I've replicated this issue in Firefox 5 and created an issue https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/tiddlywiki/issues/38
If you have further information about other browsers the issue effects please update the ticket. Please monitor the ticket for ideas of when it will be fixed and what the problem is (if interested)! Best wishes Jon On Jun 30, 9:44 am, Peter Davenport <[email protected]> wrote: > I've downloaded fresh copy of TW 2.6.2 and backstage import doesn't > work. I've tested this using Firefox 5.0 and Chrome 12. I'm bemused: > a) if it's a problem with TW 2.6.2, then why did my first install > work, before breaking last week, b) if it's a problem with updated > browsers, or javascript, then surely more people would be reporting > it. > > @Alex: > I understand you to mean this: > Try entering the URL to the desired plugin tiddler into the URL box of > the backstage import popup; saving the plugin tiddler to your local > drive, then entering its filepath into the URL box of the backstage > import popup doesn't work. > I've only ever tried the former. Have I misunderstood? > > @Ian: > Given you 1st encountered the error while importing plugins, I tried > disabling all plugins to test for an incompatibility issue, with no > success. > When you say "Importing from my local on TiddlyWiki still works > though.", do you mean that you can import tiddlers from one local tw > to another local tw by entering the pathname into the "URL or > pathname" field in backstage import? That doesn't work for me... > > On Jun 30, 5:21 am, Ian Simcock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm having the same problem. To make it more interesting I was in the > > process of importing tiddlers from my old TiddlyWiki (2.2.5) to a new > > empty one (2.6.2) and had imported a bunch and was in the process of > > importing the plugins I wanted from the original websites when it > > happened. I thought that perhaps one of the plugins I'd imported had > > somehow broken my TiddlyWiki, so I went back to my read only copy of > > the empty 2.6.2 but it can't import from a web site any more either. > > Importing from my local on TiddlyWiki still works though. > > I was using FireFox 5 for the entire process. > > While I'm writting,m the importing of my old tiddlers would have been > > a lot easier if there was a list of the tags at the bottom of the > > Import area and clicking on a tag would select all tiddler with that > > tag. Does nayone know of a plugin that adds this? > > > Ian Simcock. > > > On Jun 28, 5:49 pm, Peter Davenport <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The message "Error getting list of tiddlers, click Cancel to try > > > again" is returned when I try to import tiddlers via the backstage > > > "Import" function. > > > > I've successfully imported several plugins over the past month using > > > the backstage method - I've no idea why it has stopped working. > > > Neither adding by URL nor the redefined feed option works any longer. > > > Manually importing tiddlers works fine. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Windows Vista > > > Firefox 5.0 > > > Tiddlywiki version 2.6.2 (on local drive) -- 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.
