I wanted to toss this idea for a module out to the XOOPS community before I developed it any further. I don’t have any real programming skills so I am looking for someone ( or a team) who is willing and able to takes these ideas and create a real, stable & functioning module. It’s not a particularly complex module, I just lack the programming skills to make it myself. :)

I have the ideas sketched out on some notebook paper. The notes include logic flow, and interface designs. Before I commit more time to translating these notes to a more readable format (mock-up in HTML), I would like to know if there is enough interest in a module such as this to warrant further development.

The Timeline Module

Description
This module would allow for an easy-to-use historical timeline to be displayed. The user could view and entire timeline, sort & display by particular subject, search for a keyword(s), search before/after a specific date, or search within a user-specified time period.

The timeline would be displayed in a simple text format in a table with dates, event description and subject listed. A timeline like this allows for the user to narrow their focus on a particular area of study from a larger more complete & comprehensive timeline and create a custom timeline for their studies.

Possible users of this module
Any site that has a need to record & document important dates and events that may need to be refered to later.

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If you guys and gals think this module would be something you could either use or would like to develop, please let me know here in this thread. I can go into more detail if there is enough interest. Personally, I could use this module, but it’s not a life-or-death situation. If there is enough need for this module and someone is willing to make it a reality, I’d like to know so we can get the ball rolling.

Like I said before, I don’t think it’s a particularly complex module, I just don’t have the time, or experience to build it.

I'm looking forward to your thoughts and comments.

do you take a look at events modules?
i think eXtcal should do it easily.

eXtcal project

eXtcal test site

eXtcal seems to be more for current and upcoming events. Kinda like a calendar module.

The Timeline module would be aimed more at recording and recalling past events. It'd be kinda like a database driven version of something like this:

http://accad.osu.edu/~waynec/history/timeline.html

Anybody out there have a section of their website where they have a list of dates & events? Like movies, albums, historical events?