Your Data

Telar uses spreadsheet files to define the structure of your exhibition — what stories exist, what objects they contain, where to zoom in each image, and what glossary terms to include.

You can manage this data in two ways:

• Google Sheets — edit a spreadsheet in your browser, and Telar fetches and converts it to CSV files automatically during each build
• CSV files — edit the files directly in components/structures/

Both approaches produce the same result. Most users start with Google Sheets and never touch a CSV file.

Data files

File	What it defines	Reference
project.csv	Stories, display order, titles	Project Columns
objects.csv	Object catalog and metadata	Object Columns
{story-id}.csv	Steps, coordinates, panel content	Story Columns
glossary.csv	Glossary terms and definitions	Glossary Columns

Bilingual column support

All spreadsheet files support column names in both English and Spanish. You can use either language, mix them, or include dual headers for bilingual teams:

order,story_id,title,subtitle,byline
orden,id_historia,titulo,subtitulo,firma
1,colonial-textiles,Colonial Textiles,Weaving traditions,by Dr. Jane Smith

Telar automatically detects and skips the second header row. Spanish filenames (proyecto.csv, objetos.csv) are also supported. See Project Columns for full details on column normalization.

Google Sheets

See Google Sheets for setup and workflow.