@Si Thanks for taking time to sort – this is exactly what I had in mind. Mike On Sunday, 7 March 2021 at 13:03:08 UTC si wrote:
> @Mike I just tried it on the copy that you shared and it seems to work > fine. Maybe you just made a type or something? > > Anyway I attached it so you can see what I did - if you edit a tiddler > with the tag "Journal" you will see a date picker at the bottom. It's ugly, > but you can always fix that once you are happy with the functionality. > > On Sunday, 7 March 2021 at 07:31:02 UTC [email protected] wrote: > >> @Si - I changed tag to journal in both places. Happy to attach file - >> here it is. >> >> Mike >> On Sunday, 7 March 2021 at 01:10:30 UTC [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I am happy to hear that, Mike. Enjoy! >>> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 3:10:50 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I tried your approach Stan and it worked – hooray! >>>> >>>> [image: Screen Shot 2021-03-06 at 20.04.51.png] >>>> >>>> Thanks very much. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> On Saturday, 6 March 2021 at 16:23:28 UTC [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> @Torax - no, looking to sort by date of the memory itself rather than >>>>> date the memory was posted. >>>>> >>>>> @Si - that sounds like what I had in mind. I will give this a try and >>>>> post an update. >>>>> >>>>> @Stan - that’s correct. Although would prefer not to have to perform a >>>>> search to view the posts. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you all for your help. I will have a go and see if I can set >>>>> this up and post an update. >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, 6 March 2021 at 14:23:21 UTC [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Mike, what I think you are asking about is making journal entries >>>>>> after the date of the memory, but having it appear in chronological >>>>>> order. >>>>>> Please correct me if I am wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> What I did was to change the title of new journal tiddlers to be >>>>>> "YYYY-0MM-0DD". New journal tiddler automatically get today's date, but >>>>>> if >>>>>> you have a memory, say from February 1 (2021-02-01), you can edit the >>>>>> journal tiddler title to get it in the correct chronological order. A >>>>>> right side panel search will put them in chronological order. >>>>>> >>>>>> Stan >>>>>> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 7:13:05 AM UTC-5 [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Firstly, thank you to those involved in making TiddlyWiki the >>>>>>> amazing tool that it is. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I currently use a proprietary journalling app called Day One >>>>>>> <https://dayoneapp.com/> for keeping a chronological record of >>>>>>> special family memories, but am keen to migrate to TiddlyWiki. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In Day One, all entries are automatically sorted by the date that >>>>>>> the memory occurred, as opposed to when the entry was actually posted. >>>>>>> This >>>>>>> is important to me, because entries are usually added in retrospect and >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> brain doesn't always remember to add them in the order that they >>>>>>> actually >>>>>>> took place! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For example, if I add three memories that took place in this order >>>>>>> on 1 Jan; 1 Mar; 1 Feb, the entries automatically appear in descending >>>>>>> order based on the date that the memory occurred like this: 1 Mar; 1 >>>>>>> Feb; 1 >>>>>>> Jan. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is it possible to replicate this behaviour in TiddlyWiki? If so, >>>>>>> what is the easiest way to set this up? I don't mind playing with >>>>>>> things to >>>>>>> get it working and have a technical background, but please do explain >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> like I'm 5! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mike >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/39e4e30a-e7e3-492c-abb5-271d45b647bfn%40googlegroups.com.
