Questions
Frequently asked.
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New here? Read the Quick Start guideA gentle walk-through of creating a timeline, the three views, and sharing.Getting started
- How do I sign up?
- Choose “Create account” at the top of any page, pick an email and a password, and you're in. The first time you sign in you'll see an empty dashboard with a button to create your first timeline.
- What is a timeline?
- A timeline is your history laid out in order — a series of events, each with a date, a title, and as much or as little detail as you like. Build one for a life, a family, a project, or anything with a story.
Events
- What goes into an event?
- Every event has a title and, usually, a date. You can add a description, photos, and attachments. The title is the short, memorable name for the moment — for example, “Summer by the lake.”
- Can I change an event after I've added it?
- Yes. Edit any event's title, date, description, or photos whenever you like, and rearrange the order at any time. Nothing is set in stone.
Viewing your timeline
- What are the three views?
- The same events, shown three ways — pick whichever suits the moment:
- Horizontal — your events sit along a true-to-scale time axis, so you can see how far apart they really were. Best for taking in the whole sweep at a glance.
- Vertical — a scrollable column of event cards, oldest or newest first. Best for reading straight through, one moment after another.
- Carousel — one event at a time, shown large. Best for focusing on a single moment, photos and all.
The book
- What is my timeline building toward?
- A book. TLCp is designed so the history you gather becomes a narrated book of your life — a finished, printable keepsake told in your own words. Everything you add, event by event, is a page of it in the making. The timeline is how you write it; the book is what you keep.
- Why start with a timeline instead of just writing a book?
- Because a life isn't written all at once. A timeline lets you set down one moment at a time, in any order, and change it whenever you like — and it quietly keeps your moments in order, earliest to latest, so that, when you're ready, it can become the book.
Privacy & sharing
- Who can see my timeline?
- No one but you, unless you choose to share. You can send a private link, invite specific people by email, or share only selected events — and you can stop sharing at any time.
- Does my story stay mine?
- Always. What you write through TLCp belongs to you, and we never make anything public on your behalf — your history stays private and secure.
qChat
- What is qChat?
- qChat is TLCp's AI helper. Give it a batch of photos and it writes a suggested title and description for each one, using what it sees. You review and can change everything before a word is saved — it only ever offers a draft.
Ready to begin?
Your first timeline takes only a minute to start. Add an event or two and you already have a timeline. You can return to it and build on whenever you like.