Capzles

Capzles lets you create interactive timelines for free with rich media content, such as photos, videos and documents.

The tool is ideal to create a tiemline of a specific news event or topic, such as a football season, a local political scandal or the life of a particularly interesting person in your community.

And it doesn't have to be an event that's already finished. Capzles makes it easy to update your timelines, and it automatically sorts your content by date.

You can also use the site's "blogging" feature to insert text items that can include links to other content on your site, such as stories.

The timelines can then be embedded onto your site using basic embed code. Your users also have the option of clicking a link and viewing the timeline in a full-screen mode.

The aesthetics of your timeline are fully customizable. You can change the fonts, backgrounds, etc. very easily and there are plenty of great background already in Capzles to get you started.

The service is still in beta, and it has a couple of shortcomings. The largest is that you have to upload your videos and other content directly into Capzles. It's clear, though, that there are more features on the way.

That means that if you've already posted your content to YouTube or another service, then you'll have to upload the video again into Capzles. That's not a huge setback, because Capzles' upload interface is really simple to use, but it's worth noting.

Your users can also comment on your timelines and you can give users the option to upload their own content.

If you're just looking to create a nice widget for your site there are tools out there that are better suited for the task, but when it comes to timelines Capzles is one of the easiest-to-use tools out there.