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The EasyTimeline feature produces an embedded [[Help:Images and other uploaded files|image]] from wikitext. The image can be a one-dimensional diagram (horizontally or vertically), or a two-dimensional one. The name "EasyTimeline" refers to the possibility to apply the feature with a time scale horizontally or vertically, possibly with another parameter in the other direction, but there are also various other possiblities.

See also [[m:EasyTimeline]], [http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TimelinesIndex.htm Gallery of graphical timelines], [[m:Help:EasyTimeline activation|EasyTimeline activation on other MediaWiki installations]]

== Introduction ==

Graphical timelines can be produced by providing a script between special tags:<br/>

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;* hsv (hue, saturation, value): specify 3 numbers between 0 and 1

;* gray (value): specify a number between 0 (black) and 1 (white)

;legend (O) : Specifies the text that should be displayed in the legend for this color. If this attribute is omitted no entry will appear in the legend at all. See [[#Text Input|Text Input]] for rules.

<small>Example:</small>

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=== DateFormat ===

This comandcommand defines how dates, specified in other commands, should be

interpreted.

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You can specify one link per text segment.

=== Embedded links ===

Embedded links are links that are (part of a) displayable text, specified

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This documentation is originally a wikified version of the [http://infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/EasyTimeline/Syntax.htm original EasyTimeline documentation].

== EasyTimeline code with a template parameter is not allowed ==

{{Template talk:Etl}}