Html css timeline\history

aldo1234 · 3 Nov 2012 at 17:14

Looking some help or ideas.

I have a html Page that gets updated with the contents of a text file. The new content is added to the top with all other entries listed below.

I would like to add a line done the left of the pages with an arrow\indent to signify a new entry so all updates are recorded in a timeline for quick reference.

Any assistance greatly appreciated

Redgie · 4 Nov 2012 at 12:09

Does the page load dynamically? Or is it only loading the contents of the text file once at the start of the page?

My first thought would be to make a section down the side using a div, and then in your code where you're inserting each thing taken from the text file, insert a reference in the div also. You may need some kind of marker in the text file though to distinguish between entries.

Randomface74 · 4 Nov 2012 at 12:15

Don't really understand what you're trying to do.

suarve · 4 Nov 2012 at 14:00

Yep I'm lost too

Varsh · 4 Nov 2012 at 16:18

The only thing I can make out is that it's a flat file database and records are added like a news script but instead renamed to "timeline". Not exactly sure what he wants though.

aldo1234 · 4 Nov 2012 at 20:16

Thanks for looking.

The vbscript runs and appends the results to a html file.
At present the html file is just using a table to display the results e.g:
Date 04/11/12 Time 20:08 - Script Run - All ok
Date 03/11/12 Time 20:08 - Script Run - Issues Found
Date 01/09/12 Time 01:38 - Script Run - All ok

The idea of the timeline was to try and improve the look of the html page and to gauge the last run time quickly.

Something like this: http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/quoterror-file-read-failedquot-when-trying-restore-exchange-2007-bar picture in the first post

I think this is beyond my skills at the moment.