Firstly, you can now choose between almost 50 fonts for your timeline. Different fonts can be selected for the headline and body text in the timeline, plus also for the base font which is used for displaying the dates. The fonts have been selected so that even if a user does not have the font installed on their system, a suitable replacement font will be displayed.;xNLx;;xNLx;Secondly, you can now choose between two styles of lightboxes, the standard black lightbox and a new white lightbox. You are reading this on the new white lightbox. Note how the colored border reflects the color you have selected for the timeline. The border for stories will match the categories the stories are in.;xNLx;;xNLx;You can select the fonts for your timeline and which lightbox to use from the Advanced Settings panel (accessible from the Settings tab for your timeline). We hope you have fun with these new features.;xNLx;;xNLx;
This is an interactive timeline created using TikiToki timeline software. The timeline tells the story of how TikiToki was created, from the initial concept to launch of the software.
Wouldn't it be great, we thought, if there was some software available that was so easy to use that anyone could quickly create their own interactive timelines.
When you start out on a new software project, one of the first decisions you have to make is what technologies to use.
There are loads of people who we believe could benefit from our timeline software. So here's who we hope will use TikiToki once it is released.
In what seems like no time, we have managed to get a working prototype of our timeline software up and running.
Go on. Resize your browser window. We hope you are impressed. TikiToki timeline software is designed to work with a wide range of window sizes, from small netbook screens to giant displays.
We have done a lot of good work on getting the core timeline part of the project working nicely. But that is only one part of the story.
There is no better way of giving a timeline a unique appearance than through the use of a background image. Our timeline CMS now allows users to choose a background image of their own,
Flickr is undoubtedly the best photo sharing site on the web, and TikiToki now provides integration with it via our new Flickr image selector widget.
We have made it possible for users to easily add Vimeo and YouTube videos to their stories. No excuse for having boring timelines now!
You can now customise the colour scheme of your timeline. There is now no excuse for having clashing colours on your timeline.
We are perfectionists when it comes to design. And if something is not working, we will redesign it multiple times until we finally get it right.
We have just provided some great new functionality to our timeline software. People will now be able to embed smaller versions of their timelines on their blogs or websites.
One of the issues with using iFrames to embed TikiToki timelines on other sites is that iFrames do not detect mouse-up events that occur on the parent page.
As we get closer to launching the software, we have started to think about how TikiToki timeline software differentiates itself from the competition.
One of the things we hope our timeline software will be used for is to document events of great historic importance such as the revolutions taking place in the Arab world.
When you have a budget smaller than a gnat's nether regions, you sometimes have to rely on family and friends to help you out.
We are beginning to get excited. Development work on TikiToki timeline software has finished. All but the most minor bugs have been sorted. All we need to do now is work up some marketing material and we'll be ready to launch. Wish us luck!
Hurrah! We have launched tiki-toki.com to the world. Initial signs are good. People seem to love the software. We've also had a good bit of coverage on blogs and news sites.
We'd love to hear from you. Please send questions or feedback to the below email addresses.
Before contacting us, you may wish to visit our FAQs page which has lots of useful info on Tiki-Toki.
We can be contacted by email at: hello@tiki-toki.com.
You can also follow us on twitter at twitter.com/tiki_toki.
If you are having any problems with Tiki-Toki, please contact us as at: help@tiki-toki.com
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