Ste,
To me static means as others have said basically it is "unchanging". Thus
it will not save changes to the server. The Author may regenerate and save
change to the server manually, or in a somewhat automated way, which makes
the site look like an interactive site.
To me there are only two clear and apparent advantages
- As every tiddler is a separate independent html page each is open to
search engines.
- On the standard static site, links are changed to load the next
static page
- All content is generated and in a sense a snapshot created that
does not need rendering
- If the wiki is large it has a load time some consider unacceptable,
despite being able to provide a startup splash screen
- This may affect search engines indexing or not favouring tiddlywiki
sites, because load time is considered critical
My personal view is exporting to a static website is a sad waste of
interactive features,
- stops the users benefiting from
- last state (eg marking something read)
- Customisation
- History
- and a lot more
- Just makes tiddlywiki a static html site generator (great but limited)
- Breaks tiddlywiki single file wiki model as every tiddler becomes its
own html page.
My solution would be
- Export separate static tiddlers only as they change for upload to the
publishing site
- Ensure their internal links point to the full wiki so any link from a
static page loads the full wiki
- Or selectively by design
- For very large sites consider a multi-wiki setup that is transparent
to the user.
- If re-publishing tiddlers "posts and pages" elsewhere you can post the
URL to the static page, as a landing page, knowing they then enter the
interactive wiki if they have any further interactions.
I have not had time to do this yet, but will for my own business sites.
Advanced ideas;
- In a single wiki develop so we actually specify which links can go to
another static tiddler and which should open, which interactive wiki.
- Provide a simple way to publish from one wiki, multiple interactive
wikis along with all static pages with URL customised for links to static
or interactive pages.
- Provide support so if someone wants a link / bookmark they can choose
the static or interactive (Permalink).
I hope this helps
Regards
Tones
On Sunday, 13 September 2020 18:19:53 UTC+10, Ste wrote:
>
> Coming from a place of ignorance..
> Why are so many people keen to change tiddlywiki into a static site? What
> are the advantages?
> Is tiddlywiki not a static site? What's the difference?
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