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How Classic timelines are structured

A quick overview of Classic timelines, and how timelines, events and timespans fit together.

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Classic timelines are the original Timetoast timelines. They're simple, event-based timelines that are great for stories, biographies and historical overviews.

In Classic Timetoast, event and timespan fields are fixed and can't be changed.

Here are the main pieces:

Timelines

A timeline is the main container. It holds all of your events and timespans, along with settings like the title, description and cover image. Each Classic timeline usually represents one topic, person or period in time.

Events

Events are individual points on your timeline. Each event has a date, a title, and an optional description and/or image.

Timespans

Timespans represent something that lasts over a period of time, rather than happening on a single date. Each timespan has a start and end date, plus a title and optional description. Timespans can't have image assigned to them.

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