Stobot, Have you looked at the https://tiddlywiki.com/?user#InfoMechanism eg try this https://tiddlywiki.com/?hithere#InfoMechanism
https://tiddlywiki.com/?user $:/info/url/search <https://tiddlywiki.com/?user=test#%24%3A%2Finfo%2Furl%2Fsearch> Search portion of URL of wiki (eg, *?user=test*) https://tiddlywiki.com/?user=username $:/info/url/search <https://tiddlywiki.com/?user=test#%24%3A%2Finfo%2Furl%2Fsearch> Search portion of URL of wiki (eg, *?user=test*) Regards Tony On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 1:26:11 PM UTC+11, Stobot wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm hoping to simplify my end-user login experience using BOB. Currently I > have each user enter their name when the load the wiki and then use that > name to log things. My thought is that to save them the typing, I could > send them a permalink and figure it out automatically from there. It seems > I cannot do this the way I intended as the value I'm trying to expand is > always blank... > > Here's what I'm trying: > > Start with link like > 10.1.111.111:8080/Wiki#UserA > > Make a new startup tiddler like $:/mywiki/startup and tag it > $:/tags/StartupAction. Containing: > <$action-setfield $tiddler="$:/temp/startup" $field="user" > $value={{{[list[$:/StoryList]first[1]]}}}/> > > My logic being that the permalink will cause a single tiddler to open on > startup (in my case "UserA"), then the StartupActions fire and the first > tiddler in the StoryList would be UserA, which would then log to > $:/temp/startup!!user. Instead, it's blank. > > I keep trying things, like a hard coded value in the $value area - which > does work. So that means the problem is either: > > 1. It's the {{{ [[]] }}} notation in the $value area - which normally > works, but doesn't during startup? I tried doing that part in a $set and > it > didn't help > 2. The order of operations is such that the StartupActions happen > before the UserA even loads (this seems most likely) > 3. Something else? > > Anybody have an idea why this doesn't work - or a different solution? > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/46a030fb-553a-4b77-9a6d-682e3274ca04%40googlegroups.com.
