20+ Free Horizontal Timelines HTML & CSS Templates

Timelines are very important as they are used for various things on various platforms. Authors use timelines in books, lessons and articles to explain an event, the reason it occurred, the way it occurred and the date the event happened. Business owners and professionals also use them on their sites in order to keep things organized and arranged. The creators of social media platforms like Facebook made it in such a way that every user has a timeline where his/her pictures, posts and every other thing relating to the person would be displayed.

Best Free Timeline HTML and CSS

It is pertinent to note that, there are two types of timelines, the vertical timeline and the horizontal timeline. For the vertical timeline, contents are separated by vertical lines while horizontal lines separate contents under horizontal timelines. We have compiled a list of various horizontal timelines that can be used for different sites, books, articles and so on.

Horizontal Timeline inspired by Cody house

This timeline is beautiful and easy to use. It is laced with a simple but fascinating design. The developers made use of Java Scripts to add the effects that made this timeline fascinating. Although dates might appear in the content section, you can edit it however you want.

Horizontal Timeline inspired by Cody house

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Horizontal Timeline

Just like the name, it is laced with pink horizontal lines that have different sizes of circles on them. These circles are referred to as pins and when hovered over, certain important contents regarding a site appears. Although this timeline is not detailed, it is easy to use as it was developed using CSS and HTML script.

Horizontal Timeline

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Horizontal Timeline Ex

This timeline would definitely catch the attention of users. It has a grey horizontal line with little nodes and spheres at both sides of the line can be used to display various things ranging from dates, events, achievements etc. While the spheres are used for navigating, the nodes display information and they often change colour when clicked upon.

Horizontal Timeline Ex

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JQuery Horizontal Timeline

It has a simple, colourful, and responsive design. It has a mix of both horizontal and vertical lines, horizontal lines appear at the top while vertical lines appear later. Although the line mixture depends on the screen size. It also contains columns where contents are displayed and an even alignment which makes the timeline fascinating.

JQuery Horizontal Timeline

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Horizontal and vertical Timeline

Just like the name, it contains both vertical and horizontal line structures that designers can choose from. It has a simple colour and design scheme. It contains icons and markers that make it more appealing. It was created based on CSS and HTML styling code.

Horizontal and vertical Timeline

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Timeline

It was developed using CSS, HTML and Js animations and effect in order to give it a colourful effect despite its cool nature. The timeline is laced with contrasting but beautiful colour schemes, amazing animation structure, a white line indicator, small nodes or makers to display dates and a dazzling click and hover effect which makes colour changes possible.

Timeline

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Horizontal Animated Timeline

Aside from the brighter colour scheme, it is similar to the timeline. While the former has a darker colour scheme, the latter has a brighter one. It has the mind-blowing feature of detecting the beginning and end of a timeline.

Horizontal Animated Timeline

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4 Panel Timeline CSS

The features are so striking and wonderful that it is difficult to believe that it is a product of CSS and HTML script. Texts and images are displayed in a creative manner. It has a dazzling hover effect and four even columns for text display.

4 Panel Timeline CSS

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 Timeline Sequence

Just like the panel timeline, it is a classy and unique timeline that may seem a little difficult for beginners. Texts are displayed with slides. The well-commented codes, amazing background and beautiful slides make it a whole new level of an invention created based on JS angular mode and CSS animations.

 Timeline Sequence

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Horizontal Timeline Mockup

Xin Yao created this next level timeline by stacking images and combine it with amazing animation effects. CSS, HTML as well as JS were used to create this timeline where images slide across the screen when you hover over them and such pictures could expand.

Horizontal Timeline Mockup

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Wedding Timeline

This timeline is perfect for a wedding, engagement or any occasion. It has a simple but classy and amazing design, with a white and blue background. The contents, pictures and dates are simply but properly structured with a scroll bar added for navigation.

Wedding Timeline

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Horizontal Timeline Experiment

It has a straight line laced with blue circles drawn across from one side to the other. Above the line, there’s a card that contains dates, events and other information, when you click on the text of your choice the rest fades out.

Horizontal Timeline Experiment

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 Responsive Timeline V3

This is a simple, classy and responsive timeline that was created based on CSS, JS and HTML script. It has a straight line drawn from one end to another that is laced with circles that displays the year an event occurs. We should note that when we click on the circles they turn a darker shade.

 Responsive Timeline V3

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Horizontal Timeline

: The developer, Sanda did an amazing job. This timeline has a wonderful colour pattern, variety of shapes and texts. The shapes come into view when you click on different areas of the timeline. The dates are written above the timeline while two navigation button is located at the left and right end.

Horizontal Timeline

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Horizontal Timeline by Alberto

This is a classy and responsive timeline that has a black ground colour with a touch of neon. It is designed in such a way that contents/events are displayed according to how you select them. When you click on content, a simple but amazing hover effect of colour change and slide occurs.

Horizontal Timeline by Alberto

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Horizontal Timeline by Ritesh Kumar

This is a simple, classy and responsive timeline that was created using CSS, HTML and JS script. Despite its simplicity, it is laced with a sophisticated design. Its next-level animation effects and easily accessible navigation buttons located at either side of the timeline make it a pretty great deal.

Horizontal Timeline by Ritesh Kumar

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Animated Circle Timeline

Using CSS and JS animations, the creator invented this timeline that has a horizontal line that’s laced with circles which are referred to as markers. Just like the name it has an animated circle which appears over a marker while events are being showcased. This magic occurs when you hover over a marker.

Animated Circle Timeline

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Horizontal Timeline

This is a simple but interesting timeline that has an eye-catching colour scheme. It has a simple white horizontal line that is drawn from one end to another with red dots on top of the line. Dates and events are written in the content boxes that appear above or beneath the horizontal line.

Horizontal Timeline

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Responsive History Timeline

Like the name, it was created for explaining events and their dates. It has the monochrome black and white theme colour and a section of image headers in which dates and contents are written underneath. At the lower part of the sections, it has navigation buttons which makes scrolling easy.

Responsive History Timeline

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Horizontal Timeline Slick

It is simple but fascinating, it’s background colour mix of white and neon makes it top notch. The contents are written below the horizontal line and you can add the sources of your content while its markers and navigation buttons that make the timeline easy to use.

Horizontal Timeline Slick

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Conclusion

Timelines are important design elements and we hope this article will guide your choice. Please share with your loved ones and visit our social media handles for more exciting articles.

 

  • Puspesh Deolal

    I am a passionate coding enthusiast with a strong desire to contribute to the world through sharing and expanding my knowledge. In 2022, I successfully completed my MCA from Uttarakhand Open University, equipping me with a solid foundation in computer science. My expertise extends to various programming languages including Python, HTML, CSS, JS, React, C++, C, Android Programming, and JAVA. I am constantly seeking opportunities to enhance my skills and stay at the forefront of technological advancements.

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