OA timeline widget

[CCostello]

I was admiring OA's timeline [http://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-timeline] and am hoping someone can explain how I can go about creating one myself. I've found the widget's official "getting started" page [https://code.google.com/p/simile-widgets...ingStarted] (which isn't very concise), and I know it involves HTML code - but I have negligible experience with any sort of coding. I would be very appreciative if anyone with more experience has any helpful pointers, can recommend a good HTML editing program (ideally online) and hopefully provide with the pre-assembled basic template for the timeline so that I can just insert the data. Again, it would be a huge help!