NUKnightLab / NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3
unwanted caption if entry includes text and media is hosted by Flickr
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Description
When generating a timeline from a Google Sheet, if you include Text but leave the Media Caption empty, and if Media is a link to an image hosted on Flickr, then the value of the Text will appear as a caption under the image in the timeline. This does not happen if the image is hosted somewhere else.
The only way I see to work around this without a coding change is to do one of the following:
- always include a value for Media Caption
- don't point to images hosted on Flickr
- make the value of Media Caption " " (though this shows as a title tooltip when mousing over the image, unfortunately)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the timeline from a Google Sheet with Text, an empty Media Caption, and an image hosted on Flickr, then compare it with an image hosted elsewhere. Trace the Flickr media handling and determine why Text is used as the caption. Done means the Text no longer appears as a caption for Flickr images when Media Caption is empty, without changing the reported behavior for other image hosts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100