A crucial element of any engagement project is communicating what the process looks like, how long it will take and where the opportunities to engage are. Timeline helps you take your stakeholders with you through every step of the journey.

This tool allows you to communicate key milestones with your visitors and update the timeline as your project progresses. It can help contextualise the scale of an engagement, or help users visualise a complex process.

🖼️ Examples

All stages can be customised and edited to reflect where you are in the process.

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Vision statement

    A vision for what the project will achieve.

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Community consultation

    Round one of public engagement on the vision.

  • Timeline item 3 - active

    Framework

    A framework has been released detailing how the vision could be implemented.

  • Timeline item 4 - incomplete

    Framework is endorsed

    The framework will be put to the committee for endorsement.

⚙️Settings

Settings you can configure in the Timeline tool:

Basic

  • Stages - allows you to add and edit or reorder the stages in your timeline.

Display

  • Stages to display - allows you to select whether to display all stages, active and complete stages only, or active stages only.

Advanced

  • Block Title - add a heading to display at the top of the tool.
  • Block Description - add a sub-heading or descriptive text to display beneath the heading.

🎯 Key Actions

Key actions you can perform in the Timeline tool:

  • Under the Basic tab, select the green Add Stage button.
  • The Add Stage window will appear.
  • Add a title to the stage.
  • Select a status for the stage (Incomplete, Active or Complete).
  • Add an optional description under Stage Description.
  • When you are finished, select the blue Add button.
  • Under the Basic tab, locate the stage you wish to edit and select the yellow Edit button.
  • The Edit Stage window will appear.
  • Edit the title, stage status and/or description.
  • When you are finished, select the blue Add button.

There are two ways to accomplish this.

Method 1
  • Under the Basic tab, locate the stages you wish to reorder.
  • Use the blue up/down arrows to shift stages up or down the order.
  • When you are finished, hit Add.
Method 2
  • Under the Basic tab, locate the stages you wish to reorder.
  • Left click and hold the three lines (or 'hamburger') icon to the left of a stage.
  • Drag the stage up or down the list and drop it into place.
  • When you are finished, hit Add.