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TimelineJS can pull in media from different sources. It has built in support for:
Twitter,
Flickr,
Google Maps,
YouTube,
Vimeo,
Dailymotion,
Wikipedia,
SoundCloud
and more media types in the future.
Creating one is as easy as filling in a Google spreadsheet or as detailed as JSON.
Tips and tricks to best utilize TimelineJS.
Keep it short, and write each event as a part of a larger narrative.
Pick stories that have a strong chronological narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the timeline.
Include events that build up to major occurrences. Not just the major events.
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