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Continuing Web Export Problems

daviddilaura
Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:46:05 GMT

If I export my timeline for web use, all the proper material appears in a separate folder and the aeontimeline.html file behaves (nearly) as I'd expect. But 'nearly' prompts 2 questions: 1) All my entities have, in addition to one like for an image, two more to explanatory text files. In the web/browser incarnation, there is no Entity Inspector button, so there appears to be no way to access the addition links. This is not a problem for the 1st link, since it is always to an image which is display when the entity is expanded and double clicking on it opens the image in a local image display software (whatever it happens to be). 2) The links point to files that are maintained in 3 folders that all reside in the same 'mother folder' that houses the folder that contain the files which comprise the web incarnation of the timeline. Four folders, all in the same 'mother folder.' If I move the entire 'mother folder' just as it is, to a different computer the web/browser time line is displayed properly but none of the links (including that for the images) work. Th ough documentation explains about direct and indirect link access, I had assumed that move the 'mother folder' lock stock and barrel would maintain the link access/paths. But that must not be the case, Can I get some advice and/or a clear(er) explanation of how link accesses work (or don't) when the entire timeline and its supporting data is moved to another drive or computer?

daviddilaura
Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:50:36 GMT

I'm sorry for this double post . . . pressed the wrong damned button.

aeonjess
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:37:31 GMT

Hi, In regards to your first question, there is a way to get your web export to have the other links. In Aeon Timeline, if you go into Display Settings you will see a item down the bottom saying Links. If you drag this into the display contents, it means when you expand the event in your timeline it will display your other links. Therefore when you export to a web page with these display settings, your other links should appear. In regards to your second question, the documentation in regards to direct and indirect link access is about moving the timeline file, not the web export file. Unfortunately when the timeline is exported to the web, is used absolute links and therefore when you move the folder you lose the links. The timeline file itself uses both absolute and relative links, and therefore you can move it and its supporting data between computers. However since the web export only uses absolute links, you would have to export the file again once you move it to the new location. Jess

daviddilaura
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:59:49 GMT

Jess, Thank you for the information and clarification. I was not very clear about my 1st question: In the web export the links are visible when the entity is expanded. But, as with the Aeon file, you cannot access them from the expanded entity, you can (it seems) only do that (as in Aeon) from the Entity Inspector. I thought that might be the case for the we export as well. Based on your comments on my 2nd question, I assume it is NOT possible to send a fully viewable (not fully buildable/modifiable) timeline file to someone UNLESS they have a full version of Aeon. This appears to be the case, since if the web export .html uses absolute links and these would almost always be broken when the .html and any link folders are ported somewhere other than where the timeline was generated. I was hoping that the web export would provide something like Adobe's PDF reader, allow for the reading any PDF file but not the generation of a PDF file. But you do need Acrobat it you want to generate a PDF.