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

Tue Apr 2 20:01:08 UTC 2013

Great!

Can't wait to see it :)

Lucy

On 2 April 2013 20:58, Adam Stiles <adam.d.stiles at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >>
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