[Brezhnev]] from:1982 till:1984 shift:($dx,1) text:Yuri [[Andropov]] from:1984 till:1985 shift:($dx,1) text:[[Chernenko]] fontsize:XS from:1985 till:end shift:($dx,1) text:Mikhail~[[Gorbachev]] </timeline>

<timeline> All measures are in pixels ImageSize = width:350 height:550 PlotArea = left:50 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1919 till:1991 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1920 there is no automatic collision detection, so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData= bar:Leaders color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:start till:1922 shift:($dx,1) text:Vladimir~Ilyich~Lenin from:1922 till:1953 shift:($dx,1) text:Josef Stalin from:1953 till:1964 shift:($dx,1) text:Nikita Khrushchev from:1964 till:1982 shift:($dx,1) text:Leonid Brezhnev from:1982 till:1984 shift:($dx,1) text:Yuri Andropov from:1984 till:1985 shift:($dx,1) text:Chernenko fontsize:XS from:1985 till:end shift:($dx,1) text:Mikhail~Gorbachev </timeline>

Line Example

<timeline> PlotArea = left:40 bottom:60 top:10 right:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Period = from:1939 till:1945 ImageSize = width:800 height:600 LineData = layer:front # all lines in front of bars unless stated otherwise at:1939 color:yellow # perpendicular to time axis full length at:1940 color:orange layer:back # perpendicular to time axis full length but behind bars at:1940 frompos:50 tillpos:105 color:green # perpendicular to time axis, with specified start and stop points from:1942 till:1945 atpos:50 color:red # parallel to time axis points:(100,20)(170,105) color:blue width:3 # from one arbitrary absolute position to another, extra thick </timeline>

<timeline> PlotArea = left:40 bottom:60 top:10 right:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Period = from:1939 till:1945 ImageSize = width:800 height:600 LineData = layer:front # all lines in front of bars unless stated otherwise at:1939 color:yellow # perpendicular to time axis full length at:1940 color:orange layer:back # perpendicular to time axis full length but behind bars at:1940 frompos:50 tillpos:105 color:green # perpendicular to time axis, with specified start and stop points from:1942 till:1945 atpos:50 color:red # parallel to time axis points:(100,20)(170,105) color:blue width:3 # from one arbitrary absolute position to another, extra thick </timeline>

Template

<timeline>

# Determines the overall size of the time line
# http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax#ImageSize_.28mandatory.29
ImageSize 


# Determines the margins
# http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax#PlotArea_.28mandatory.29
PlotArea


# Determines the time period that will be displayed in the chart
# see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax#Period_.28mandatory.29
Period 


# Orientation (horizontal/vertical) of the time axis
# see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax#TimeAxis_.28mandatory.29
TimeAxis=orientation:horizontal format:yyyy 


# Used to define bars (symbolizing a time period), and add text next to these bars on a specific position.
# see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax#PlotData
PlotData=
  bar:Japan from:start      till:19/02/1945 color:JT
  bar:Japan from:19/02/1945 till:14/03/1945 color:AI
  bar:Japan from:02/09/1945 till:end        color:AO

  at:07/12/1941 shift:(0,-15) text:"<-- WW2 reaches Asia"


# Used to define a text block that can be positioned anywhere on the chart
# see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax#TextData
TextData

</timeline>