[openspending-dev] Launching OS for Oakland, Calif.

Tue Apr 2 19:58:26 UTC 2013

Thanks, Lucy! I got past that last hurdle with Stefan's suggestion and
help from a friend here, Max Ogden, who it turns out hung out with
Stefan in Berlin. Small world indeed. We're planning an initial launch
on 4/15 to coincide with our mayor's announcement of her proposed
budget. We'll keep you posted.

Adam

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Just to be clear, OpenSpending is a community-focussed project and we're
> delighted to have questions posted here when people are trying to get
> something working themselves and are very happy to help - so please keep
> asking!
>
> Community questions which come in via the mailing list we may take a little
> longer to get to than work which we have concrete SLAs for from a project
> we've been contracted to do, but we will try and answer them in good time.
>
> Really looking forward to seeing the Oakland project come off and if there
> is anything we can do to help it happen, please let me know :)
>
> Lucy
>
>
>
>
>
> On 28 March 2013 15:44, Adam Stiles <adam.d.stiles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Stefan.
>>
>> And my apologies if I'm asking for too much help. It's not clear from the
>> outside what level of support OS devs can/can't offer (maybe worth
>> documenting somewhere), nor how one would hire someone to get more help
>> (also worth explaining if that's an option). I initially began using this
>> list when an OS team member told me to direct tech questions here.
>>
>> In our case, this is a volunteer project with no budget, but if we had a
>> clear idea of what services are available, we could then consider raising
>> funds for that; otherwise, I'm just looking for support through trial and
>> error.
>>
>> Thanks for all your help so far.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Stefan Wehrmeyer
>> <stefan.wehrmeyer at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Adam,
>>>
>>> you need to set the height of your widget to an absolute amount > 0 (100%
>>> doesn't work, try 400px).
>>>
>>> If you need further guidance, consider hiring one of the OpenSpending
>>> devs to help in building the Oakland site.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>> On 28.03.2013, at 02:37 , Adam Stiles <adam.d.stiles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello -- I've followed Stefan's instructions below but treemap still
>>> > not displaying on this page -- and no errors are detected. Any suggestions
>>> > greatly appreciated: http://openbudgetoakland.org/draft/oak11-13adopted.html
>>> >
>>> > THANKS.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Stefan Wehrmeyer
>>> > <stefan.wehrmeyer at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> > Hi Adam,
>>> >
>>> > you already created a Treemap visualisation here:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://openspending.org/oakland_adopted_budget_fy2011-12/views/test-treemap
>>> >
>>> > Have a look at the source code for the embed site:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://openspending.org/oakland_adopted_budget_fy2011-12/embed?widget=treemap&state=%7B%22drilldowns%22%3A%5B%22Department%22%2C%22Program%22%5D%2C%22year%22%3A2011%2C%22cuts%22%3A%7B%7D%7D&width=700&height=400
>>> >
>>> > So on the JavaScript part there is:
>>> >  - jQuery
>>> >  - openspendingjs/prod/boot.js
>>> >  - some configuration to OpenSpending (scriptRoot, separators)
>>> >  - openspendingjs/lib/widgets.js
>>> >  - openspendingjs/app/bob/bob.js
>>> >  - openspendingjs/widgets/treemap/main.js
>>> >  - some simple configuration objects (state, context)
>>> >  - and then just: new OpenSpending.Treemap($('#widget'), context,
>>> > state);
>>> >
>>> > Hope this helps.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers
>>> > Stefan
>>> >
>>> > On 24.03.2013, at 20:28 , Adam Stiles <adam.d.stiles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Stefan (or anyone who can help),
>>> > >
>>> > > As a test, I'm trying to make this data set appear in a custom site:
>>> > > http://openspending.org/oakland_adopted_budget_fy2011-12
>>> > >
>>> > > My assumption was that I needed the OS JS file:
>>> > > https://github.com/openspending/openspendingjs
>>> > >
>>> > > Can someone tell me:
>>> > >
>>> > > - What other files are needed in my directory
>>> > >
>>> > > - What code (html, JS, CSS) is required on the page itself to load a
>>> > > treemap of that dataset (or point me to a simple example)
>>> > >
>>> > > At some point, it would be really useful to people creating custom
>>> > > sites to have one "template" for adding treemap, bubbletree, etc.
>>> > > There are many more complicated examples, but unless I'm missing it,
>>> > > there doesn't seem to be a documentation or example for this basic
>>> > > application.
>>> > >
>>> > > This post came very close, but not quite enough info for the someone
>>> > > with only basic JS skills:
>>> > >
>>> > > http://openspending.org/blog/2013/03/20/How-to-Embed-Open-Spending-Databases-to-Your-Own-Website.html
>>> > >
>>> > > Thanks!
>>> > >
>>> > > Adam
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Then it's just a matter of glueing the widgets and custom maps
>>> > >> together.
>>> > >> Unfortunately, currently the widgets are only documented through
>>> > >> example use, not through tutorials
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Here's another example of using the treemap and datatable I recently
>>> > >> built for Berlin:
>>> > >> https://github.com/okfde/haushaltberlin/
>>> > >> http://okfde.github.com/haushaltberlin/
>>> > >>
>>> > >> To make a custom site using the OpenSpending API and widgets, you
>>> > >> need to have a certain proficiency in JavaScript and be ready to read some
>>> > >> code.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>> - How do I make each level (click) on the visual generate a unique
>>> > >>> URL (or whatever is required to have comments specific to each level of the
>>> > >>> visual)?
>>> > >>
>>> > >> You can use #! URLs according to the Disqus Docs:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/472107-using-disqus-on-ajax-sites
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Cheers
>>> > >> Stefan
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > > Adam Stiles
>>> > > 510.280.4862
>>> > >
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