Wow! This is (almost) exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing and for your efforts bringing down your ideas and concepts to code.
I'll definitely give it a try. Cheers, Victor On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 9:00:43 PM UTC+1, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > Just thought I'd take a minute to chime in here. I made TiddlyServer to > solve my own problem of Massive Multi-file Online wikis. It serves the > folders you specify in a sort of tree allowing them to be grouped together > and easily navigated with the built-in directory index (even the virtual > directories or "groups"). When a data folder is accessed, TiddlyServer > automatically fires up a node instance of the TiddlyWiki listen command and > mounts it at that path, meaning it forwards all requests to the data folder > Node server instance. This makes it work identical to the TiddlyWiki listen > command for most normal uses of the listen command, except you can access > multiple data folders on the same server. Single file wikis (TW 5.1.15 and > newer) have a saver already built into them which TiddlyServer uses to save > single file wikis. Single file wikis can be backed up automatically on > every save, but data folders are on their own by design. I recommend > using Git or Dropbox for that. > > There are a bunch of advanced options and even authentication, but the > basics are enough for most people. > > It's pretty simple to use but I often notice people having trouble getting > it installed, so I thought I'd throw in some install instructions I wrote > some time ago. > > It's fine to just use master (well, aka v2.1 right now) right now: > https://github.com/Arlen22/TiddlyServer -- Click the green "Clone or > Download" button then select your preferred download method. Cloning the > repo is an easy way to get updates but downloading is fine too. > > Extract it to an empty folder so you don't risk merging with an existing > folder. Once you extract it you can move it wherever you want it to be. > > https://nodejs.org/en/ > > Go to NodeJS.org and download the LTS version of Node, which currently is > 10.x, and install it on the computer you will be running TiddlyServer on. > It's pretty straightforward, and the default options should work fine. > > You don't actually need to install the whole thing, you can also just > download a zip file and extract node.exe into the TiddlyServer folder to > make a portable install. Since you're working with IIS I'm sure you have > enough computer experience know what I'm talking about, but if I'm not > making myself clear, just install NodeJS like I described above. > > Now, here's the part that most people find tricky. Copy > example-settings-quick.json and name it settings.json. That's the simplest > setup. You can change the tree property to change what folders get served, > but all html files and data folders inside it should just work out of the > box. > > The entire documentation for the settings.json file is at > https://arlen22.github.io/tiddlyserver/docs/serverconfig.html and the > tree property is the first item on the page. Here's a really simple example > to get you started. > > "tree": { > "myfolder": "../personal", > "workstuff": "../work", > "user": "~/Desktop/random", > "projects_group": { > "tiddlyserver": "~/Desktop/Github/TiddlyServer", > "material-theme": "~/Dropbox/Material Theme" > } > } > > > And that's all there is to it. Once you have your settings.json file > setup, just run "node server.js" to start the server. TiddlyServer expects > to find the settings.json file in the same directory (which is where I have > mine, which is why it's in .gitignore!). > > I made TiddlyServer simple because I want it to be simple for me to use > every day :) > > Hope that helps > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 9:02 AM Victor Dorneanu <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi TT, >> >> it's not really related to Github. I just use to store/backup my >> tiddlers. The backend storage is actually quite irrelevant. I just need >> some "best practices" / workflows that individuals have established over >> time in order to manage multiple wikis. >> >> Cheers, >> Victor >> >> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 12:26:32 PM UTC+1, TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>> >>> Ciao Victor >>> >>> As far as I understand GitHub it can be used (with various sub-tools) to >>> create workflows of complexity & sophistication. >>> >>> I don't have the knowledge to advise on particulars. >>> >>> But I think this may be more a question for asking on GitHub itself? >>> >>> Best wishes >>> TT >>> >>> On Monday, 2 December 2019 11:39:56 UTC+1, Victor Dorneanu wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> what I want to achieve is to have multiple wikis for each "area" of >>>> knowledge. Let's say: >>>> >>>> >>>> - coding >>>> - notes (from books, articles etc.) >>>> - cooking recipes >>>> - etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> I like to manage my tiddlers at a single place, that means: Have >>>> everything inside a big (git) repository. However, when I want to >>>> share/publish my content I'd like to have multiple files for each >>>> knowledge >>>> area: >>>> >>>> >>>> - coding.html (for coding) >>>> - everything that is tagged with "coding" or has "coding" as a >>>> parent tag >>>> - notes.html (for notes) >>>> - everything that is tagged with "notes" or has "notes" as a >>>> parent tag >>>> - and so forth >>>> >>>> >>>> For every published wiki I'd like to also have a different welcome page >>>> and perhaps different style (CSS) customizations. >>>> >>>> I came across this Github issue thread >>>> <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3069> where Tobi Beer >>>> (awesome work BTW!) presented some dirty implementation >>>> <https://tobibeer.github.io/TiddlyWiki5> of a "monolithic" based >>>> multiple wiki approach. Without going into details of current discussion >>>> regarding that topic: What would be the most easiest way to achieve what >>>> I've described before? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> Victor >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ba669f2e-af48-407b-9e6c-3d0db1f905bc%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ba669f2e-af48-407b-9e6c-3d0db1f905bc%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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