I am starting to think this would be better done with conditional viewtemplates, one for tiddlers tagged Format, and one for tiddlers not so tagged.
On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 8:23:25 AM UTC-5 David Gifford wrote: > Hi all, > > Why am I cursed with so many ideas, but so little time and knowhow to > implement them? I am just going to throw this out there. If anyone thinks > it is worthwhile to create this, go for it. Not for me, just if you think > it is genuinely helpful. > > Part 1: a content creator adds tiddlers, and tags them by topic, and tags > them by format (advice, reflection questions, links, definitions, etc). The > Gen Tags plugin (https://ooktech.com/jed/ExampleWikis/GenericTagFields/) > might be a good tool for helping the content creator distinguish types of > tags. Or maybe there is a better tool for that. > > Part 2: The end user has a control panel to filter by topic, by format, or > both: > > a) filtering by both and clicking a button produces a tiddler, e.g. > "Reflection questions on botany" and the text field shows the text fields > of all tiddlers tagged by the tag "Reflection questions" and the tag > "Botany". > > b) Filtering only by topic produces a tiddler that lists the text field of > all the tiddlers tagged by that topic, but grouped by format. ("Entries on > Botany, organized by format") Filtering only by format does the opposite, > all the tiddlers with that format, grouped by topic ("Reflection questions, > organized by topic") > > There are, obviously, more uses for this than just "topic and format". > "Topic and source (book)" comes to mind, "Recipes by main ingredient and > meal type", "Restaurants by location and category", now I am hungry, Songs > by artist and some other criteria, etc. > > There is a tool called Xlists, which crosses categories, and hints at what > I am getting at, but I am thinking of something that makes it easier for > both creators and users to quickly view results from combining two types of > tags. > > Anyway, that is my idea for the morning. I think it would be a very > valuable addition to the TiddlyWiki repertoire. If you do too, and know how > to create it, please consider it. > > Blessings. > > -- 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/5ca0a099-e075-4fc7-9140-3942efa70417n%40googlegroups.com.
