The thread that Pit.W. was referring to (thanks for the nice comments by the way), is here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/TiddlyWiki/ckbmFxV4gRk
I used tidgraph to display the ancestors of my family members and I created a macro to list the descendants. Works well for my purposes at least. Damon On Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 10:36:24 PM UTC-7, Pit.W. wrote: > > Scott, I run a TW for exactly the same purpose as your's, since some time > and it has 4.000+ entries. > > I run it now in its own node.js instance, merging several former separated > stand-alone wikis into it. > > Besides my comments below, I learned the following lessons: > > It is good to have a multidimensional data model. > > so I use the tocP macro collection; I have an additional data type to > identify the different topics I am researching, like:Family, arts, ... > There is also a plugin for alternative tag-fields > ($:/plugins/inmysocks/GenericTagFields/) by OOKTECH. Has a nice GUI and > opens huge possibilities. > > The key is a field named "h-doctype" which distinguishes the various > natures of the info stored in the tiddler, like "Historic person", > "Historic event", "Historic country" "Historic location". This field then > triggers a corresponding conditional view template. > > Whenever I change the basic working methodology in the wiki, I also change > the name of the editor, helps updating old stuff. > > tidgraph is a must - see below > > tiddlymap is a must > > for some date calculations Evan Balster's "formulas" are my favourite > > Keep us updated on your progress > > > Pit.W > > > > Am 15.07.2020 um 04:00 schrieb TW Tones: > > Scott, > > I have not developed any historical tiddlywiki's but I have spent a lot of > time in personal organisers. From this I have a set of key methods I use. I > will dump a few here which we can explore further. > > - Yes, set dates in custom date fields and have at least start and end > dates, same for me, but I have 4 fields: First in the ISO date format > YYY-0MM-0DD; second just the year YYYY (no leading 0s, BC with a "-"(minus) > - Keep created and Modified to mean what they mean, created the > tiddler and modified the tiddler - this is useful information don't > compromise your future by changing their meaning yes > - if both dates are the same consider it a mile stone I regard it as a > 1-day-event; Milestones I identify by tags > - If their is not end date then it marks a new era that has note close > Thats > a milestone for me, missing date migth just indicate that I dont know it . > Ongoing things get an end date "moment().add(0, 'days')" from the > moment.js > plugin - works nicely in the timelines plugin > - If it has no start date we are not sure when it started same here > - Add another date field perhaps for recognised dates I dont > understand that > - You could use a plugin like http://kixam.github.io/TW5-datePicker/ > however > more for this century (needs moment.js plugin as well see notes) I use > that as a standard > - Allow dates to be entered manually as well as selected from the list I > am still trying to find a convenient list widget for dates > - Keep as many dates as possible compatible with tiddlywiki's date > serial number, even f you zero fill the rest of the serial number tricky > one; I didnt do it because for history I dont need minutes, seconds, > milliseconds > - This allows you to continue to use operators and sort etc.. > - There is at least one visual timeline tool eg > http://emkayonline.github.io/tw5visjs/ > Thats a must; new version here: > http://kixam.github.io/TW5-visjsTimeline/ > <http://emkayonline.github.io/tw5visjs/> > - A lot of the people pursuing genealogical tiddlywiki's need dates > and some very old dates so maps to historical records. Damon Prichett > has created some cool stuff for displaying family trees; see posts like > 2020-06-28 in this group > > If you are taking records that become history there are more tricks > Tony, please do tell... > > Regards > Tony > -- > 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/c1b31074-4a7f-4eef-9f00-f3a067d26671o%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c1b31074-4a7f-4eef-9f00-f3a067d26671o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > _________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________ > Ihre E-Mail-Postfächer sicher & zentral an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und alte > E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! https://www.eclipso.de > > > -- 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/a1bb56d9-605c-4224-9592-b7a6065cde5ao%40googlegroups.com.
