TW Tones, Thanks for the information included in your message! This is exactly the type of thing I'd like to look into, so that I can further develop my TiddlyWiki and get the most use out of it. This is a bit of information to take in at first, but I think I should be able to figure it out.
On Sunday, 5 July 2020 18:14:32 UTC-5, TW Tones wrote: > > Kuzi, > > If you do store dates I recommend using the fill tiddlywiki serial number. > I recently made an autonomous field, a field who's definition is in a > single tiddler > > See this thread > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/RP3RYc6Opxc > > For your larger question my own recommendation is to do the best you can > now and prepare for the future. > > - Create a field called object-type and give it a value of book. > - Learn how to set this field to book this perhaps with a button or > dropdown > - Learn how to list items based on a field eg; in filters > has[object-type] or object-type[book] > - Now create a view Template, and include a list or reveal widget that > displays when > - > - <$list filter="[all[current]object-type[book]]" variable=nul> > Everything including fields you want to display on a book {{!!author > }} <$view filed=published-date format="date" template="YYY-0MM-0DD"/> > </$list> > > - Then you can start to get smarter > > - Add into you viewTemplate display the ability to enter/edit the > author field > - Use pickaday below to allow you to set the published date > > > My approach would be to have a tiddler for each book with all information > stored in its own field as needed, leaving the text field for free notes > like your personal review, and leave tags free for you to create ad hoch > relationships between books and other information in your wiki. Tags are > also helpful to groups items whos title could change in the future however > the relink plugin can protect you from this as well (details below) > > This may seem like more work but it sets you up for future development of > your books database and fuller utilisation of tiddlywiki, > > > plugintiddler: $:/plugins/kixam/datepickerreference: > https://github.com/dbushell/Pikaday repository: > http://kixam.github.io/TW5-datePicker/ > Source https://flibbles.github.io/tw5-relink/keywords: rename relink > update references backlinks field contentplugintiddler: > $:/plugins/flibbles/relink > > Regards > TW Tones > > On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 8:09:34 AM UTC+10, kuzi wrote: >> >> Thanks for the information, this was similar to the conclusion I was >> coming to. >> >> Additionally, great tip on showing the field values. I didn't know that, >> but will definitely use that. >> > -- 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/d06a1213-9234-4c2d-8a88-51588f732aa5o%40googlegroups.com.
