Timeline+Generators

media type="custom" key="5123719"TimeToast This interactive timeline creator allows for easily and quickly adding events with text and images.


 * Points to Consider**
 * Must include specific dates (not just years)
 * Color scheme is not editable
 * No way to title the timeline in the timeline itself (when embedding the timeline into other pages, this can be a problem)
 * Can't paste text into the text box using keyboard shortcuts- must right-click, paste
 * No audio or video (unless linked to)
 * Others cannot contribute to timeline
 * Timeline is public only
 * Can add links

XTimeline This timeline generator allows for interactive multimedia timelines. Unlike other timelines, these can be edited by others with the correct permissions.

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Points to Consider
 * Can upload or embed images
 * Can embed videos (must be hosted elsewhere)
 * Timeline contains a description page
 * Can be collaborative
 * Ad-supported
 * Navigating the timeline can get a user side-tracked
 * Images don't scale down well
 * Each event provides a link to a detail page
 * Appearance cannot be easily controlled
 * Cannot add links to the text of the timeline entries