Hi Måns, For one, there (currently) is no ftp access to dropbox, but there is a php script that gives a basic framework for uploading files to dropbox...
http://wiki.dropbox.com/DropboxAddons/PHPDropboxUploader ...however, I would expect quite a number of problems involved in developing a pattern that ultimately allows secure multi-user editing of a TiddlyWiki in combination with (something like) UploadTiddlerPlugin, where the kind of conflict resolution you've described, would only be one concern in quite many... a bit like Pandora's box, at least that's what my belly would think of such an undertaking as for the time being. For example, one could have a "lock file" the content of which would indicate that a TiddlyWiki-/PureStore-File is being locked by an individual user. The browser runs some kind of check against that file via ajax and checks on its contents. If locked, the user is displayed a message, that the wiki is currently locked. If not, the lock-file is being overwritten and the ajax check is run again in order to verify that the wiki now indeed is locked for the current user. The user may then run some scripts which manage file-interactions à la tiddler- update/-merge/-create/-delete ...eventually unlocking the wiki (immediately) when done. A second file might allow (an administrator) to forcefully unlock the wiki, in case something went wrong in the previous session. If somehow tiddlers were stored in "bags" or even individually, then such a locking mechanism might be applied to collections of tiddlers or individual tiddlers, thus making one step forward to a less conflict prone editing exerience. Again, all of this is leaning way out of the window. Cheers, Tobias. -- 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.
