This is so helpful, Larry, thank you very much for pointing out the
styles source.
One final question - I am trying to get the bar color for each event
in the lower band to match the bar color in the upper band; do you
know the best way to do this?
Elisabeth
Timeline: http://calligraphyqalam.com/test/styles/index.html

On Mar 4, 3:12 pm, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Elisabeth,
>
> In the current versions, css is used for the backgrounds. So to change the 
> background color for the themes, add css rules:
>
> .timeline-band-0 .timeline-ether-bg{background-color:#eee}
> .timeline-band-1 .timeline-ether-bg{background-color:#ddd}
>
> (above are the default rules and their colors for the ether backgrounds).
>
> Notes:
> 1) To find the default rules, see the source:
> timeline/src/webapp/api/styles
>
> 2) Be sure to load your css file after the timeline-api.js file. That file 
> loads its css, so you need to overwrite the rules by adding afterwards.
>
> 3) Some of the css rules are broken or have other issues in v2.2. Ver 2.3 
> includes fixes. Ver 2.3 should be out real soon now (like this week.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
> ________________________________
> From: Elisabeth <[email protected]>
> To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:32:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Bar color for imprecise events
>
> Hi Larry,
> I changed to the new version of timeline, but I can't get any of my
> customized colors (theme.ether) to show up anymore.
> Here's how I'm trying to customize the theme:
>
> var theme = Timeline.ClassicTheme.create(); //create the default
> theme then customize it
>         theme.ether.backgroundColors[0] = "#fff6dc"; //top background color
>         theme.ether.backgroundColors[1] = "#ab5410"; //bottom background
> color
>
> This worked before. Also, the styles that have the word "ether" in
> them don't work either.
>
> .timeline-ether-marker-bottom {
> color:#fff6dc;}
>
> .timeline-ether-marker-bottom-emphasized {
> color:#1d2033;
>
> }
>
> Am I missing something obvious? (Here's the 
> timeline:http://calligraphyqalam.com/test/styles/index.html)
> Elisabeth
>
> On Mar 4, 11:39 am, Elisabeth <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thank you so much Larry - I've just updated my timeline and it's
> > already looking better. I appreciate your help.
> > Elisabeth
>
> > On Mar 4, 11:30 am, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Elisabeth,
>
> > > To upgrade, I'd use one of the examples from the current release. Use it 
> > > to compare / change your file.
> > > Current release is 2.2 and its examples are 
> > > here:http://simile-widgets.googlecode.com/svn/timeline/tags/latest/src/web...
>
> > > Usehttp://static.simile.mit.edu/timeline/api-2.2.0/timeline-api.js
>
> > > to access the library from your script.
>
> > > Regards,
>
> > > Larry
>
> > > ps. Please let us know when we should add your Timeline to our In The 
> > > Wild wiki page.
> > > Thanks.
>
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Elisabeth <[email protected]>
> > > To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 11:04:45 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Bar color for imprecise events
>
> > > Hi Larry,
> > > Thanks so much for your response. I'm not concerned as much with the
> > > opacity of the tape as the color; no matter what color I choose for my
> > > event bar, the imprecise section of the event is still that same
> > > blue.
>
> > > What would be the best way to upgrade to the newest version of
> > > timeline?
> > > Thanks again,
> > > Elisabeth
>
> > > On Mar 4, 10:58 am, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi Elisabeth,
>
> > > > Welcome to Timeline.
>
> > > > You're using an older version of Timeline. I believe the tape colors 
> > > > were controlled in that version explicitly through the theme object.
>
> > > > Current version of Timeline uses css in many more places to control 
> > > > appearance.
>
> > > > However, even in the current version of Timeline, the opacity of tapes 
> > > > is controlled via the theme to provide a standardized mechanism across 
> > > > browser manufacturers.
>
> > > > Regards,
>
> > > > Larry
>
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Elisabeth <[email protected]>
> > > > To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:43:35 AM
> > > > Subject: Bar color for imprecise events
>
> > > > Hi! Does anyone know how to adjust the band color for Timeline events
> > > > that have an imprecise duration?
> > > > My timeline is here:http://calligraphyqalam.com/test/styles/index.html
> > > > and you can see that the first event has a green bar, but for the
> > > > imprecise dates the same bar is a shade of blue.
>
> > > > My CSS file is here:http://calligraphyqalam.com/test/css/cqstyle.css
> > > > My js file for the timeline is 
> > > > here:http://calligraphyqalam.com/test/styles/scripts/createtimeline.js
> > > > My xml file is here:http://calligraphyqalam.com/test/styles/xml/data.xml
>
> > > > Thanks so much!
> > > > Elisabeth
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