> For better
> segregation, I was considering using the ChangeMode plugin from
> Bidix's site (love that plugin, Bidix!) but I'm not considering  <= ''Typo''
> splitting up the TiddlyWiki into a content file and admin/editing file
> and hiding a tiddler in the content file that will import the the
> admin/editing tools/ViewTemplates.

See ''Typo'' above: //but I'm NOT considering//
should have been
//but I'm NOW considering//

Sorry!

scooter
(Scott)


On May 13, 4:30 pm, Scott Steele <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a TiddlyWiki set up with Reader and Author/Admin views fairly
> well segregated (by using TaggedTemplateTweak and toggling in and out
> of edit mode by extending the ToggleReadOnly tiddler). For better
> segregation, I was considering using the ChangeMode plugin from
> Bidix's site (love that plugin, Bidix!) but I'm not considering
> splitting up the TiddlyWiki into a content file and admin/editing file
> and hiding a tiddler in the content file that will import the the
> admin/editing tools/ViewTemplates. The file size of the single file is
> growing too fast and this would help keep the regular visitor file
> size down while also providing a tidier separation of content and
> editing.
>
> I plan to use Eric Schulman's LoadTiddlersPlugin in combination with
> his TemporaryTiddlersPlugin to temporarily pull the admin tools into
> the content file. This works great for things like the advance import/
> export plugins and the long formatting guide I made up to help the
> content editors -- They're pulled in upon clicking my 'Load' button
> and loaded so that they provide additional functionality, but they
> never saved into the file. Perfect.
>
> However:
>
> What I'm doing now does not work as well for tiddlers that are over-
> written upon Load. Example:
> I was previously using a ToggleSideBarTabs mixed with ToggleReadOnly
> to hide/unhide my SideBarTabs. With the Load/TemporaryTiddlers setup,
> though, I could reduce the complexity of the site by making the
> SideBarTabs tiddler in the content file blank and then Loading from
> the admin file will pull in one that works (assuming I've edited it, I
> think, so that it's not a default Shadow tiddler(?) ). However, on
> save, NO SideBarTabs tiddler is written to the content file, and the
> way that save works, the blanked-out one is deleted so that upon
> closing and re-opening the page, TiddlyWiki loads up the default
> shadow tiddler, which I want to be invisible prior to loading in the
> admin tools.
>
> Question:
>
> Is there a way that Load/Temporary could still store the original,
> overwritten tiddlers in the background so that they are included
> during a save of the file? Or would it be possible to use the export
> plugin as a save mechanism? And have it export/overwrite to file only
> those tiddlers that have changed and which are not tagged temporary?
>
> I have figured out a few ways to manually close out the content file
> -- for instance by permanently re-loading blanked out tiddlers like
> SideBarTabs from a third TiddlyWiki file or pure store file before
> saving. I'd really like to avoid this though to keep it simple for the
> content editors. I convinced my organization to give TiddlyWiki a try
> because of the low technical complexity for content authoring.
>
> Will appreciate any help. Thanks,
>
> Scott

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