It had been a while and was wondering if any one had any thoughts... thanks.
On Feb 1, 6:58 pm, "Linck Atlanta, Ga" <[email protected]> wrote: > yikes! sorry for the miss-communication... lets see If I can bring > this all together... > I have many TW files, which have many tiddlers which are particular > topics, all of these topics have 5 fields which are consistent in all > tiddlers. > > I capture the comments field like this.: > > <html><TEXTAREA name=Comments rows=3 cols=30 ></TEXTAREA></html> > > Then, in a separate file, I include each of the other tw files, (I use > this as a reporting mechanism for all of the TW files), using a For > Each Tiddler like this: > <<forEachTiddler > where > 'tiddler.tags.contains("$1") && tiddler.tags.contains("$2")' > sortBy 'tiddler.data("Field C")' descending > write > '"|"+tiddler.title+"|+++^10em^[More Information][hide] [X > ("+tiddler.data("Field A")+")===|"+tiddler.data("Field B")+"|+++^10em^ > [Comments][hide] [("+tiddler.data("Comments")+")===|"+tiddler.data > ("Field D")+"|\n"'>> > > So, It works nicely in that it produces a nice neat little table, but > when one wants to read the comments about this particular thing (and > the comments could be paragraphs), they can click on the nested button > of "Comments". The problem, is that the comment field now is just a > text box, it can be easily overwritten and it does not capture the > users name or the time or date, so i am trying to find an alternative > way to capture these comments (like comment plugin), but having it in > something that can be referenced by the forEachTiddler above. I hope > this helps and is clearer. Thank you so much for taking the time to > help. > > On Feb 1, 5:39 pm, cmari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > rats, that's the second time I thought you were talking about tiddler > > fields when you're actually talking about "form fields". Never mind > > ListboxPlugin, then. > > > I think it would be pretty hard to do what you're describing as part > > of a form. But it would be easy enough to have your tiddlers contain > > both a form and a comments section. Then, if the comments were > > preceded by, e.g., > > !comments > > you could display all the comments from a given tiddler using > > <<tiddler [[mytiddler##comments]]>> > > > It would be easier to make suggestions for how to make this work if > > you could post an example. It sounds as though what you're looking > > for is something very like a blog and that's something I'm pretty sure > > other people have done. > > cmari > > > On Feb 1, 3:32 pm, "LinckAtlanta, Ga" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok, I am going on another route... but cant quite get it... > > > > there is a line: > > > > fmt: "__''%subject%''__\n^^posted by %who% on %when%^^\n<<<\n%message% > > > \n<<<\n", > > > > which make the comment write into the tiddler thusly: > > > > __comment subject__linck12:55pm Monday, 2010 <<<this is my > > > message>>> > > > > So, I figure maybe I can rewrite it so it spits out: > > > > <data>{"testfield":"comment subject and comment message"}</data> > > > > Something like this: > > > > fmt: "<data>{"testfield":"+"''%subject%''}"+ "posted by %who% on %when > > > %^^\n<<<\n%message%\n<<<\n"+"</data> > > > > but I am not having much luck.... > > > > On Feb 1, 3:48 pm, "LinckAtlanta, Ga" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't know if this helps, but the field I am referring to will > > > > always bee the same. So the comment added should just be come field > > > > "X" in whichever tiddler the comment originated. > > > > > On Jan 31, 6:43 pm,LinckSchlich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Cmari, > > > > > > I appreciate the thought, but I dont think it will accomplish what I > > > > > want. > > > > > Part of the issue is that I really did not explain well what I was > > > > > trying > > > > > to accomplish: > > > > > > I want users of my TW to be able to make a comment on a tiddler, much > > > > > like > > > > > DiscussionPlugin allows, however, in another TW which includes the > > > > > first, I > > > > > want to reference those comments by referencing a field. I have a > > > > > large > > > > > amount of TW flies that are referenced. > > > > > > I reference them with ForEachTiddler and list time in a table with > > > > > tiddler.title, and several fields, then I have a field that I > > > > > currently > > > > > define with a simple text box and which is nested so as to allow the > > > > > list to > > > > > be neat but allow the user to click for more information, which > > > > > reveals the > > > > > sometimes large text associated with with my "comments" field. It > > > > > works. > > > > > However, I would like there to be a track of comments made and to > > > > > automatically indicate the time and ID of the person that made them. > > > > > And > > > > > also to prevent users from accidentally overwriting the previous > > > > > comment. > > > > > Basically the Comment/ or Discussion plugin's defined... save the > > > > > saving > > > > > them as data fields, rather than as separate tiddlers, or text with > > > > > in a > > > > > tiddler that is not a defined field. > > > > > > Does this explain? Thank you for your time. > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:29 PM, cmari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Do you absolutely have to use the CommentPlugin? It seems as though > > > > > > it would be a lot easier to use a plugin that is specifically > > > > > > intended > > > > > > for fields (e.g., ListboxPlugin). > > > > > > cmari > > > > > > > On Jan 31, 4:17 pm, "LinckAtlanta, Ga" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I seem to have isoloted that is it > > > > > > > > var target= > > > > > > > > in the comment plugin which tells it where to go... > > > > > > > i have tried this: > > > > > > > var target=tiddler.data("test"); > > > > > > > > but it just creates a tiddler with the return of whatever happens > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > be defined in the field. > > > > > > > > What I want is to insert the comment into a field within the same > > > > > > > tiddler in which it was created, and when someone adds another > > > > > > > comment, it adds to the field, rather than replacing what was > > > > > > > there... > > > > > > > thoughts? > > > > > > > > On Jan 31, 1:48 pm, "LinckAtlanta, Ga" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hiya, > > > > > > > > > I would like comments to render into a set field value. Is > > > > > > > > there > > > > > > > > something I can modify in the Comments Plugin to accomplish > > > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups > > > > > > "TiddlyWiki" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<tiddlywiki%2bunsubscr...@googlegrou > > > > > > ps.com> > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.

