Yeah, likely best digested while nursing a hot cup o' something or a cold mug o' something. Well, must it be an either or deal???
You might find this a bit more bite-sized, although maybe an unorthodox approach: https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html#Contents On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 2:32:52 PM UTC-3, David Gifford wrote: > > Egads, that was a lot of work you did on that tiddler! > > On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9:57:24 AM UTC-5 Charlie Veniot wrote: > >> Just in case there's anything in this tiddler of any use to you (even if >> just to give you an idea on how to do something, or how to not do >> something?), check out my "Product Template" tiddler: >> https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html#tProductTiddler >> >> It is a transclusion template that looks at tags to figure out how to >> display transcluded products based on their tags. >> >> Do keep in mind that I am a barely-yellow-belt TiddlyWiki user, so take >> all with a heaping dose of skepticism ! >> >> >> I look forward to seeing the good stuff you come up with. Cheers ! >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 10:22:09 AM UTC-3, David Gifford wrote: >>> >>> 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/a73cccd8-d6d7-4b31-891c-a6ad98e68bf6o%40googlegroups.com.
