CUNY Academic Commons

I'm not seeing any embedded items on https://teachingofmlls.commons.gc.cuny.edu/. Perhaps these embeddings are on a subpage? Could I get a specific URL?

I grabbed the Google Slides URL from the failed EmbedPress embed and it doesn't resolve correctly in a new tab.

Has Anthony tried our Google Docs Shortcode plugin with the following instructions - https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/google-docs-shortcode/wiki#1-block-method ?

Ah, thanks for that, Ray.

Here's the URL I got out of one of the requests, which does load: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQKMYSgAsfpKar_hNtnvfYg3pKedqfUPhLLv-BatJSPlEBWWXW60sc6wKs7tGoYb1eskJtlRsoNagx8/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

I put this into Anthony's post using the Google Drive block, and the embed is now loading.

I don't have any thoughts about the KnightLab Timeline. I did once write an embedder that should recognize URLs of the format https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/*, but perhaps the Timelines have a different URL format. If Anthony could share a URL, perhaps I could have a deeper look.

He replies :"Thank you for this, I got the slides to embed! The other more important piece is how to fix the KnightLab Timeline embed. I’m pasting the published links to the test timeline I’ve been trying to embed. Let me know what the team says!

Published Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRFpo-fSalu4FxIlPl2vI_lyfashQAEZ339jK2AiGCEBN5_14KF2Bs8vZJVaizaqNH2SjvGJy8uZQg3/pubhtml

Iframe:

<iframe src=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRFpo-fSalu4FxIlPl2vI_lyfashQAEZ339jK2AiGCEBN5_14KF2Bs8vZJVaizaqNH2SjvGJy8uZQg3/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false></iframe>"

Glad the Google embed is working.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRFpo-fSalu4FxIlPl2vI_lyfashQAEZ339jK2AiGCEBN5_14KF2Bs8vZJVaizaqNH2SjvGJy8uZQg3/pubhtml is a Google Docs link, not a KnightLab Timeline link. It appears that the Google Spreadsheet is the data source for the Timeline (if I understand it correctly, which is far from assured!), but not the Timeline itself. What, exactly, are we trying to embed? Can I get a URL for the timeline object?

His reply "Sorry for any confusion– I was following the Commons KnightLab help page (https://help.commons.gc.cuny.edu/knight-lab-timeline-js/), which indicates that the Google Spreadsheet link was needed to include in the shortcode (this is how it appears on the help page):

[timeline src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oVnTNKW2a6dqf05BeLKCgjYJy-9q-Fv_EJbLJ4XJxXw/edit#gid=0" width="100%" height="650" font="Default" lang="en" version="timeline3" ]

Thanks for the details. I created a test page on the site:

https://teachingofmlls.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?page_id=1085&preview=true
https://teachingofmlls.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1085

and the timeline is appearing as expected. If Anthony is seeing something different, perhaps he could share complete details, including a URL to the page that's demonstrating the problem?

He replies "Thank you for sharing– I went in and used your spreadsheet link, and the timeline populated. That said, mine is still displaying the error message attached. Also attached is a screenshot of your shortcode (top) and my shortcode (bottom), can you help me identify the discrepancy (I’ve already tinkered with the link, but with no success)? I’m including a link to my test spreadsheet below–

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gtAglZGHbtg_7-pnyS5af58ICzNxR2tHOPp4iUONmWk/edit?gid=0#gid=0

This is the page I’m trying to include it on: https://teachingofmlls.commons.gc.cuny.edu/site-tool-support/

I was able to add the Commons timeline, but not another timeline. I really appreciate all of the help!!"

I did a bit more digging and found that this error has been happening for other Timeline users. See https://github.com/NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3/issues/890

Based on the discussion there, I went through the steps to 'Share > Publish to the Web' for this sheet, and then I used that URL to embed. It seemed to work: https://teachingofmlls.commons.gc.cuny.edu/site-tool-support/

I've CCed Scott here in case he'd like to do some testing, and perhaps update the Help page accordingly.